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By: Martin Rand, III
Date: Ocotber 24, 2011

After stumbling out the gate at the beginning of the season, the Denver Broncos decided it was time for the Tim Tebow era to start. No better time either. They were playing a win-less Miami Dolphins team, in the state Tebow won two college national titles and his college teams were being honored at the game. The sun was shining on Tebow to be great, and what happened?

Tim Tebow (above) got the win for the Broncos; but the win can't mask the fact that he is not a quality NFL quarterback.

He stunk!

Tebow groupie's will say, "That doesn't matter because they won the game." Yes, they won the game; and yes, Tebow lead them on two touchdown drives in the fourth quarter and ran in the 2-pt conversion to tie the game.

But, all that was in the last three minutes of the game. For the first 57 minutes he didn't do anything. Their rally was more on the Dolphins ineptitude to function as a quality football and close out their opponent than it was Tebow leading them to a win.

Just look at Tebow's play. The only time he is steady on the field is right before the ball is snapped. After that, he legs never get set and his head constantly moves side-to-side. It's as if he isn't sure about what's going on on the field. When he did throw the ball, his passes were erratic, overthrown and never a tight spiral. If you look at the drives for the Broncos before the fourth qt. meltdown by the Dolphins, they punted eight times, missed two fields goals and Tebow fumbled the ball the away.

This is not the look of a quality NFL quarterback.

It's like the age-old question that is usually asked in sports when a team has a big lead and still loses the game, "Did they lose it or did their opponent beat them?" Well, the Dolphins lost it more than the Broncos beat them.

Let's look at the facts. The Dolphins were up by three scores with three minutes left in the game. Ask anyone who watches football, in this situation, the winning team should win. Then, after the Broncos scored, the Dolphins couldn't recover the the onside kick; and the Broncos go down the field and score on the terrible Dolphins defense. Then, in overtime, with the ball, the Dolphins fumbled it away and let the Broncos make a field goal to win the game.

This is why the Dolphins lost. Not because of Tebow, but because of their mistakes down the stretch.

Let's get back to Tebow's quarterback play and compare it to the gold standard of the league right now, Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers has been playing near perfect at the quarterback position and did so again on Sunday. He is calm, cool, collect and every pass is right on target like a heat seeking missile. It seems like the only time he misses a completion is when his receivers drop the ball. He is a quality NFL quarterback. A Superbowl winning quarterback.

Tebow is more like a Michael Vick or Mark Sanchez type of player; he's an unconventional quarterback who could win some games and probably get to a conference title game, but he will never win nor get to a Superbowl.

But, nonetheless, the Tim Tebow era has started with a win in Denver. How long will it last? I'm not sure; but, if he continues to play like he did on Sunday, not for long.

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