What They're Saying About Tim Tebow

SI Staff | Oct 13, 2011

What They're Saying About Tim Tebow /

What They're Saying About Tim Tebow

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"Tebow is the most pressing Broncos mystery. He's entertaining. He's blessed with a natural bond with fans. He will sell tickets, boost TV ratings, inspire women across the country to swoon." --David Ramsey, The Gazette

"Truthfully, I have no idea whether Tebow's entertainment factor will translate into wins for the Broncos or just more interesting losses. But with the team well on its way to the sinkhole of NFL irrelevance before the trees are bare, starting Tebow now is a win-win, whichever way it works out." --Dave Krieger, Denver Post

"I'm a lover of the game of football, and football still comes down to toughness, intelligence, energy, sacrifice and getting a team to play well. When it comes to all of those things, Tim is as good as anyone who has played the game." --Urban Meyer

"Look, I don't know if Tebow can play at this level, but I know what I saw Sunday ... and what I saw is what coach John Fox saw: A spark. So it might have been the result of the Chargers being unprepared for a quarterback who is vastly different from Orton, I don't know. But, frankly, I don't care." --Clark Judge, CBS

"Look, Tebow isn't as great or as terrible as either side says. His reality is as a somewhere-in-the-middle-work-in-progress." --Dan Wetzel, Yahoo

"While there are still a long list of arguments to be made about whether Tim Tebow is, or isn't, ready from a football perspective for what's to come, there are certainly some football reasons that Kyle Orton isn't the Broncos' starting quarterback anymore. Some weren't Orton's fault, some were." --Woody Paige, Denver Post

"And that's what Tim Tebow is: a hulking unpredictable intangible. He brings something to the field, an attitude, swagger, demeanor that you just can't qualify or put neatly into statistics. He plays every down with the speed and intensity of a train on the verge of derailing." --John A. Torres, Florida Today

"(John) Elway wants his guy, a polished pocket passer. That's certainly his right. Tebow might become a fantastic NFL quarterback, but he'll never be conventional. So, there are questions. Does Elway want Tebow to succeed?" --Hays Carlyon, Jacksonville.com

"Tebow's been doing that since he was little, man -- winning football games, coming back, playing great for his team. ... He's going to turn that team around." --Dolphins center Mike Pouncey, Tebow's former teammate at Florida

"If he fails, well, the Broncos pretty much already have paid the majority of his entry-level salary via bonuses. If he can't handle the starting job over the final 11 weeks, they can move him or cut him and look somewhere else." --Bob McManaman, Arizona Republic

Published Oct 13, 2011

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