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I Am A Tebowist
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| alan |
http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...oclaim-tebowist
Another ugly performance by Tim Tebow, another victory. Many of us were laughing when he opened the season as Denver's third-string quarterback, but I can't do it anymore. He's won me over. I am now an unabashed Tebowist. And this is what I believe:
I believe there is nothing wrong with having more points than completions. I am a Tebowist.
I enjoy rooting for someone who was drafted in the final round of my fantasy league as a joke. I am a Tebowist.
I like watching someone whose every success is deemed a one-time fluke by the experts, and I like how this happens week after week after week. I am a Tebowist.
I am intrigued listening to a guy whose postgame comments sound scripted and clichéd, yet sincere and impassioned at the same time. I am a Tebowist.
I believe that sometimes the best way to choose a quarterback is not by making an informed decision based on weeks of performance in practice, but by heeding the advice of a billboard alongside Interstate 25. I am a Tebowist.
I enjoy believing in the goodness of someone simply because so many others believe he is too good to be true. I am a Tebowist.
I think it's hilarious that the hottest team in the AFC West is quarterbacked not by a former No. 4 overall pick and three-time Pro Bowler, and not by a former No. 1 overall pick who was acquired for a first- and second-round pick, and not by someone who supposedly had the secrets of football perfection passed down to him by Tom Brady and Bill Belichick ... but by a guy who many think should be a tight end. I am a Tebowist.
I am fascinated by the idea that "intangibles" and "heart" might actually be real things and not just clichés that desperate announcers resort to using when they're out of things to say. I am a Tebowist.
I don't think it's a tragedy that most of the people reading this have a better throwing motion than a starting NFL quarterback. I am a Tebowist.
I like rooting for someone who has legitimate "haters," all of whom despise him for completely irrational reasons. I am a Tebowist.
I am intrigued by someone who, in an age of technology and communication, decided to communicate his beliefs via eye black. I am a Tebowist.
I sometimes wonder if he makes all those mistakes in the first three quarters because he is setting up some kind of trap for the opposing team. I am a Tebowist.
I think it's funny that Tim Tebow has more wins this season than Michael Vick and more wins over the past month than Tom Brady. I am a Tebowist.
I wonder if Tim Tebow is an Internet troll who grew huge muscles and became a football player and is currently engaged in an epic prank on the NFL and football media. I am a Tebowist.
I think it's amazing that despite playing in eight games this season and starting five, Tim Tebow still doesn't have enough pass attempts to qualify for the list of NFL passer rating leaders. I am a Tebowist.
I think it's hilarious that if Tim Tebow did show up in the list of NFL passer rating leaders, he would be listed ahead of Joe Flacco, Sam Bradford, Josh Freeman and Colt McCoy. I am a Tebowist.
I wonder how many other great college quarterbacks who supposedly were unable to throw or read a defense could currently be leading an NFL team to victories. I am a Tebowist.
I wonder why every other team in the AFC West doesn't scrap their pro style systems, too, because -- hey, why not try something that might work? I am a Tebowist.
I think it's great that someone who has success off the field by doing everything right also has success on the field by doing everything wrong. I am a Tebowist.
I enjoy every shot of John Fox and John Elway at the end of another Tebow win when they look like they don't know whether to laugh or cry. I am a Tebowist.
I believe a jump pass looks textbook if it lands in the arms of the intended receiver in the end zone. I am a Tebowist.
I feel that if Tim Tebow held a quarterback camp, people would only show up to get his autograph. I am a Tebowist.
I wonder if Kyle Orton wishes he had never learned how to throw properly. I am a Tebowist.
I think it's a waste of time to assume Tim Tebow is a hypocrite with skeletons in his closet until he does something to suggest that he is a hypocrite with skeletons in his closet. I am a Tebowist.
I believe in the power of things unseen, but I believe even more in the power of things I can see. Like the scoreboard. I am a Tebowist.
I know that even if Tim Tebow never wins another game in the NFL, he's still won four more than many observers thought he could. I am a Tebowist.
I am confident that Tim Tebow will never look like a good quarterback. And that it might not matter. I am a Tebowist.
