Posted on 12/10/2011 3:34:19 PM PST by garjog
I agree. Wish we had a lot more like him.
A couple of years ago when I was working in a law firm, a client came in and was sitting in the waiting area reading an article about Tebow. She was called in before she finished it and when she came out she said she was gonna finish the article and sat back down and read it. He has influenced a lot of people. God bless him. His parents must be so very proud.
We need more like him that’s for sure. Especially in sports where there can be a major impact on society.
The guy is 6-1 as an NFL starter this year and would be fighting for his job if this was the last day of training camp for 2012. That's a clear indication of just how little the NFL thinks of his performance. He's a gifted athlete who probably doesn't fit well into any position on a typical NFL team -- not unlike all of those QBs who come out of those wishbone offenses in the NCAA and simply don't fit in the NFL.
I'll throw a name out there that is probably a good parallel to Tebow, but from the defensive side of the ball . . .
The guy I'm thinking of is Terry Hoage, the former defensive back for a half-dozen NFL teams from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. He was a two-time All-American for Georgia in the early 1980s and finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting one year. I remember seeing references to him as one of the best defensive players anyone had seen in decades. Smart guy, too . . . I think he was an academic All-American with a degree in microbiology or something like that.
The problem was that he simply didn't "fit" in the NFL, which explains why he was a journeyman throughout his career and never matched those expectations from his NCAA days. Georgia played a very aggressive defensive scheme in those days with a lot of eight-man fronts, and he played a role that was something of a hybrid between a strong safety and a linebacker. When he got to the NFL he didn't fit into either position very well . . . too small to play linebacker, too slow to be an every-down defensive back. Perhaps his most telling statistic came in 1988 with the Philadelphia Eagles, when he was second in the NFL with eight interceptions but never started a single game.
I could not agree more.
Good read. Thank you, for that.
Amen. I've been saying almost the same thing for a couple years now. I have almost quit watching MNF for the same reasons.
PS... Anybody make all the way through the Army-Navy game with all the Obama a$$ ki$$ing.
Anybody make all the way through the Army-Navy game...”
I made it as far as seeing BO come out for the coin toss before I switched channels.
I’m a Tebow fan..
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/kerry_byrne/11/29/tim.tebow/index.htmlI don’t think much of Tebow’s career prospects as an NFL quarterback
Very interesting. The salient point being that altho Tebow fumbled once and was intercepted once in the Detroit game, otherwise his record of protecting the ball has been immaculate in the 6 games Denver has won under Tebow's leadership.Any coach will tell you - any defense-minded coach will scream at you - that takeaways are golden, and that turnovers are killers. So if Tebow continues in this vein, there is bound to be a coach somewhere who would snatch him up in a heartbeat if Elway decides to trade him. I think of Pittsburg as a franchise that traditionally counts heavily on defensive excellence, for example - and has a good veteran quarterback who is walking wounded and who can be a head case. Which is the one problem you know you don't have with Tebow.
As a Patriots fan, I cannot believe I’m saying this, but I almost hope Denver beats the Pats!
Tebow reminds me of Joe Montana, the way he uses his mobility to great advantage. His running ability forces defenders way from his receivers.
Joe Montana had mediocre arm strength and couldn’t hold a candle to John Elway as a pure passer. But Montana became the greatest quarterback in football because of intangibles like his great instincts and coolness under pressure.
Tebow reminds me of Joe Montana, the way he uses his mobility to great advantage. His running ability forces defenders way from his receivers.
Joe Montana had mediocre arm strength and couldn’t hold a candle to John Elway as a pure passer. But Montana became the greatest quarterback in football because of intangibles like his great instincts and coolness under pressure.
Well, Joe may not have had the “arm strength” of an Elway or Marino, and certainly not a Joe Namath, but I wouldn’t say his arm strength was “mediocre”.
All I know is that Cameron Diaz said that Joe Montana’s arm was “average” (There’s Something About Mary, 1998).
Don’t worry, it’s our secret. TeeHeee!
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1 Samuel 47
And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.
Matthew 10:30
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Lord, give Mr. Tebow more time to study your word.
Fixed it.
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