Tebow Proven Himself?
Brandon Speer
Sunday, October 23rd, was arguably one of the biggest days in Tim Tebow’s NFL career. His first career start in the NFL was Sunday against the Miami Dolphins in Miami. For the first five games of the season, Kyle Orton was named the starter for the Broncos. He led the team to a less than stellar record of 1-4. After a couple of weeks of hearing Denver fans chanting Tebow’s name, the Broncos owner and coaches decided to think about whether or not to start Tim Tebow. They decided to give him a chance.
The first two quarters of the game, Tebow was sacked seven times, and multiple balls that were intended to a receiver, were thrown nowhere near anybody. Not to mention that the Broncos kicker had missed two field goals that would’ve given them the lead going into halftime. Prater missed field-goal attempts of 49 and 43 yards. With Tebow struggling and Pryor missing two field goals, the Dolphins went into halftime with a 6-0 lead over the Broncos. In the third quarter, neither the Broncos nor Dolphins were able to put any points up on the board. Both offenses were struggling.
The Broncos appeared beaten when they trailed 15-0 with 5:23 left in the fourth quarter. “You can’t lose confidence in yourself, or you’ve lost already,” Tebow said. “When you get knocked down, you’ve got to keep getting back up. That’s exactly what happened. Something sparked in the Denver Broncos team in the fourth quarter. With only one minute left in the game, down by eight, on the fifty yard line, Tim Tebow threw a 23 yard bomb to tight end Daniel Fells to put the broncos on the 3. Two plays later, Tebow fooled the Dolphins by rolling left and throwing back to the right to Fells, who dived across the goal line for a 3-yard score. Denver still needed a 2-point conversion to stay alive, and Tebow kept up the middle to score standing up as time expired, forcing overtime. After a forced fumble by the broncos, Matt Prater kicked a field goal to win with 7:24 left in overtime.
The question is, has Tim Tebow proven himself to the Denver Broncos? I think it’s hard to tell in one game, because he’s still young. His throwing still needs work, but there’s no denying it, Tim Tebow brings something to that team that pumps everyone up and gets them ready to play. He showed great poise late in the fourth quarter, keeping his cool and coming back from a great deficit late in the fourth. Tim Tebow definitely earned to start next game, and shows some good potential.
Individual), Broncos (not. “Denver Broncos vs. Miami Dolphins – Recap – October 23, 2011 – ESPN.” ESPN: The Worldwide Leader In Sports. Web. 25 Oct. 2011. <http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=311023015>.
“NFL Football Scores – NFL Scoreboard – ESPN – ESPN.” ESPN: The Worldwide Leader In Sports. Web. 25 Oct. 2011. <http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/scoreboard>.
Easterbrook, Gregg. “TMQ Says Tim Tebow Might Have Won a Game, but the Hapless Dolphins Helped – ESPN.” ESPN: The Worldwide Leader In Sports. Web. 25 Oct. 2011. <http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/7145253/tmq-says-tim-tebow-won-game-hapless-dolphins-helped>.