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http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/records/playoffs/player/passing to the game stats - 10/21 for 316 yards - proves that it's yards per ATTEMPT. And since all the leaders are there by virtue of a single long completion (Tebow: 80, Manning: 87, Bradshaw: 73) it's a stat that proves very little about every-down ability - other leaders on the list are luminaries like Jeff Hostetler, Tobin Rote, Steve Fuller, Charlie Conerly, ..." There may be information about the playoff game of which you are unaware: The Steelers defense had only given up 6 completions of 30-plus yards all season; Tebow threw 5 in this game. Tebow became the first player to have 4 completions of more than 30 yards in one quarter of a playoff game in the modern era (1960) and the first to do so in any game since Warren Moon did it in 1990. Tebow's 97.3 Total QBR (out of 100)is the second highest in history. Aaron Rodgers has the highest at 98.1. Of course, others have good numbers as well. Tom Brady has a 95.1 (vs Denver in 2012) and Peyton Manning was only 6 points lower than Tebow in the win over San Diego in 2014.
The Steelers defense had only given up 6 completions of 30-plus yards all season; Tebow threw 5 in this game. Tebow became the first player to have 4 completions of more than 30 yards in one quarter of a playoff game in the modern era (1960) and the first to do so in any game since Warren Moon did it in 1990. Tebow's 97.3 Total QBR (out of 100)is the second highest in history. Aaron Rodgers has the highest at 98.1.I did not know that - quite an accomplishment! And yet those 11 incompletions in 21 attempts remain ... 6 of them short passes (as the NFL play-by-play log defines "short"). And his woeful 34.6% completion rate the very next week against a lesser defense. To say in the past Tebow couldn't throw the ball is not to say he never connected or possessed none of the needed attributes, but that his consistency was far short of what's needed to succeed as a passer in today's NFL. He's been working very hard to improve; I hope it pays off for him.