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By Mark D, December 20, 2012 6:47 pm

And I’m sure I’m not alone. The Tebow maniacs quickly descended upon Jets fans once the trade was made, leaving the carcass of the Bronco’s alone. It shouldn’t be too surprising that a team like the Bronco’s is dominating the league right now after upgrading from Tebow to a psychically limited Peyton Manning. Last season as they won 7 of 9 games from October 20th on, they needed 3 OTs and only won one game by more then 1 TD (against the hapless Raiders). With a real QB, they have been pretty dominant for the season.

First off, there’s the hype machine. I’ve seen QBs win a ton of games and then just disappear when it came to the pros, Danny Wuerffel, Eric Couch, Colt McCoy, the list goes on. Sure some of them get a chance in the NFL, but most of them just disappear after a few seasons. I saw the great Charlie Ward decide on basketball instead of football, despite being one of the best QB’s I’ve ever seen, all because he was too short. There were people arguing that Ward might not even be drafted if he went into the NFL draft.

So what’s the difference? Well Tebow reeks of the great white hope. An outspoken christian playing for a southern team. Also don’t forget that following Tebow’s winning of the Heisman as a Sophmore (first ever) ESPN agreed to a new TV contract with the SEC. So it’s in ESPN’s best interest to hype up SEC schools as much as possible for their ratings. Other then Tom Brady, I’ve never seen someone so overhyped by the talking heads at ESPN. All for the almighty dollar and the ratings.

When Tebow doesn’t play, all you hear are excuses, excuses and more excuses. In Denver the only reason Tebow got a chance over the 2nd string Brady Quinn was because Elway was sick of his obnoxious fans. John Fox got things to work just right for them to back into the playoffs and beat a reeling Steelers team. Even after spending a first round pick on him, Tebow was never the future for the team, and nothing made it more obvious then how hard the Broncos went after Manning.

Now he’s in New York, and was really nothing more then a publicity stunt. Yet Tebow still thinks he deserves to play, because you know, he’s Tebow. Here’s a shocker for you Tebow, I’ve seen far better QBs, you know ones that could actually read an NFL Defense, never get a chance to play. Just ask Jeff Blake how that worked out for him? It also isn’t surprising your being skipped over, given your poor performances in practice.

The funny thing is, I’ve seen plenty of players on the Jets work their ass off and work their way up the depth chart. One of the most famous Jets ever, Wayne Chrebet, started training camp 12th on the Jets Depth chart. But when you show up time and time again to practice and fall to show any improvement, why do you deserve a shot to play? Because the Broncos were willing to change their whole offense last year to make up for your faults? That’s not something that’s common in the NFL.

With Tebow seemingly out of the picture, I can’t wait for him to be gone and his clueless dittoheadESPN fans to be gone too. The guy was never as good as ESPN tried to paint him as. He will never be as good as the hype. If you find yourself more a fan of Tebow then watching football, then I’m willing to bet you’ve never watched football before. The Tebow led Broncos were one of the most boring teams for 90% of the game, and then Tebow would scramble in the 4th quarter and do just enough for them to win.

It also doesn’t help that since the Jets were unwilling to play Tebow, ESPN and a lot of other talking heads who just follow suit have been mocking the team. Guess what ESPN, no matter how much you want to pressure the Jets, call them losers, mock them as a circus, you can’t tell them who to play. I’m glad the Jets stuck with Sanchez, if for no other reason then because ESPN has been screaming for him to be benched since game 4.

I hope Tebow disappears after this season. I hope he ends up in the CFL, which given how much ESPN covers the CFL it might as well be Siberia. The great irony would be if Tim Tebow goes to the CFL and ESPN starts showing highlights from CFL games. At that point you have to admit ESPN is insanely desperate to make Tebow into something bigger, and find a way to force people to think it was the coaches and not ESPN that was wrong about Tebow.

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By Mark D, December 12, 2011 3:23 pm

If this was any other season, Matt Prater would be a superstar and people would be talking about John Fox’s brilliant defensive mind. But all you keep hearing about is Tebow, Tebow, Tebow. Look, Tebow deserves none of the credit here. When you look at the first 5 games of the season the Broncos were 1-4, including 2 defeats by 3 points and a loss by 5 points. Since Tebow took over of the 7 wins 3 of them have been by FGs in OT. Another game won by a FG in regulation, and 2 games won by a touchdown. Include that the lone Orton win was by a FG, and Matt Prater has won the game for the Broncos 5 times now.

The win on the 11th against the Bears takes the cake. Matt Prater hit FGs from 59 and 51 yards to win the game. Morten Anderson appears to be the only kicker to ever have 3 or more FGs of over 50 yards in a single game back in 1995. Against the Vikings with the Broncos down by 3 he kicked a 46 and a 23 yarder. Against the Chargers he had the teams last 9 points, a 41, 24 and 37 yard field goals.  Against the Dolphins in Tebow’s first game as starter he had a 52 yard FG.

Without Prater the Broncos more then likely lose half the wins that they have now. We’re not even talking about chip shot field goals either, especially when it’s at 40 yards or more. Prater has been an absolute beast this year. His 3 FGs made at 50+ yards for the year nearly matches the total amount of FGs he’s made at 20-29 yards (4). It’s also not unheard of for a kicker to get a lot of publicity for kicking a lot of game winning FGs in a row, but Prater is getting none.

The reality with Tebow is that the team is winning by the absolute thinnest of razor margins. It’s like playing Jenga, you know that the base can no longer support any additions up top. Yet your friend just keeps pulling blocks out without a care in the world and nothing is going wrong. Right now it seems luck and general insanity is all going the Bronco’s way. But at some point it’s not going to anymore. Much like these teams that have been flash in the pan lately (Chiefs, Rams, Dolphins) the Broncos are in for a rude awakening next season.

They are going to be facing a much tougher schedule next year (and the AFC West will probably be much improved too) because of the amount of wins they are going to have at the close of the season. Meanwhile they will probably be stuck with a middle of the first round at best draft pick, and if they make the playoffs the pick will be even worse. So a team that’s winning by luck is hardly going to be able to add any talent via the draft, and they have a QB who can’t hit the side of a barn.

I think for long time Giants fans, this rings a lot like the period that Danny Kannel was starter for the team.