The fascination with Tim Tebow in Denver is mind numbing.
So I'll just make something up.
Tebow has arguably shown in practice and in games that he is not starting quarterback material in the NFL. At least that's what the experts tell us.
To them, he is just a marketing joke. Check his jersey sales.
To his fans, he is the savior, no pun intended or disrespect to his strong religious beliefs.
If you read the letters to the editor, listen to the sports talk shows, see all of the No. 15 jerseys around town and hear the jeers in the stands at the former Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium, his not starting at quarterback is the only solution.
Kyle Orton is no good. Brady Quinn is no good. Tim Tebow is good.
The argument is that he is a winner, that the Broncos are going no where, so why not give him a chance? He couldn't do any worse, right?
The problem is, the Tebow fanatics refuse to believe what most NFL coaches and experts say about his passing skills, or lack of them.
Those experts constantly talk about the flaws in his delivery, that his style doesn't compute in the NFL game.
They're probably right. After all, they are the experts and if it's on the Internet, it has to be right.
They're probably right. After all, they are the experts and if it's on the Internet, it has to be right.
When the Broncos opened the season with a 23-20 loss to the hated Raiders in front of a Monday Night Football national audience, the thousands and thousands of Tebow-wearing-jersey-fans stated their case in ways that would make a sailor just back from a couple of months at sea blush. Monday night's game was not a Denver Chamber of Commerce moment.
Tebow followers must have been right. There's no way that the Broncos are a bad team because they can't stop the run on defense, that they have no running game and that they make way too many silly mental mistakes.
It's got to be that they lost because Tim Tebow wasn't playing.
For most fans, winning is what matters. Obviously, the Broncos haven't done a lot of that lately. I'm wondering, though, if that really matters to some.
Fans are flooding the phone lines, writing their poison pen letters, demanding that John Fox and John Elway make the change now.
Maybe they should.
Why not just trade Orton to, say, the Seahawks, get a couple of high draft picks for next year and put Wonder Boy in the lineup? That will solve everything.
Or it won't.
Maybe they should just realize that it is only the first game of the season.
Naw, Orton sucks. Tebow! Tebow! Tebow!
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