In 1983, Elway started 10 games as a rookie. He was awful.Elway finished 4-6 as a starter that year. He threw seven touchdowns, 14 interceptions and completed just 47.5 percent of his passes. Elway also had one game-winning drive during that span, something he'd become known for during his career.
When you compare the two player's stats, there really is no comparison.
In 10 starts, Tebow has 14 touchdown passes, six rushing touchdowns and four interceptions. And perhaps the most intriguing stat considering how much he's been scrutinized about his passing, Tebow has a higher completion percentage at 48 percent.
Tebow has also engineered five game-winning drives, which ties him with Scott Brunner and Marc Wilson for the most game-winning drives in the first 10 starts.
As the QB gurus say, "If all of a sudden, Oregon coach Chip Kelly comes into the NFL next season, Tim Tebow would flourish in Chip Kelly's system,'' said Shea, the former Rutgers coach and NFL quarterbacks coach who has mentored Robert Griffin III, Sam Bradford, Matthew Stafford and Josh Freeman. "There's a future for Tim Tebow, if the right coach comes along."
Amazing how so many other QBs are given 3+ years to prove their ability to play and win in the NFL. Yet, for whatever reason, Tebow isn't even given one full season in a stable coaching environment.
Perhaps he will be wash. But he deserves a chance to succeed or fail.
I’m not kicking him out of the game. The question is is he RIGHT NOW a good QB and the answer is: no. I’ve said repeatedly if he learns to read defenses pre-snap, and makes his throws predictable so they can be accurate he can be good. But that’s the future and dependent on change in him. For now, he stinks.
So far he’s had 2 chances. One in Denver where his only good stat was W-L and if the defense hadn’t gotten it together even that would have stunk, and one in NY where he didn’t impress the coaches enough to get on the field regularly. And it looks like he’ll probably get a 3rd chance in Jax with their open tryouts. But if he’s the same level of player for those that he was in Denver I don’t see him getting starts.
It would be nice if he got it together. The future though is the future, we can only guess on that. The past and the present though are pretty easy, they’ve got stats and they do indeed tell the entire story. Behind after 3 a lot, a throwing arm that’s basically a random number generator, and 46.5% completions. And in the process he’s cost 5 draft picks. He’s really expensive for the results.