Ok here it is:
Tim Tebow from all appearances is a man of good character, integrity and will power. His charitable contributions are to be commended as is his willingness to display and discuss his faith in God. He ranged anywhere from "great" to "amazing" while playing in college for the Florida Gators.
It is time however, to call a spade a spade. Football teams win football games. Not one man. Peyton Manning being on injured reserve is not the reason the Colts are 0-16 anymore than Tebow is the reason the Broncos are 7-1 under Tebow. The Colts have mismanaged their team from a personnel perspective and they have been consistently out coached. The Broncos, on the flip side, have played great to fantastic defense during these last eight games and have seen a rejuvenated (my word for the night, see my FB post) Willis McGahee power the ground game and keep defenses honest while facing Tebow.
McGahee's contribution cannot be understated. If you have no running game outside of Tebow, teams are going to dare you to throw and make you beat them through the air. McGahee has ensured that defenses have to play the run and allow Tebow to do what he does best.....scramble and improvise. Playing the Bears through three quarters Tebow was a horrific 8-23 for 106 yards, 2 turnovers and a whopping FIVE...yes five passing first downs. Through THREE quarters. In the final three drives Tebow was 13-17 for 130 yards, as the Bronco's scored 13 points versus the zero the first 12 drives.
This is NOT an NFL quality quarterback. Tebow's ability to improvise gives defenses a reason to pause but why the Chicago Bears pulled up their skirts and peed on the turf at the site of Tebow in the 4th quarter is beyond me. Tebow did nothing differently through 12 drives than the last 3. Chicago simply decided to rest on their laurels thinking the game was over. It was late in the game and to that moment they has shut Tebow dow...and they relaxed. The Bears have no excuse and if anything they now have to "bear" the burden of adding to the urban legend of Tim Tebow.
I'll give Tebow this. He does not throw interceptions. This is crazy to me for as much as he scrambles and ad libs but this makes him a mobile version of Neil O'Donnell and Trent Dilfer, not Peyton Manning or Drew Brees or Aaron Rodgers. This season Tebow has a 38.7% completion percentage. 38.7%!!!! Ridiculous by the lowest of NFL standards. You can argue that Tebow is legitimately killing the Broncos through three quarters of the game. John Elway is not sold on Tebow as his QB of the future and I can almost guarantee that while Tebow will be on an NFL roster nest year, it won't be with the Broncos.
I know I'll have Tebow fans "crucify" me over this and I am prepared for that feedback. At the end of the day, the Denver Broncos are winning DESPITE Tim Tebow and not because of him. The Broncos on the season are 31st (31st!!!!!) in passing yards, and (wait for it...wait for it......) 1st in rushing yards. In Tebow's eight games as a starter they have beaten Miami (4-9), Oakland (7-6), Kansas City (5-8), the Jets (8-5), San Diego (6-7), Minnesota (2-11), and Chicago (7-6). Only 3 of these 8 teams have winning records and the Broncos were destroyed by the Detroit Lions and in Denver's house. Two of those eight teams are BARELY over .500.
Tebow has only FIVE more completions through eight games than Kyle Orton had through four. Tebow only has three more TD's through those same 8 games than Orton did through his 4.
Bottom line: Randall Cunningham could come out of retirement and run this team as well as Tim Tebow if not better. Cunningham has the same faith, professes it loudly, has overcome adversity and can throw the ball a hell of a lot better (oops. Sorry to Tim and Randall for the slip up) than Tebow. The Broncos will continue to win despite Tebow and not because of him.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
First sports blog
Going to give this a shot and try to keep this as original as possible. It'll be a work in progress.
Headlines:
Kansas City Chiefs fire Todd Haley. I've done some reading on this. GM Scott Pioli and Haley reportedly have had some heat for a while now. Not sure why Pioli is pissy as this was his first hire as new GM for the Chiefs. Unless he's pissy that his first hire didn't pan out the way he wanted. This bears a striking resemblance to how Bill Belichick got started with the Cleveland Browns (not the new Browns, the old pre-Ravens Browns owned by Art Modell). Here's the thing, Haley won the AFC West with that team last year. I know, I know it's the AFC West. It's still a division title. This team has been ravaged by injuries. Even the late Col. Harry Potter said this team should have copyrights to "walking M.A.S.H. unit". Star safety Eric Barry, all-world RB Jamaal Charles, Tight End Tony Moeaki, and QB Matt Cassel all have season-ending injuries. It was a miracle Haley got them to 5-8. The Colts are 0-fer and only lost one impact player.
Bottom Line: Haley deserved to finish out the year. GM Scott Pioli will take a lot of heat for this and barring rehab setbacks the incoming coach will have a lot of talent at his disposal. I am, and have been, on record as stating that QB Matt Cassel was the product of an amazing offensive scheme in New England with a TON more talent than is available in K.C. Cassel will be gone soon and the Chiefs will be on the hook for his salary.
