The making of a legend?
By Nick Sturdivant
Either you hate him or undeniably love him. Many are eagerly waiting to see where the Tim Tebow train will arrive next.
Although Tom Brady and the gang may have temporarily put – as Skip Bayless calls it – “Tebow Mania” to bed, Tim Tebow came away from the Jan. 15 game with three things that he did not have at this time last year:
1. A definite starting job for next season,
2. AFC West division title,
(and most importantly)
3. YOUR ATTENTION!
Give the guy some slack, despite his unorthodox style of play, he has helped break Denver’s seven-year playoff drought.
For the first time since the ’98-’99 season, the Broncos may have found some type of stability at the quarterback position.
The names Brian Griese, Jake Plummer, Jay Cutler and Kyle Orton still leave a bad aftertaste in the mouths of many Broncos fans, despite talks of them becoming the next Elway, or at least a decent fit.
As a starter in the 2011 regular season, Tebow went 7-4 and accumulated close to 1,700 passing yards and over 600 rushing yards.
In midst of his regular season run, his best move was juking the sports-talk banter and turning a deaf ear to the critics.
Don’t get me wrong, I was just as skeptical as many of the Tebow-haters.
He was running a makeshift offense in which he failed to complete at least 50 percent of his passes, while at the same time struggling to read coverage.
Tebow does have one thing on his side: time. With a longer off-season than last year he can be able to get more familiar with the playbook, while having the praise of Elway, the Broncos’ vice president who actually determines the role Tebow gets to play with the team.
Potentially, and I say this very loosely, if Tebow can hone in on his presence in the pocket and develop a better awareness of the field with his mobility, he might be a bigger threat than Elway ever was.
But it may depend on whether or not Mike McCoy, the mastermind and Offensive Coordinator behind the Tebow game plan, believes he could suffer another possible set back.
It is definitely a work in progress, but it is one that could have us calling Broncos former head coach Josh McDaniels a genius.