Tim Tebow: Better & Worse Than You Remember 

Tebow's problem wasn't with talent or leadership. His teammates loved him and he more than proved he was talented. The problem was that he was so different than the archetypal QB of that era that nobody knew how to use him. Had he been paired up with a Bruce Arians or Andy Reid, he would have had a much longer career. I'm not saying he would have been a Pat Mahomes, but he would have definitely seen a fair bit of success.

He's White Jesus' favorite QB.... if skygods were real.

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​@Skunk Ape Completing less than 50% of one's passes is a talent problem. Doesn't mean better coaching couldn't have helped him some, but there was more to it than just "nobody knew how to use him". Tebow struggled as a passer way beyond any coaching problems.

@@ryanevans371 because he wasn't a pure passer. You're literally proving my point.

Because white evangelicals are obsessed with him.

You could say that about a lot of old quarterbacks

And yet he was still a massive bust.

i dont think thats true. but alright.

He won a playoff game. He isn’t a bust. Under performer more like.

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Still the best non-Super Bowl winning season.

No doubt.

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Agree

Yes it was. I was shattered when the Patriots brought me back to reality 🤣😢😭

As a Bengals fan I loved it

I was a steelers fan at this game. Broke my heart. I bleed black and gold but cried when DT died.

dt was so sick

​@@robdavis4951 much respect ✊🏼

As a lifelong Steelers fan I’m still a fan of excellent talent & coaching in the entire NFL. Was an Elway fan since his first start, which was against the Steelers in 1983 just like I’m a fan today of Mahomes & Bengals QB Burrow. DT made our best look like fools on that play & I admired him for it. His death was sad & shocking. My Steelers won’t be contending for anything for while but they’ve acted arrogantly at times over the last decade so they had it coming. Besides it’s good for the NFL when other teams, like the Bengals & Bills work their way to excellence & reward loyal fans with great seasons & hopefully Lombardi trophies. Good luck this season. IMHO Wilson has plenty left in the tank.

Yessir we getting old! Always took so much shit for being a broncos fan, despite growing up in salt lake when they were our closest team. Living in Kansas is even worse haha

Yea it goes faster as you go older so hold on tight. There’s a great NFL films video called “The Book of Tebow” where other great players w/some of his qualities discussed Tebow. I wish that Tebow had been willing to fix his mechanics so that he could’ve played for over a decade because he was fun to watch.

@@r.williamcomm7693 no doubt it was a blast to watch. Not that Tebow was the only example of a great human being in the nfl. He sure got a huge spotlight though. I’m learning that the years don’t take as long as they used to…

Yeah I was in 6th grade during this season. So many crazy comebacks that Tebow pulled off that year, including one against my Dolphins unfortunately.

@@guywholikescheese97 I still remember John Elway having the worst luck in his first three Super Bowls. The first was in his 4th year after he showed the world the full range of his talent in “the Drive” vs the Cleveland Browns. My college roommate was a Browns fan & died a thousand deaths as Elway ran, passed & impressed everyone. Then at the Super Bowl he faced the 1986 Giants with Lawrence Taylor, a rare yeR where a defensive player was league MVP. Brutal, nasty defense but Elway flashed greatness. Dan Reeves coached like his mentor Tom Landry. Didn’t really change anything for the Super Bowl. The Giants were just so good. Then the 1987 Redskins were another complete team with Joe Gibbs doing things like using a barely used RB to gash the Broncos defense. Finally the 1989 49ers were like a super team. They wanted to win that 4th Super Bowl without Bill Walsh who retired the year before. That offense was a juggernaut with Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, John Taylor & Roger Craig at RB should be in the Hall of Fame. They destroyed the Broncos with so many touchdowns. All three defenses focused on getting to Elway & Dan Reeves coaching didn’t seem to adjust. Poor Elway finally got 2 rings his last 2 years by Head Coach Mike as Shanahan running the same type of offense that his son Kyle runs as 49ers head coach & doesn’t require a lot from the QB. Knowing all that, imagine Elway sitting in the GM suite watching Tebow complete less than 10 passes & still beating the Steelers who went to the Super Bowl the previous season!! He was thinking of all he went through & how great he had to play to win playoff games & there’s Tebow with crazy throwing mechanics & unable to complete most passes playing so badly that the Steelers dared Tebow to beat them with his arm. And God smiled while Tebow did his crazy wind up motion & horrible footwork where he never set his feet & tossed a perfect strike to win the game. Elway was sick to his stomach. lol 😂. Tebow is truly a great human being but man, if he had been willing to make the changes in mechanics & footwork I believe that he would still be a starting QB today. 😀

