The 2011 Tim Tebow Tracking Thread

[Goober]

Yeah. Lucky Elway. Going from the Colts(#1 overall pick) to the Broncos(#4 overall pick) in 1983.

And when did the Broncos has the #2 pick?

In April.

[FirstTimer]

John Elway never played for a team that had the #2 pick in the draft the year before.

That said, Tim Tebow is not John Elway. I'm aware of this.

In April.

[NAHSTE]

I wish I could be that excited about my team again.

Tebow is the fucking man. Look what he does for the fans. That's the kind of passion he instills into his teammates.

T-E-B-O-W

I was watching the games at this bar in New Orleans that had Sunday Ticket. The only Broncos fan in there was fucking hilarious. Was wearing a Tebow jersey, Broncos official windbreaker pants, Broncos socks, Broncos flip flops, blue and orange striped wrist bands and head bands, etc. There was even a car parked out front with #1BRONCO or some such on the vanity plates.

Needless to say, he was the loudest most obnoxious character in the entire bar. And there were like 30 Jets fans in there too, so that's saying something.

After the field goal went through he ran out of the bar, only to come back five minutes later with a bottle of champagne and offering everyone "FREE SHOTS!". (I wish I was joking.)

BTW, Florida has been pretty awesome since Timmy left haven't they?

Well I'm sure having his successor skip town under the cloud of academic impropriety, or their head coach flying the coup shortly thereafter, didn't have anything to do with Florida's downfall.

Nope. It was all Tebow. He was the only pillar holding up that otherwise also-ran football program. Once Tebow left it was all she wrote. Florida had never won shit before him and will never win shit after him. He is the only reason Florida football was even relevant. Excellent point in his favor.

[NAHSTE]

I love how you just totally leave out my retort to your idiotic Favre comparison and the first part of that story about how even when criticized by a former teammate Tebow was all class about it and when that team went up in flames after he left and he could have gone after the guy (an opportunity there is no way Favre would have passed up) he just let bygones be bygones.

Well of course I would attack the weakest part of your argument. You seemed to be asserting that the fates of Florida football post-Tebow somehow amplify his achievements. I don't see how they have any correlation.

I wasn't trying to directly compare him to Favre, simply pointing out that sometimes there is backlash when the media spends too much time hyping up a player. "He has so much fun out there!" is no different than "look at Timmy the leader!" It's an overused narrative device that sometimes garners eye rolls from neutral observers.

And I am totally shocked that teams have obnoxious fans. This new news you have brought to light is very interesting to me.

I'm sorry, did you take my anecdote about Super Bronco Fan to be a condemnation of all Broncos fans? I just thought it was a funny story and one you and others would appreciate. We've all been at a sports bar where THAT GUY was being hilarious. This time, it was this guy, who decided to pop champagne after his team won a week 7 game vs. the worst fucking team in the league.

[FedEx227]

Most articles I've read have been critical of his ability as an NFL QB so I don't know what you're talking about there. Solomon Wilcots was critical of him all game long on Sunday pointing out just about every time he missed an open guy down field.

I'm talking about him being a "better person". Not on the field. That's a lost cause already. You point to numbers, numbers don't count. Every victory is the greatest ever, I'm done caring about that. NFL game coverage is beyond retarded anyway.

What I'm trying to deal with is the perception the media and fans alike have that the rest of these idiots can barely formulate a sentence and don't donate any of their time or money into good causes but Tebow. Boy howdy! Look at all the good he does!

I just would love for Tebow to be covered fairly. He's put on a pedestal that he shouldn't have and it's disrespectful to players and our intelligence.

[FirstTimer]

Quinn>Tebow.

[NAHSTE]

I wish someone could make a gif of Tebow overthrowing a 3-yard pass to the flats. He tried to flick it all casually and it just wobbled like a duck five feet over the receiver's head.

The replay angle was golden, but I don't think we'll ever see it hit .gif form.

[FedEx227]

...lol.

That's a pretty impressive argument.

[FedEx227]

But it's actually poorly built argument...

Rashaan Salaam won a Heisman but Tim Hightower has had a better career.

[Senser81]

But it's actually poorly built argument...

Rashaan Salaam won a Heisman but Tim Hightower has had a better career.

1000-yard seasons

Salaam = 1
Hightower = 0

[Rayman]

This thread...

Thank you, BasedTebow.

[NAHSTE]

Denver won the game Sunday. Tebow was 9-13 for 121 yards and 2 TDs + a 2pt conversion run on the last two drives in regulation when it mattered the most.

There's a better argument.

They were playing the worst team in the league and the only reason a comeback was necessary is because he had 4 completions up until that point.

[FedEx227]

1000-yard seasons

Salaam = 1
Hightower = 0

Unfortunately Hightower's team lost yesterday or else I could say that's a better argument.

[FedEx227]

They were playing the worst team in the league and the only reason a comeback was necessary is because he had 4 completions up until that point.

All that matters, brah.

[NAHSTE]

All that matters, brah.

Yep. And winning via getting shut out for 99% of the game and then needing an onside kick recovery late in regulation and a fumble recovery in overtime is certainly a sustainable and repeatable strategy that more teams should employ.