Controversial Quarterback Tim Tebow once again confounded his critics by leading the Denver Broncos to a road victory despite doing less quantitatively for the team then the placeholder. Supporters claim this lends credence to the idea that Timmy leads his team to victory due to his saintly nature rather then his playing ability.
“Its something to watch” Broncos Offensive Coordinator Mike McCoy admitted after the game. “I haven’t seen many games where a Quarterback wins while completing two passes for less then 100 yards. Actually, I haven’t seen many games where a QB losses while playing like that, they would get pulled after a quarter.”
Head coach John Fox was impressed by the performance, although he may have inadvertently affected Tebow by telling him after the prior weeks Raider win that he would have to complete more then one pass a quarter to win in the future. “Tebow said he could win while completing even less, I didn’t think he was serious until we had gone the entire first half without a completion.” Fox marveled. This improbable win puts the Broncos only one game out of first place in the worst division in football.
The only rational way to win with only 2 completions would be for a QB to only throw the ball 3 or 4 times and rush for well over 100 yards. Yet Tebow confounded that conventional wisdom by rushing for less then 50 yards and throwing 8 times for a remarkable completion rate of 25%. “I knew it would be hard to win with those numbers, but I had faith in God and was rewarded. Anybody can win throwing for 4 touchdowns and 400 yards, but it takes a special team to win like this.”
Kansas City Chief Linebacker Derrick Johnson admitted Tebow's play unnerved the Chiefs defense. “He basically did nothing but hand the ball off, again and again and again. So you have to look up at the scorecard and wonder, how can we be losing to this guy? We are losing to a team that effectively has 10 players, how is that possible?”
“He made us feel useless” commented Safety Donald Washington “You go the entire game without needing to defend a pass, that really wears you down. Practically their entire offense was some guy named Lance Ball. Is that a real name, am I being punked?”
“We lost to basically a good division 2 quarterback” was Coach Todd Haley's only comment.
“He said I was good? Golly!” was the response of the ever unflappable Tebow when told of Haley's assessment.
Tebow's final numbers included a QB rating of 102.6, which actually exceeded his 69 yards of passing. When asked how this was possible, ESPN editors responded only with “Who's been screwing with this thing?”, referring to the computer responsible for calculating it.
Tebow's impact goes far beyond his numbers though, he helps inspire his teammates to better performance, even the defense. Champ Bailey, widely considered the best single Broncos player, explained it. “We had a decent pocket passer in Kyle Orten with a 1-4 record. Now we switched to basically a running back taking the snaps and occasionally throwing and we are 3-1. That means anyone can be replaced at any time for any reason for any given replacement player. No one is safe, it really puts the fear of God into us. We are playing for our jobs out there.”
Whats next for Tebow? A rematch against the Chargers opens the possibility of winning a game with no completed passes at all, but Tebow might be thinking bigger. “I'm confident enough in my team I think we could win with all my completed passes being interceptions.” Tebow radiated confidence as he ended with “There are no limitations if you put your mind to it.”
“He will have to learn to throw better to get many pics” Chargers Defensive End Tommie Harris noted. “Those throws are usually uncatchable for anyone.”
Perhaps, but Tebow has been full of surprises so far.
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