Tim made history yesterday in his 18-15 win; not only did he win his first start of the season but according to Elias Sports Bureau, no team since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 had ever been down as many as 15 points with less than 3 minutes remaining and won.
History.
Yes, he was brutal early and often. Yes, he was obviously nervous. Who wouldn't be? But he was also handcuffed early and often. They -- Denver -- need to just go ahead and allow Tim to be Tim. He has started four NFL games, and today is the cover image on the NFL.com website:
He has eight touchdowns and three interceptions in his NFL career; three TDs and zero INTs this season. Amidst all the talking head talk yesterday and this early morning about how horrible he was early and often in this game, he had no interceptions. A bad performance with interceptions would be horrible. This kid had to overcome his coaching staff, his first start jitters, his coming back to Florida at *the* story of the day in a League hoping like hell you will fail . . . and he did overcome all of that.
Kudos to you, Timmy.
Somehow Philip Rivers can take beaucoup snaps out of the shotgun and no one says a damn thing, but the idea of Tim Tebow back in the shotgun on a regular basis is used as proof that he can't be an NFL quarterback. John Fox, put the man in the shotgun and let him work his magic. Allow him to get in his rhythm, his flow, then do more under-the-center stuff. Damn! Don't shackle the kid.
As longtime Dolphin fans (sigh, will they ever be great again), and die-hard Gators, we had to give it up for Tim. I know you probably have addressed this in the past, but is there any good reason why one of the Florida teams didn't recruit him?
Steph
Posted by: Steph | October 24, 2011 at 11:53 PM