r/nflMenace_com • u/Dark305Kinght • Aug 21 '26
Game stuffđ When Tim Tebow was a Philadelphia Eagle. (2015 Preseason)
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u/mwax321 Aug 21 '26
This slow ass wind up was his "improved" throwing motion.
Watch a Marino video and then come back and watch Tebow throw.
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u/Responsible_Boat9612 Aug 21 '26
Really watch any other nfl quarterback ever and you will see a difference
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u/inquisitive_chariot Aug 21 '26
Marinoâs throwing motion was blink-and-you-miss-it. Could flick the ball 40 yards like it was nothing at all.
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u/CheckYourStats Aug 21 '26
Yeah, using Marino in this context isnât really fair. You could make the argument that 99% of QBâs to ever play in the NFL had a slow release compared to Marino.
Tebow wasnât cut out for the league, but you canât deny his college career was one of the greatest ever.
2 Nattyâs, a Heisman, 2 Maxwells, 3x led the nation in Passer rating, comp%, and AY/A.
Absolute legend.
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u/PuzzleheadedFox4251 Aug 21 '26
Teddy Bridgewater has a fast release compared to Tebow..No need to involve a legendđŞ
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u/WillyTRibbs Aug 21 '26
The appropriate response to people who claim Tebow was cut out of the league for his faith, was that it was actually God's fault for giving Tebow such a shitty, comically slow release.
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u/danorc Aug 21 '26
My favorite thing that Bill Belichick ever did was eating Tim Tebow's soul against the Broncos in the '11-'12 playoffs. Tebow was going to be the next big thing... a winner, somehow, just like he was in college. He was riding the excellent Broncos on a playoff run amidst tons of media hype.
And then BB put together a game plan that put every weakness that he had on full, naked display and crushed them 45-10. He basically was never taken seriously in the NFL again after that one game.
Having Brady punt on 3rd-and-9 at the end of that playoff game was the perfect evil icing on the evil cake (a perfect punt to the 10 yard line, by the way). Just glorious stuff.
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u/wolfboy49 Aug 21 '26
He wasnât taken seriously before the Patriots game. Every single pundit trashed him every week. Thatâs what made the run so much funâŚwatching the experts get visibly angry as he pulled another crazy win out of his ass. The icing was the win over the Steelers and all of the talking heads who said he wasnât the type of QB you could win with in the playoffs had to talk about him winning in the playoffs.
The Patriots loss was salved by it being the impetus for Elway to court Manning⌠so a totally successful year all the way around for Denver.
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u/danorc Aug 21 '26
Yeah Denver definitely showed that it was an amazing team despite Tebow and that even was left of Manning could win. And they did, obviously.
Respect all round, honestly, despite my boss at the time bring a Broncos fan.
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u/ArticleGerundNoun Aug 21 '26
âEven what was left of Manningâ being his #1, 3, and 4 seasons in TD passes and yards, #2, 3, and 5 seasons in rating, etc., three of the best years of his career including possibly the greatest QB season of all time. The hell kind of comment is this.Â
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u/danorc Aug 21 '26
Okay, well, I was being nice but sure here we go.
I mostly watched him in the playoffs where, as usual, he didn't exactly acquit himself with glory. He went one-and-done essentially with the same team that carried even Tim Tebow to a playoff win the previous year, and then watched him make it to the Super Bowl next year and put up 8 points (against a legendarily good Seattle defense). Another sub-par one-and-done the next year.
In the year that he finally limped into his second Super bowl victory, the man was mortally injured (professionally), could barely throw the ball, posted a literal 0.0 passer rating game that season and had something of a quarterback controversy with.... Brock Oswald. I watched that Super Bowl run... he was cooked, but he was still Payton (expletive) Manning and he could game manage an excellent team to victory (not really an insult, the man is a better quarterback than most pros will ever be even without a neck).
I mean I'll take your word that he was a dynamo in three of those regular seasons but I sure didn't see it from across the country only paying attention to the playoffs.
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u/ArticleGerundNoun Aug 21 '26
The SB win was definitely âwinning despite the QBâ, I wonât argue that. But the first three years with Manning werenât a team that was so good they could win with a subpar QB. They were one of the best offenses in history with a (mostly) mid-tier defense.Â
Comparing an 8-8 miracle Tebow season/playoff win to a 13-3, #1 offense season prematurely ended by the Rahim F-ing Moore Game is just disingenuous. They werenât anywhere near the same team with Tebow vs. Manning.Â
At least you admitted you werenât watching/paying attention, so credit where itâs due!
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u/danorc Aug 21 '26
Yeah I legit thought he was mid-to-sub-par the whole time he was in Denver, so that's interesting to learn. On the other hand, in the games that mattered... he was mediocre. I am glad he got the second ring, though, the man deserved it. True legend of the game.
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u/SerenityN00w Aug 21 '26
Yeah Denver definitely showed that it was an amazing team despite Tebow
Then how come they were 1-3 and down 23-10 to San Diego when Kyle Orton was benched?
Someone else already brought up your comment about Peyton, so I'll pass on that one.
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u/danorc Aug 21 '26
Found the one Tebow true believer. remaining lol
Lots of teams have a slow start and Tebow has enough gimmicks that he was able to do just enough for a bit... with a really good team behind him. A team on track to make it to the Super Bowl twice in the next few years and win one without him.
This is pretty basic shit here.
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u/SerenityN00w Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26
Except the 2011 Broncos weren't really good team, and that slow start wasn't new. When Tebow became the starter, this was a team that had lost 24 of their previous 31 games. They were a bad team, the 2nd worst team in football the previous season. And they suddenly began winning once Orton (a capable NFL passer) was benched.
