Tim Tebow Just Wins

Go ahead and say what you want about Tim Tebow. He has a terrible throwing motion, only completes a handful of passes per game, and has a quarterback rating that looks like a good college student's GPA. However, is best at what matters the most and that's winning. Tim Tebow just wins. After the Thursday night defeat of the New York Jets he is now 4-1 and the Denver Broncos are 5-5 and second in the AFC West. It's already impressive that Tebow is winning these games but what makes it all the more heroic is that he is doing it under the most intense scrutiny.

There has never been a backup player in any sport who attracted so much media attention and there has also never been a backup more criticized than Tebow. There are plenty of scrubs running around on NFL Sundays such as Rex Grossman, John Beck and Curtis Painter and none of them are dissected or ripped apart by Merrill Hoge on ESPN. Why Tebow? What makes him different? For some reason we just care about this guy more. He is intriguing on the field because he does things so much differently than a "real quarterback" does. Off the field he is open about his faith and that sets him apart from so many others in the league. Whatever the reason, analysts everywhere have shared their doubts about why Tim Tebow will never be a good quarterback and, despite all that, he keeps on winning games which is all that matters.

There can't be more exciting fourth quarter player in the NFL. He's the kind of guy that always seems to find a way. He might be the worst quarterback for three quarters-plus but, as the Jets found out, he can be the greatest quarterback in the final few minutes with the game on the line. Last night the first 11 drives for the Broncos resulted in just 134 yards of offense and the previous eight possessions ended in punts but on the final drive Tebow rallied his troops, leading the team to a 95 yard game-winning drive. Tebow accounted for 92 of those yards, 35 through the air and 57 with his legs. He took the game into his own hands and calmly led his team down the field against a defense that had pounded him the entire game to that point. The win was his third comeback win this season and after he said, "I love winning but I wish it wasn't this stressful." Well Tim, I don't have a problem with it, considering it's some of the best entertainment in the NFL.

I know that he may never shut up all the idiots like Merrill Hoge but Hoge has to feel like an absolute moron every week when the Broncos win. He LOVES ripping apart Tim Tebow on national television and week after week Tebow pulls out a win. So go ahead and keep ragging on him but the guy is a winner. Tony Romo and Mark Sanchez may have better mechanics and what not but Tebow has already shown he can win games consistently, something those two struggle with at times. To win under the kind of scrutiny he is under is remarkable. But that's what he does. He makes those around feel the passion he has and he inspires his teammates better than most. Does he make them better players? I don't know about that, but he does make them want to be there. His passion rubs off on others and the Broncos now have something special in Denver.

Time will tell if Tebow can keep this up for the entire season or for an entire career. Maybe he can lead the Broncos to the playoffs and if he wins there his legend will only grow larger. It would be nice to see him keep winning and maybe, just maybe, shut the critics up. That may never happen. One thing is for sure though, Tim Tebow will always be fun to watch