Anyone that says that Tebow is not a good NFL quarterback illustrates their football ignorance and their inability to think creatively. Don't worry, that includes 90 percent of the NFL pundits, so you are in good company. Tebow is not a good dropback passer in the mold of the classics, like Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. I will grant you that. However, what Tebow does is make the QB a threat to run on every single play. The defense has to worry about a QB run, instead of keying the run defense to the running backs. That is a significant advantage to the offense, if the offense adjusts its tactics accordingly. Denver is getting better at creating the kind of offense that can take advantage of having an extra running back in the backfield, and when they mix it up well, as they did against the Steelers and in some of the regular season games, they succeed. Where they fail is when they rely too heavily on the run, instead of using the threat of the run to improve the odds on the passes.
Michael Vick is also a great running QB with a strong arm who has not been utilized to the full extent of his capabilities. He is more fragile than Tebow, so it is understandable that he rarely runs except as an unplanned scramble. When he came into the league, he was killing teams with his running, and his passing was not that great. No matter, his team won, and he passed well enough. Now, he is very sharp with his passes, and his arm is still strong. Tebow will get better as time goes on, too. But until then, teams can win with him just as he is, as Denver proved last week.