What?? Weirdest story to date.

No one deny that the whole team is involved in Tim Tebow win. But people like sensational story and underdogs. Everyone work hard, so like you said we don’t have time to look at a bunch of technical explanations. The one thing we want to know is Denver was 1-4 before Tim. Now they are 7-1. Why do u want us to learn more than that?

The problem some people have with Tebow is that he rubs people’s noses in his beliefs. Hear him talk and it’s as if he’s laughing through his teeth. He uses football as a pulpit, rather than keeping his religious beliefs to himself, as most of us do. He’s also a self promoter as someone sent from God to build a hospital in some far off country, as the poor of America suffer. Some would list jealousy as the reason for Tebow hating. Well, no–the very same people who detest Tebow’s “act” are the same ones who haven’t a problem with the likes of Brady, Manning and Brees—future HOF QB’s. The problem here is that the football field is not the place for a church service or a sermon. And an off filed interview is no place to shamelessly sell yourself. “I built this and I did that.” If he truly wants to spread the word of God, then perhaps he should give up football and go into the ministry? I had him pegged as a fraud long ago and haven’t seen anything that will change my mind. As Tebow says, “have a blessed day.”

I love the Tebow story! You’d think that, as an atheist, I’d be annoyed by it, but I think it’s great that the team continues to overcome his awfulness for 58 minutes, until they collectively (Tebow included) pull victory from the jaws of defeat. And there’s absolutely no explanation for it except maybe for divine intervention. It’s like playing horse with your 5 year old son, who inexplicably makes 5 consecutive outrageously difficult shots and beats you without picking up a letter. But it cannot, I repeat CANNOT last. An NFL QB just can’t stink for 58 of 60 minutes and win. It’s a streak. It should be recognized as a streak. It’s a fluke. Don’t hate Tebow for it. Enjoy the improbability of it, but don’t expect it to last.

I think Mike is just another unhappy atheist liberal whose life is empty.
Tebow bothers you because he is centered, selfless and happy.
Maybe you should look in the mirror and see what is lacking in your life.
Tebow openly professes his faith, it is part of who he is and how he was raised. Microphones and cameras come to him, not the other way around. He always speaks of team and teammates never himself. You have a blessed day as well.

All I can say in response to this article is, ‘time will tell.’
The only thing that Tebow has asked for is to play QB. But instead of being
compared to other young players, he is held up against the elites, as they play right now. That’s a little strange. Why isn’t he being compared to Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy and Jimmy Clausen? Or even to the elites when they had made the same number of starts? Give the kid a chance, let him be a young quarterback, let him develop.

In response to poor Mike,iIt seems to me that all NFL players promote their charities whenever they have the chance and last time I checked, there is freedom of speech and religion in the USA. If your religion lets you keep it to yourself, you have no right to tell Tebow or anyone else to shut up if their religion compels them to speak out. Go to China if you don’t want to hear it, or maybe Saudi Arabia. There are plenty of places where Christians can’t speak openly about their faith. I think it is now against the law in Pakistan to twitter “Jesus”. Maybe you would like it there better. I think not. In the meantime, celebrate our freedom. And of course this aside is not at all relevent to this fine article!

Hi Mike …. oh where oh where to begin. Let me ask you a question. If a scientist discovered the cure to all forms of cancer …. or if some diplomat figured out a way to guarantee peace in the middle east … should they keep it to themselves.
Tim Tebow know the truth — That Jesus Christ is the ultimate, eternal cure for all ills. Does this mean that there will be no more pain and war on earth? Of course not. But then our time on earth is barley a grain of sand compared to our eternal existance. Tebow wants to help people spend eternity in heaven, so he shows them how. And in the meantime shares how Jesus has given him peace and joy during his time on earth as well.
So no Mike, we have a little thing in america called freedom of Religion. It allows us to express and act on our beliefs at any time. Tim is sharing his faith, not rubbing anybody else’s nose in it.
And frankly, I’d rather have a few more sermons on the football field than the criminals who inhabit most of them now. And I’ll take Tebow over the players who have a different girl in every city and get most of them pregnant.
But hey, keep hating on him. It’s your life and you have the right to live it as you see fit, just like he does.

Matt, very entertaining column. You ar an excellent writer. Is Tebow a great QB? No. But he is young and gets better all the time. He can learn and practicew the physical skills … those can be taught.
What cannot be taught are the intangibles he has that all great QBs need … intelligence, high football IQ, leadership and the ability to get his teammates to believe in themselves, coolness under pressure, exceptional decision making skills. His TD to interception ratio is a direct reflection of his decision making. He is a second year QB who simply does not turn the ball over. That is rare.
And oh, by the way, his numbers as a starter compare favorable to the first-year starter stats of Elway, Bradshaw, Unitis and Tarkenton.

