Too Much Tebow For Me

Since November of the National League Football season, Tebow mania has been everywhere.

“Tebowing,” a term used when kneeling on one knee imitating Tim Tebow’s pre-game and sideline prayers has become a popular fad, Tebow jerseys are sold out everywhere and every time I turned on ESPN in recent weeks, all I heard was talks of Tebow mania.

“I’ve been sold out of Tebow jerseys since christmas,” Eric Mackay, manager of Fanzz in Logan said. “I just can’t keep any stocked because they sell as soon as they get here. We easily sell more Tebow apparel than any other player of any other sport, and it’s the same for most of the country.”

Though Tebow mania still lingers in America, Tebow’s mania was stopped on the field when they lost 10-45 to the New England Patriots in the playoffs.

Finally.

Tebow mania was totally blown out of proportion. He got way too much praise and way too much Tebow time on ESPN and other news stations and I am disappointed in fans for jumping on the bandwagon.

The Denver Broncos had an average record of 8-8 with a few exciting games that were won in the fourth quarter.

Lucky wins.

Tebow consistently had terrible games completing less than 50 percent of his passes and ended the season second to last in the NFL for passing yards per game.

Yes, he did make big plays at the end of games to win, but these teams were average teams and many of them did not make the playoffs.

And when it came time to play against great teams during the season and playoffs like the Patriots, they lost bad. Twice.

And thank heavens they lost, or should I say hell.

Four out of every 10 people in America believe that Tebow’s success was given by divine intervention according to a survey discussed on ESPN.

Come on people, really?

“He wins games and gets it done,” Dave Pyle, a Broncos fan said. “I know it’s ugly sometimes but he comes through for us in the fourth quarter.”

Unfortunately for Tebow fans, this season will be as good as it gets for a long time.

The Broncos will not make it to the playoffs next year and will finish at the bottom of the American Football Conference West Division.

Here is why.

Legendary quarterback and vice president of football operations for the Broncos John Elway, doesn’t like him. Even after making the playoffs, Elway said that Tebow would only be the starting quarterback going into training camp and throughout the season Elway has constantly expressed the need of a long-term quarterback saying that Tebow is just a filler.

AFC West teams like the Raiders and Chargers will rebound from last years troubles mainly due to injuries and be very hard teams for the Broncos to beat.

Although Tebow was humble, tough and hard working, these qualities alone just don’t cut it in the NFL. Tebow is a terrible passer. He had the worst completion percentage in the league and in a league where the teams with dominate quarterbacks who put up big numbers were the most successful, Tebow just wont be able to keep up.

Sorry Tebow fans, but the mania is over.