I am a Gators fan and this was by far the most fun NFL season for me.

Tebow was an excellent deep ball thrower, but had UGLY short passes. The one where he overthrows Knowshawn Moreno that is 4 yards ahead of him by more than 1 yard was the worst, but TT lead the league in passes over 20 yards, and TT/DT were the leading receiver/QB pair in December 2011 and January 2012. I don't think John Fox was a good HC for Tebow's development. He looked better under Studesville!

@@jenspetersen5865 Yeah Tebow averaged like 18 yards per completion. Shit was truly unreal.

"That's how you get a touch back in the NFL"

As a Cowboys fan I loved it and will never forget game after game unprobable wins

Me too!

Your joking right

@@metzgerov you know people don't know what the first 2 Superbowl wins were like cause they weren't alive right?

@platapus112 Very True... i become a Broncos fan when Brian Griese was the qb 🙄

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he did do one about the 2015 season, its one of his older ones i think but its pretty good

Pretty fun first few seasons for you as a fan! You got a little lucky Tebow was on a decent franchise like the Broncos, if he had been drafted by a team like the Browns you probably would have given up on American football pretty quick haha

@@extragoogleaccount6061 Hell no 😂 Forgot to mention that my uncle is a Denver Bronco Fan and have been since he came to Colorado in the 80's. The great hospitality from the people at the tailgate at Mile High made him a lifelong fan. This story also had an impact on me becoming a fan!

Positivity in the comments on RU-vid!!!!! I’m reporting this lol 😂😂😂😂

Do you enjoy the real football?

Thief

It's 3:16 somewhere

goddammit Tom you creative genius

I think that's because he was an enigma. He was obviously not a good thrower of the football, but somehow found a way to win week after week and then having a walk off touchdown pass in a playoff game? Shit was crazy. He was talked about so much for that reason. Somehow the worst QB in the league was having the most success.

I don't get why that's funny.

but he wasn't. As Perna stated, that 2011 season was a TON of luck. Lots of things broke the Broncos way and Tebow n the broncos were VERY lucky to not only be on the receiving end but to also be in a division that was won by an 8-8 team. And as Perna stated, that kind of play just isn't sustainable. Eventually, you have to stop relying on luck (like opposing RBs running out of bounds for no reason and stopping the clock... Yes Marion Barber, I'm looking at you) to be successful. IMO, Tebow is VERY lucky that his career stopped there. Cause had he been given the reins to another team, its likely his flaws come through and he goes from "A qb who won a playoff game but was never given a chance" to "Yea, he won a playoff game. But then he did absolutely nothing after that and became an afterthought".

But that's the problem. We believe that luck was somehow sustainable for Tebow. Sometimes a teams energy is a psychological victory. Tebow seemed to have that energy. Should have played him next year and the go 9-7 or better. His energy was never ending. Many guys have that energy. Prob 8 guys on the field at all times at have energy, intensity , and stamina like they've rarely ever seen. But Tebow was contagious. It was an intangible most don't have.

