All he did was win. He led Denver to a playoff appearance nobody thought they should get.
The QB in Seattle is 5’11”. He can’t see over the line to throw passes. However, he has giant hands and one of the strongest arms in the league, and can run. Their coaches designed an office that could take advantages of his strengths and turn his weaknesses into at least neutrals.
Not sure Rex Ryan has the staff for those kinds of nuances. Frankly, hiring Manning worked out for Denver because they got a coach in the bargain.
Put Tebow in the right offense and I think he’d do well.
Winning a division with an 8-8 record isn’t exactly being “led to the playoffs”. Especially when multiple of those wins involved less than 10 completed passes. That DEFENSE led them to the playoffs, Tim managed to not screw it up.
Russell Wilson is an accurate passer, and he’s smart, with solid fundamentals. Compare the stats, Wilson has already thrown 10 more TDs than Tebow, his completion percentage is almost 20 points higher, and his QB rating is 25 higher.
In theory the Jets put together the “perfect” situation for Tebow. They went out and got the “wildcat coach” for offensive co-ordinator and everything. They tried to build an offense around him, but it didn’t work. I don’t think there is a right offense for him. The guys succeeding with the read option this year are still solid in the pocket, they just have an added dimension of being good runners, and good runners that still look down the field to pass until they cross the line of scrimmage. But all of them could win games from the pocket. Tebow can’t, he doesn’t have the defensive reads or consistency of passing. He does well against weak defenses, but every time he’s run into a good defense he got crushed. Defenses that keep lane discipline can beat him.
Those who say all he did was win because of the fluke Pittsburgh game ignore how easily & thoroughly dismantled Tebow was in the following playoff game against New England.
To refresh people's memories regarding the NE loss:
TEBOW
9 for 26, 136 yards, 0 TD
That was all Denver needed to see.