Tebow career completion percentage - 47.9
Gabbert - 53.8
Ponder - 59.2
He really doesn’t have the stuff.
Yeah the cult of Tebow really hurts him. They ignore the fact that the Denver defense shaved 15 points of their average allowed for his reign (or somehow credit him with it) and studiously ignore how often he had 10 or fewer completions in a game.
He’s been in the league three years, and he still kind of stinks. I don’t think he’s a development prospect anymore. And while his jerseys sell well thanks to the cult that follows him he’s an instant QB controversy, teams don’t like that. How many other 3rd string QBs (which is where he’s been on the depth chart his whole career) have huge crowds of people demanding he get put in? And which coach or GM would volunteer to put up with that? It’s kind of sad, he’s a good kid, but in the end his popularity is turning out to be his worst enemy. He probably could have had a decent career as an anonymous 3rd stringer coming in for gadget plays, could have had a better career as an RB with gadgets, but the cult wants him to be a starter, and he doesn’t have those skills, and the cult is making him untouchable.
I agree that he is not being discriminated because of his religion. I think at most games players from both teams pray together in the endzone after the game.
I wonder if the Tebow followers here would like him if was a Muslim or a Mormon.. If fact why did I ask that question..
“Tebow career completion percentage - 47.9
Gabbert - 53.8
Ponder - 59.2”
I’m still torn on Tebow as a QB. That completion percentage is bad, but it was not all due to a lack of accuracy. A lot of it was due to the all-or-nothing passing game that the Broncos went to. He was given a couple of reads and told to get rid of it if the play wasn’t there.
Despite the low completion percentage, his yards per attempt were quite a bit higher than either of the other two. That’s despite the fact that the offense was tailored for Orton and Tebow didn’t get the first team reps until after week 5. He’s no Tom Brady, but if you add what he can do with his legs, he could possibly become a decent QB.
“They ignore the fact that the Denver defense shaved 15 points of their average allowed for his reign (or somehow credit him with it) “
I’ m no Tebow fanatic , but a little observation would show that a notable part of that was due to his not putting his defense in a bad spot - and further he certainly seemed to get his defense to perform better and with more confidence.. Not to compare him with Brady overall, but in 2001, the Pats defense responded to Brady the same way. Trent Dilfer also helped his team out a lot by not taking risks with the ball. There is definitely something to be said for each the leadership displayed and that style of play.
“and studiously ignore how often he had 10 or fewer completions in a game.”
A Running first down and a passing first down aren’t all that different...except that when you execute your defense and a player who isn’t “supposed” to be making the play makes the conversion a few times it is demoralizing.
He’d be a pretty good tight end I think.