Or they might have won their playoff game! I know, cheap shot. I'm a big Manning fan, and I hate to see it end like this, especially with Baltimore capitalizing off a Manning interception. But here's the thing. I also hate watching what the pop culture, and the hedonistic NFL, has done to Tim Tebow. Is there a legitimate debate about Tebow's qualities as a professional quarterback? Sure. Anything is open to debate. But a guy whose training was broken up by a strike, who was shoved in at the last minute to take over a foundering program, and who led the team against all odds, and against all naysayers to a playoff slot, and spectacularly silenced all doubters by winning against Big Ben and the Steelers - and his reward? Tossed out the window, thrown to the Jets, who almost took pride in shoving Tebow out toward the trashcans, and now watching as various teams play hot-potato with this young man who dares flaunt his religious faith and pro-life values in an increasingly hedonistic and debauch-laden society.
So sorry, I hate it for Manning, and I'm not really a big Baltimore fan (being a Cleveland Browns native and all - you know what I mean). For me, hats off to both teams and everyone involved for braving the frigid arctic temperatures. But it is nice, a little guilty pleasure, to see if folks will give a second look at Tebow and wonder 'what if?'.
I am both a Tebow fan and a Manning fan, and I do have mixed feelings myself. The Jets have been terrible to Tebow, so this loss by the Broncos kind of takes things in a full circle, and as for Manning, he is the man who got caught up in the middle of all of this craziness
ReplyDeleteI don't begrudge Manning anything he's accomplished at Denver. But this is a nice shot at those who hate Tebow for reasons that have nothing to do with the gridiron.
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