I’m a huge Tim Tebow fan, but this hero worship has to stop, really, especially from the equally annoying Skip Bayless on ESPN. I think, in a way, Tebow appreciates the praise, but all of it is crossing the line from objectivity to downright ass-kissing, and I think he’d want it to stop. And did you notice that on almost all of the talk shows on ESPN, most of the critics are black former players and black commentators. If this doesn’t tell you where most people are on the line regarding Tebow, I don’t know what does. Plus, we’re not bringing his religion into the commentary, please understand, it’s just we’re talking about him as a football player. I don’t care if he’s a Buddhist, Hindu, Jew, Muslim, or a Satanist that sacrifices dogs on the altar and drinks its blood, it’s the wins, losses, and performance on the field that counts. Yeah, he wins, but the jury is still out in regards of performance, bottom line. So, let’s give it time before we annoint him as The Next Great Quarterback.

what a f’ing dummy this chatham is. i remember him on our team and every team you ever heard him speak you knew this guy was a moron. have a bad rep to the players that might actually have a brain.

i think that guy above is going a little over board but i remember chatham as a dummy as well

hard to take him seriously

Critics of Tim Tebow grasp at straws more than any group I can recall. Mike says Tebow is a self-promoter. That’s just wrong. He’s a promoter of Jesus Christ. He’s a commted Christian who is following what he believes. It’s no “act.” This is who the guy is. Tebow always gives credit to God first and his teammates second. He doesn’t take the credit for himself even though he deserves much of it. That’s a problem? You don’t like that he’s helping to build hospitals in the Phillipines? Really? Absurd. Strange choice of a character flaw. His Christianity makes people uncomfortable. The beauty of it is that the critics don’t seem to bother him at all. It would seem he’s very comfortable in his own skin.

Tim Tebow makes me wanna be a better man.

The Only People Mike Says who do not like Tebow showing his faith are the one’s who doesn’t have any faith and don’t claim they do when you don’t suppressing his belief to make someone who does not believe (in fact they hate GOD)would mean what he does not have enough faith to the stand up to the howling masses ha and the football field is no place for a lack of faith for sure keep it up Tebow and let those to hate you answer to the LORD

The talking heads who criticized Tebow (like Merril Hodge) acted as if he didn’t deserve to be on an NFL roster, nevermind be a starting QB. They stated such absurd opinions based on nothing tangible in order to sensationalize a story for their media outlet. No one wants to point out the obvious: he has some of the worst offensive talent surrounding him in the NFL, he’s only in his second season, and he was clearly a project coming out of Florida. My problem is that people wrote him off before giving him a few years to grow and become a more finished product. Seemingly reasonable people formed extreme opinions instead of behaving like normal because of all the things Tebow stands for. I doubt Tebow will ever be an elite QB, but people need to stop acting like there are 32 elite QBs in this league.

Henry Gondorff is an ignorant clown btw.

Curt, go to an English class instead of church for a day. Why are the righteous religious people usually the most uneducated?

Back off the author. Matt Chatham is among the most insightful and articulate football veterans reporting on the game today. I’m pumped we’ve been getting more inside looks from Matt over the past year. The guy flat-out “gets it.”

1) As a football fan – I like the Tebow story (lots of underdog appeal).
2) As a Christian – I share his faith and appreciate his priorities.
3) As a Patriots fan – I believe Tim is going to get Brady’d this coming week.

What was the name of the song that had the repeating “do the Tim Tebow” lyrics called?

Someone needs to tell the author of this article that before Tebow became the starter of the Broncos they were one of the worst rushing teams in the NFL..

When Tebow became the starter they jumped to the top of the NFL immediately in rushing.

In case you didn’t know rushing may be far more important to TEAM success than passing in the NFL.

What other NFL QBs could have this impact and still pass at the high level Tebow does when needed? And he doesn’t turn the ball over.. anothe great advantage of a great run game.

Tebow making the Broncos so great rushing also allows them to possess the ball for a much greater time than the opposition. This is a huge benefit to the Broncos aging defensive stars. I doubt ANY other NFL Qb could do what Tebow is doing and filling the role Tebow is..

What other NFL QB could make this offense successful with such poor pass protection and receivers and run game?