I don't follow the Broncos closely, but I was always puzzled by how they and the NFL treated Tebow, especially after that playoff win against Pittsburgh. After that game, he really only played only one more game in the NFL.
Most certainly, teams and the NFL PR types feared his Christianity. And so many pundits used the same dismissive cliches against him, like reading from a script.
NTHockey, bless you. You’re one of the few people who grasp Elway’s seemingly intentional sabotage of Tebow.
Watch Elway scowl with 58 seconds remaining in the Broncos’ win over the Jets. Watch his slow-clap. Elway visited Stanford half a dozen times hoping to draft Andrew Lock. Because Tebow played great and beat the Texans, Elway had only the # 2 pick and had to settle for Vonn Miller instead of Luck.
As a formerly ardent Broncos fan, I watched as Elway was a mixed blessing for many seasons until he finally progressed. His running Tebow out of Denver was unforgivable. Tebow was an extremely efficient NFL QB who was successful under Fox, McCoy, and Gase. Those 3 won HC jobs because of Tebow, and then lost them. Imagine preferring Jimmy Clausen to Tebow! Imagine Jay Cutler starting for some 10 seasons and making the playoffs only once. Most NFL fans have their heads up their u-know-what