NFL Week 11: In four weeks we can put TEBOW!!!! in the headline

Re: NFL Week 11: Alex Smith's Hall of Fame campaign begins

You all are missing the point by arguing how good Tebow is or isn't. We know he sucks. What we are saying is he's an absolute riot to watch. Plus he now has two last-minute game-winning drives to his credit in five starts, which is saying something.

The teams he has beaten don't suck, either. They aren't great. But the last three have all been at least average.

 

Re: NFL Week 11: Alex Smith's Hall of Fame campaign begins

Its like this board is a bunch of Colin Cowherds. Shit, sit back and enjoy it. He didn't make one good pass in the second half. Who cares? They may have won by two touchdowns if they quit the dive up the gut and let him run around the whole game.

It's hilariously entertaining.

 

Re: NFL Week 11: Alex Smith's Hall of Fame campaign begins

And football doesn't have to be played the same way by every team. Or every player. The game changes and evolves. Maybe it will be a little more like rugby for a while. It was nice to see a quarterback take on a few tacklers tonight instead of sliding around like a girl or something.

 

Re: NFL Week 11: Alex Smith's Hall of Fame campaign begins

The Broncos defense has been much better lately, but I get the sense it plays harder for Tebow than it did for Orton because it knows if the game is close ...

The funny thing about how awful Tebow and the offense can be for long stretches is that the defense probably feels more confident in the offense RIGHT NOW than it did at any point during Orton's days as a starter.

Things can change in a hurry in the NFL, but for now, this Tebow thing is working. For everybody. Except Mile High.

 

Re: NFL Week 11: Alex Smith's Hall of Fame campaign begins

Anyone who isn't watching their first NFL season has seen this before. A team has a decent defense and a bad quarterback, so they do everything they can to muck up the game and hope a few breaks go their way. If it works a few times early in the QB's career, everyone calls him a "winner" and says he "gets the job done." Then the bubble bursts and that team loses 9 of 11, and everyone who nutlicked the crappy QB has amnesia about it when the next one comes along.

But it's still entertaining as hell when it happens to a guy as polarizing as Tim Tebow.

 

Re: NFL Week 11: Alex Smith's Hall of Fame campaign begins

Don't look at it as football. Look at it as a season-long run of "The Producers."

The Denver Broncos offense is "Springtime for Hitler."

 

Re: NFL Week 11: Alex Smith's Hall of Fame campaign begins

And me. Asshole.

 

Re: NFL Week 11: Alex Smith's Hall of Fame campaign begins

Aren't the end results kind of important?

If the team you're rooting for is winning, why complain?

Finally, NOBODY believes he should be the starter because he's religious. People may like him as a player because of his religious beliefs, but why is that a problem? Also, for every person like that, there's at least one person who refuses to give the guy credit when it's due because he's religious. What's wingnuttier?

 

Re: NFL Week 11: Alex Smith's Hall of Fame campaign begins

I don't think many, if any, think Tebow is a future all pro. But there's about 24 teams who would give their left nut to win 4 of 5 at any point in the season.

and btw, before the 4 of 5, he almost had a miracle comeback the week before against the Chargers, when Orton looked as bad as any Tebow stretch in the first half of that game.

And I hope all the haters hated the big postgame prayer circle jerk with the Jets players.

 

Re: NFL Week 11: Alex Smith's Hall of Fame campaign begins

You secretly love him.