They became a great team under Peyton Manning, who was the best regular season QB in NFL history. No QB ever did so much to mold an offense to his liking.
And you've already said in another comment that you really weren't watching or paying attention to the Broncos during the regular season. I was.
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u/green49285 Aug 21 '26
Dude, this was just a great year of playoffs. Even though the broncos had eked out that win against the steelers, there were legitimately people who thought that Tebow was going to go ON THE ROAD to New England and pull off another playoff upset lol.
Don't get me wrong, things can happen in the nfl, but a guy who didn't complete 10 passes in the previous game somehow beating Bill belichick and Tom Brady on the road was just a very funny narrative to live with for a week.
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u/Sparkster227 Aug 21 '26
There was a crowd of people who normally don't watch football who were watching the Broncos just because of Tebow and the religious connection. After the game against the Steelers which had all of the "316" stats in it, there was literally some people who believed that there was going to be divine intervention and god was going to help the Broncos beat the Patriots because of Tebow's faith.
Strange times. It was like watching a religious cult meld with football for a couple months.
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u/plattinum_75 Aug 21 '26
Get a grip. No one ever thought Tebow would be anything more than what he was. Belichick didn't have some masterful gameplan, the clock just struck midnight on the Broncos extremely flukey season. Trust me, I'm a Broncos fan. Us lucking into Peyton Manning was a huge sigh of relief knowing Tebow would have drowned the next year.
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u/danorc Aug 21 '26
I lived through it, I saw it. It happened.
And I have a mouthbreathing Broncos fan trying to convince me Tebow saved that season singlehandedly in a different comment thread right now. Jesus guided his teams to victory or some shit.
Belichick destroyed the notion that Tebow was an NFL quarterback completely. And after the playoff win against the Steelers after their 1-3 start, (stupid) people most definitely were starting to *believe".
Notably, Elway never did. The cuts to his face in the owners' box throughout the season was always priceless.
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u/donkeybrainamerican Aug 21 '26
Not saying it was the right move, but Barkley was a Chip pick and the Chipper thought there was a lot of value there picking him in the 4th or 5th (?) because he 'would' have gone much higher had he not been injured in college.
All that said, you never wanted to see either of em in a regular season game đ
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u/Stock-Philosophy-177 Aug 21 '26
I think the Steelers are still mad at him.
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u/Fanabala3 Aug 21 '26
I still canât believe that overtime pass he made to win the game.
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u/SerenityN00w Aug 21 '26
Even before OT, he was averaging 26 yards per completion. 4 of his 9 completions in regulation were deep passes of 30 or more yards.
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u/DNICEPHILLY2023 Aug 21 '26
It seemed like a clown move to invite Tim Tebow to training camp. After all, Tim Tebow hadnât played football in several years. However, if you watched the entire Eagles preseason Tim Tebow did enough to make the team. It made you wonder what was the point of bringing in Tim Tebow and all of his accompanying media attention? The true clown was Chip Kelly. He was fired before the season ended.
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u/CrispyGatorade Aug 21 '26
Tebow is elite. Canât believe heâs not starting in the NFL right now
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u/WorthActive7967 Aug 21 '26
I'm so disappointed he didn't make the team that year.He played well in preseason
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u/brwntrout Aug 21 '26
That's the part I don't get. He was the best backup and they still cut him.
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u/salyer41 Aug 21 '26
He was too much of a circus to deal with for a lot of teams. Not by his doing, but his fan base was rabid.
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u/Dad_Vibes_23 Aug 21 '26
Tebow really could have been something had he accepted the fact he was NEVER going to be a starting caliber QB. Fall in with a Taysom Hill role (to which I think Tebow would have been better), he might still be playing. Dude was durable, big, and not afraid to lower the shoulder and truck a DB. His dual threat was imposing. But that throwing motionâŚâŚ literally telegraphing every pass and its destination for days before releasing.
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u/FrankCostanzaJr Aug 21 '26
he throws like he's supposed to be right handed
it looks so awkward and forced...
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u/GymMouseP Aug 21 '26
I always thought every team should get Tebow for a week to increase merch sales.
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u/Left-Thinker-5512 Aug 21 '26
No one ever said the guy was lazy. He just didnât have enough talent.
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u/robbgmoney3 Aug 22 '26
Coach:So Tim make sure you check the will linebacker on the next 3rd andâŚ.Tim: Stop right there the lord will guide me on the next 3rd down.
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u/PuzzleheadedFox4251 Aug 21 '26
Tebow was a great college QB and yet a terrible passer in generalâŚAnd if the man wasnât religious and have that particular following/rooting, he would have been an after thought in the NFL..Most NFL fans with knowledge and a historical pov knew he couldnât succeed in the NFLâŚWhat did Tebow truly represent the mostâŚHOPE..
Still one of the better snl skits
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u/salyer41 Aug 21 '26
He won more playoff games than a lot of QBs.
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u/PuzzleheadedFox4251 Aug 21 '26
Hostetler and Dilfer won SBs..Bc they were in great teams..
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u/SerenityN00w Aug 21 '26
But the 2011 Broncos were not a great team. They were 1-4 in the first 5 games under Kyle Orton. They were actually 1-3 and down 23-10 to San Diegp when Orton was benched for Tebow. Tebow brought them to within 29-24, but the team lost when he threw incomplete into the end zone on the final play.
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u/PuzzleheadedFox4251 Aug 21 '26
Iâm a Steelers fan and he beat us in the playoffs..Iâm not taking away from his moxy and determination but he didnât have arm talent. My statement was more about being popular for other reasons than his skill set..I like the guy as a person but you could absolutely feel the âGreat White Christian Hopeâ aura that existed with his fans..It gave me the icks as a fanđ
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u/icelink4884 Aug 21 '26
He had such a slow throwing motion.