I believe that Tim Tebow > memes. I am a Tebowist.
I believe Tim Tebow has whatever "it" is, and that the definition of "it" is "what Tim Tebow has." I am a Tebowist.
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| LAdazeNYnights |
Young, Dumb, And Full Of Jesus
| quote: | | a beefily incurious vacancy of a human even by 24-year-old white evangelical standards, and—to a shockingly sizable percentage of America's football fans—about as close to a Warrior Prophet as the game has ever seen. |
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| quote: | | That the din around Tebow has gotten louder and dumber since he joined the NFL shouldn't surprise anyone familiar with the NFL, which breaks its own louder/dumber records every week. |
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| quote: | | Football people sound like smug pseudo-scientists when they criticize him, but they always sound like that. When Tebow's legion of teary, touchy fans rush to his defense, however, they are rebutting something that seems more or less imaginary—the “outrageous attacks” of hate-filled seculars who hate what Tebow “stands for.” For football conservatives who criticize Tebow and his hideous throwing motion, he's an aesthetic outlier in a dumb, grunty sport ruled by a cookie-cutter; for social conservatives, he's another excuse to lash out against the distant hordes of urban sodomites who dare to call them on their under-reasoned parochialisms and proud small-mindedness. Both sides are ridiculous. Which just leaves Tebow in the middle, grinning with what's either saintly agape or dim-jock bafflement. It's impossible to tell which. If there's a point to all this, that's probably it. |
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| djjoshuaallen |
| And tebow wins again. Putting the Denver Broncos into a tie for first place. |
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| Sadface |
| Do we just have to acknowledge that God is on Tebow's side at this point? |
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| fantasyexctasy |
| If it wasn't for the Denver defense they'd lose every single one of these close games. The guy is just privileaged to have always had an elite defense going out there to cover up his mistakes since high school. Only idiots that don't know about football think this can actually work in the long run. 6 games isn't the long run. Tebow should pray to god that he keeps playing these ty teams with their awful run defenses otherwise he'd be seeing visions of that Detroit game if they sneak into the playoffs |
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| Sadface |
| quote: | Originally posted by fantasyexctasy
If it wasn't for the Denver defense they'd lose every single one of these close games. The guy is just privileaged to have always had an elite defense going out there to cover up his mistakes since high school. Only idiots that don't know about football think this can actually work in the long run. 6 games isn't the long run. Tebow should pray to god that he keeps playing these ty teams with their awful run defenses otherwise he'd be seeing visions of that Detroit game if they sneak into the playoffs |
Yeah I think the guy is getting insanely lucky with scheduling and defensive play. Still, it's been a LOT of luck lately.
Also, his teammates say that his leadership has motivated them to play better. Even though he's not a good QB, if he can make other players increase their level of play then that's gotta be worth something. |
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| djjoshuaallen |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sadface
Do we just have to acknowledge that God is on Tebow's side at this point? |
devine intervention? |
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| djjoshuaallen |
| quote: | Originally posted by fantasyexctasy
If it wasn't for the Denver defense they'd lose every single one of these close games. The guy is just privileaged to have always had an elite defense going out there to cover up his mistakes since high school. |
I agree, but their defense wasnt on par today, still got the win.
He actually had a few nice passes today. He needs to tighten his spiral though. LOL. its a bit wobbly |
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| djjoshuaallen |
Ok, Im kinda starting to like tebow now. Im thinking he could become a full time starter in this league should he continue to develope his skills. Im giving him alot of credit for making everybody on his team play a little bit harder, just enough to win again!
And lets not forget his value as an owner. The Broncos are the top story every week. As a business man, Id like him on my team. Hes more valuable then half the starting qbs in this league. |
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| DaveT |
He gets hurt and his team is as screwed as the Colts have been.
They are going to get demolished in the playoffs. Kinda reminds me of the Bucs last year. Scraped by and then looked like children in the playoffs. |
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| Nerologic |
| If Tebow wins this Sunday against Tom Brady, I will jump on the Tebowist bandwagon. |
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