​@@FlipsyFiona what he did wasn't "luck" you don't get lucky that many times, luck is very random not consistent, Tebow was consistent with heart & determination

As I recall he was already on his way out but the reason they fired him mid-season rather than waiting was because he brought Spygate to Denver lol

And it happened again!!! This aged like a fine wine

It was very special - much more exciting than the Manning years. Tebow was an amazing combo of the guy that can overthrow Knowshawn by 2 yards on a 3 yard pass, and then at the same time leading the NFL in 20+ yard completions. He was special, and he could have been stellar if the short game could have become mediocre

I'm a Giants fan and I concur. The 2011 season was the bee's knees.

@@chidorisnake22ehh as a niner fan I wouldn’t even be mad at y’all since the pats lost to the giants which makes me a win/lose situation for me

Kyle williams worst 49er ever

I loved the fact that it seemed like he could literally will the team to win despite his issues with throwing (lifted too many weights and got too buff to have any snap on his throws imo). It was magical in a way, like a children's story where if you truly believe in something you can make anything happen..mind over matter type thing.

No one was giving him grief over his religion, stop that lie.

@@ShadowBox112we were making fun of, he was praying to god…but God thought football wasn’t for him

I live in the area too. The games were insane and so much fun to watch. Incredible competitor. Go Gators! Also, the media did mock him all the time because of the religion stuff. He was also mocked relentlessly because he was a virgin. Glad he is still working and chasing his dreams. I hope one day he can work with the Florida Gators in some capacity.

@@ShadowBox112he’s not lying. I didn’t like him because he was annoying with his religion.

See you tomorrow Steve!

Meant to serve god but is a tv analyst and played baseball. Nah, dude just couldn’t cut it in the NFL.

​@LuisGonzalez-ud6nt Tebow's record as an NFL starter was 10-6. So, how exactly could he not "cut it" in the NFL? Oh, and don't forget he was the SEC's all-time leader in career passing efficiency (170.8), completion percentage (67.1%), passing touchdown to interception ratio (5.5 to 1), rushing yards by a quarterback (2,947), rushing touchdowns (any position) (57), and total touchdowns responsible for (145). He is a winning NFL QB, but for some reason, Tebow was the only time I can really remember that "winning wasn't everything" in the NFL.

​@@ShadowBox112what "logic" would say playing a sport or working in TV or having a job means you can't serve God?

The countless Heisman winning QBs to completely bomb in the NFL prior to Tebow didn't clue you in?

@DaneOrschlovsky I was only 18 when Tebow went to the NFL; I hadn't even heard names like Couch until after. JaMarcus Russell HAD been a warning sign, but I think everyone can agree that was more of an effort issue than actual talent. And remember that ultimately, hindsight is 20/20. Who thought a rando with only two years at Cal and a Holiday Bowl loss would become one of the best Quarterbacks of our generation?

@@X525Crossfire solid points I didn't consider before commenting. Though I'm not too much older than you, I still remember there being amazing QBs from Nebraska, Ohio State, Miami, Florida (Spurrier years) FSU, etc, who were fantastic in their systems but were propped up by spectacular surrounding talent and coaching.

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For me it was Ken Dorsey at Miami.

Remember, yes.not fondly tho

Another good video by ponderous penis Perna.

It is really a bit weird he never got a true second chance. Usually its almost guaranteed a first round QB will have someone take a chance on them even if they don't work out on their first team.

@@extragoogleaccount6061 agreed especially with the titanic upside, I mean it made sense to get Peyton, but dealing away the guy who could have taken over after him so quickly was kinda dumb. All they really had to do was put in the time. But alas we will never know if Tebow would’ve put it together.

Great season - it was the most fun along with 2005. 1997, 1998 and 2015 were better though, but I would have loved us to bring Tebow back with Kubes in 2016!

Tim Tebow would’ve went 10-0 in the Super Bowl

The win streak was ridiculous. Every game it seemed like they'd be down two scores with five minutes left and then he would just take over. And like the video said, some other weird plays and special teams success would also happen to help make the comebacks possible.

The town wasn't big enough for the two of them. The Sherrif was the answer.

And that's what it comes down to. Tebow was a terrible QB, but gave me one of the most exciting seasons in Broncos history