CP3 seemingly untradeable. At least according to the NBA league offices:
New Orleans Hornet PG Chris Paul, one of the premier players in the league, has apparently been traded twice within the last 72 hours, only to have league commissioner David Stern step in and block one trade and sabotage another. The "man behind the curtain" of the struggling, NBA owned, New Orleans Hornets has apparently decided that he'd be a much better General Manager than say, gee, someone designated to resolve labor disputes with his players and union. Paul was set to be traded to the Lakers (which caused me to flip out btw. It may as well have been Paul being traded to the Yankees.) but Stern had a bunch of whiny, small market owners (see Cav's owner Dan Gilbert) in his ear screaming about how unfair it was.
The problem is that Stern doesn't know a good trade any more than Val Kilmer knows to avoid the buffet. The trade would have garnered several top flight players for New Orleans, and at least one top draft pick if not more. Apparently the fear of L.A. getting Paul was so great that Stern was convinced to step in and squash the deal. This despite Hornet's G.M. Dell Demps being told he both authority and autonomy to do what was best for the Hornets.
Paul was then set to be traded today to the L.A. Clippers for a bevy of talent. Stern again made his presence felt, indicating that the Clippers should trade center Chris Kaman, an unprotected 1st round draft pick acquired from Minnesota, 2 prospects, AND franchise player Eric Gordon. This along with 3 parking lot attendants, a cheerleader to be named later and the Clippers insisting that the Hornets take owner Donald Sterling as part of the deal. The whole thing is ludicrous. Stern has no business interceding here. He has no experience as an NBA GM and it makes the owners look even worse, if thats possible. It's also indicating to any other team interested in dealing for Paul that they'll have to give up half of their franchise to get him.
Bottom Line: Sell the Hornets to a legit owner and let Paul play for the Hornets until this can be worked out. Paul is not staying in New Orleans after this season regardless. The NBA has a serious conflict of interest here as it appears they're trying to dictate where Paul gets traded to. And I thought the NBA couldn't possibly look worse after the lockout....
Headlines:
Kansas City Chiefs fire Todd Haley. I've done some reading on this. GM Scott Pioli and Haley reportedly have had some heat for a while now. Not sure why Pioli is pissy as this was his first hire as new GM for the Chiefs. Unless he's pissy that his first hire didn't pan out the way he wanted. This bears a striking resemblance to how Bill Belichick got started with the Cleveland Browns (not the new Browns, the old pre-Ravens Browns owned by Art Modell). Here's the thing, Haley won the AFC West with that team last year. I know, I know it's the AFC West. It's still a division title. This team has been ravaged by injuries. Even the late Col. Harry Potter said this team should have copyrights to "walking M.A.S.H. unit". Star safety Eric Barry, all-world RB Jamaal Charles, Tight End Tony Moeaki, and QB Matt Cassel all have season-ending injuries. It was a miracle Haley got them to 5-8. The Colts are 0-fer and only lost one impact player.
Bottom Line: Haley deserved to finish out the year. GM Scott Pioli will take a lot of heat for this and barring rehab setbacks the incoming coach will have a lot of talent at his disposal. I am, and have been, on record as stating that QB Matt Cassel was the product of an amazing offensive scheme in New England with a TON more talent than is available in K.C. Cassel will be gone soon and the Chiefs will be on the hook for his salary.
CP3 seemingly untradeable. At least according to the NBA league offices:
New Orleans Hornet PG Chris Paul, one of the premier players in the league, has apparently been traded twice within the last 72 hours, only to have league commissioner David Stern step in and block one trade and sabotage another. The "man behind the curtain" of the struggling, NBA owned, New Orleans Hornets has apparently decided that he'd be a much better General Manager than say, gee, someone designated to resolve labor disputes with his players and union. Paul was set to be traded to the Lakers (which caused me to flip out btw. It may as well have been Paul being traded to the Yankees.) but Stern had a bunch of whiny, small market owners (see Cav's owner Dan Gilbert) in his ear screaming about how unfair it was.
The problem is that Stern doesn't know a good trade any more than Val Kilmer knows to avoid the buffet. The trade would have garnered several top flight players for New Orleans, and at least one top draft pick if not more. Apparently the fear of L.A. getting Paul was so great that Stern was convinced to step in and squash the deal. This despite Hornet's G.M. Dell Demps being told he both authority and autonomy to do what was best for the Hornets.
Paul was then set to be traded today to the L.A. Clippers for a bevy of talent. Stern again made his presence felt, indicating that the Clippers should trade center Chris Kaman, an unprotected 1st round draft pick acquired from Minnesota, 2 prospects, AND franchise player Eric Gordon. This along with 3 parking lot attendants, a cheerleader to be named later and the Clippers insisting that the Hornets take owner Donald Sterling as part of the deal. The whole thing is ludicrous. Stern has no business interceding here. He has no experience as an NBA GM and it makes the owners look even worse, if thats possible. It's also indicating to any other team interested in dealing for Paul that they'll have to give up half of their franchise to get him.
Bottom Line: Sell the Hornets to a legit owner and let Paul play for the Hornets until this can be worked out. Paul is not staying in New Orleans after this season regardless. The NBA has a serious conflict of interest here as it appears they're trying to dictate where Paul gets traded to. And I thought the NBA couldn't possibly look worse after the lockout....
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