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Rick Reilly belongs in the Sportswriters Hall of Fame, IMO.
>> Tebow is trade meat this morning
...and I expect he’ll handle this with his usual Christian class and grace and come out ahead... however God defines that for him.
God bless Tim Tebow, and thanks for the post.
IMO, Manning is a big mistake on Elway’s part. Manning is 36, over the hill and injured. He was an excellent QB in his time, but that time is past.
I’m sick about this. I’ve always liked Peyton Manning, but I have no desire to see him replace Tim Tebow. Manning is around 36 years old and coming off a severe injury that caused him to miss all of last season. Tebow is 24, strong and healthy, and showing evidence of becoming a great quarterback within a few years.
I believe John Elway has made a serious error in judgment, and that he will rue the day he bulldozed Tim Tebow out of Denver. Whichever team gets Tim will be really lucky.
Rick Reilly is a liberal douche bag.
Say what? What religion is John? To quote Mandy Patankin "I don't think that word means what you think it means."
Manning also must have reason to believe that when he puts the ball in a receivers hands 20-30 yards downfield, the receiver will make the catch.
I like Peyton Manning and he was undoubtedly a great player but I think the operative term is "was". No one knows if he'll ever truly come back from last year's injury and I'd be worried that he will re-injure himself on the first sack.
And didn't he have an older brother who had to stop playing football because of some kind of spinal chord problem? Looks like he would be a little concerned about permanently injuring himself.
Tebow, on the other hand, is just starting his career and has an insane amount of potential. Whichever team grabs him is the real winner, long term.
But there are other ways to defeat an opponent, as Denver showed on several occasions last year when they actually installed an offense tailored to Tebow. They broke down defenses, which, in the NFL, are not geared to being pounded with the run and having to defend a ball carrier who might also throw. All they know about that is the occasional HB pass, thrown by someone who is not warm, who is not a QB, and who usually gives it away as soon as they get the toss.
I thought there were a lot of things Denver could do to make their offense with Tebow better. They were just getting started. But Elway had no interest whatsoever in going that way. He was going to spend the entire offseason supposedly teaching Tebow how to be Elway. Tebow isn't Elway. Elway had no mobility. He didn't run over linebackers. He didn't scramble for 15 seconds before finding someone downfield. He knew one thing. Sadly, he still only knows one thing. Football geniuses, like Bellichek and Harbaugh, care about one thing, too. That thing is winning. They find a way. Remember when Brady went out, and NE won about 12 games with Matt Cassell? How has he done in other cities? Harbaugh turned Alex Smith into a great QB. Is Smith any better than he was? No, Harbaugh created plays and situations that allowed Smith to be great. Elway could never do that. He'd have traded Smith, too, and undercut him to the press.
Not too hard to see Elway didn’t/doesn’t like Tim Tebow. The disdain was obvious.
Now there are going to be two big QB dogs in Denver: Elway and Manning.
Let’s see how that works out.
Being from Indiana, and a manning fan, I just can’t see why he’s taking the risk of spending the rest of his life drinking his steaks through a straw.
That said, Elway must think Denver is within two years of a Super-Bowl.
The Tebow thing, like or not, has become a HUGE distraction for Denver, too. Don’t forget that the media HATES Christians, and thinks they are stupid and hateful. (It’s a gay thingy).
This is so stupid, Manning will go down and out with one more good tackle with his neck getting in the way of the ground. I’ve been saying that if Manning had 400 touchdown passes instead of 399 he wouldn’t have come back. I don’t think he’s really looking long term. Tebow? God help him.
What is Denver thinking?...
Happy feet and a rubber arm?...
I think Peyton will be a hell of a coach, perhaps that is what Denver is thinking. What did Bill Walsh say...”Peyton interviewed me.”
For all of the back-and-forth on FR, Tebow is just a good, not a great, QB. What he does have, though, is that intangible confidence of knowing how to win. That's infectious and can make a good team great. I've read several interviews with the Broncos who said, approximately, that no matter what the score, they always thought they were in the game. He'll do the same thing whereever he winds up.
The big winner here, I think, is John Fox. He *loved* Jake Delhomme - a pocket passer like Manning - when they were in Carolina.
I'd not want to need to draw up a game plan for a QB like Tebow every week. The fact that the Broncos did, and were pretty successful, speaks as much to Fox's coaching as Tebow's playing.
They have already traded their backup QB Brady Quinn so if they trade Tebow they’ll have to get at least one other QB.
As I’ve posted on other threads, I think Manning and Tebow along w/ another running back would make an extremely potent formation. Two passing and two running potentials.
Tough to defend.
Elway & Manning.
The ‘bromance’ of the century?
He was puzzled by Tebow's stats. The kid didn't even complete 48 percent of his throws. Peyton Manning completes 65 percent of his.
Receivers are half of the equation on QB pass stats, and Elway's rookie time wasn't all that stellar.
IMO Elway had an issue with being out-loved by some newbie.
He was puzzled by Tebow's stats. The kid didn't even complete 48 percent of his throws. Peyton Manning completes 65 percent of his.
Receivers are half of the equation on QB pass stats, and Elway's rookie time wasn't all that stellar.
IMO Elway had an issue with being out-loved by some newbie.
I hope Manning flops, because I want to see Elway flop.
His lack of respect and loyalty for Tebow makes me sick.
Great expectations. Hope it works out for the Broncos, Manning and Tebow.
I just figured out where the $1.6B that went missing from MF Global. Part of went to pay Manning. Some of it will be spent upgrading an O-line that led the leagues in getting Tebow sacked last year. Tebow. He’s like a running back, and he got sacked all the time last year.
The rest will be spent on receivers.
I’d like an investigation launched into the relationship between John Corzine and John Elway. Now.