Tebow didn't lead his team to anything. He was a bystander on an 8-8 team that fluked its way into the playoffs and got a lucky win against a hobbled opponent. His own coaches liked him so much that they went out and brought in another QB. Kinda says it all.
Tebow is a joke. Mallett is a much more talented passer.
So was Ryan Leaf, but you want someone who wins. How many games has Mallet won in the NFL? How many playoff games? Keep making excuses. They had a decent QB as a starter and they went 1-4, then Tebow comes in and they start winning and guess what...that's all that matters! I'd take Tebow and the playoffs any day over a "talented" QB who doesn't make the playoffs. Excuses or not, he wins. You can't argue that.
It is hard for Mallett to win games when he doesn't play games. Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin didn't win any games last year. That doesn't say anything about their ability to do so, but rather about their lack of opportunity. Tebow won a few games, but the sample size was small and it's hard to determine if Denver won those games
because of him or
in spite of him. I tend towards the latter whereas you clearly believe it's the former.
I think the fact that Tebow's own coaches (the people who, theoretically, possess the most intimate knowledge of his performance and ability) have essentially given him a vote of no confidence by taking a huge financial risk on a quarterback who didn't play a snap last year. To me, Tebow is a shoddy QB whose "success" last season was a fortunate confluence of circumstance and variance. He played relatively few good teams and those that he did face generally didn't give him their best games. He played in a weak division where no team had more than 8 wins. I could go on and on about why he looks like a fluke, but there's no need. His own coaches have vindicated his critics by relegating him to the bench. That doesn't often happen to "proven winners" or "franchise QBs" barring extreme circumstances. One could argue that Manning's availability is an extreme circumstance, but you didn't see the Falcons or Steelers making a play for him (because they're satisfied with their QB options, which Denver apparently was not).
I was just about to post this, but not because of McDaniels. Bellichek was enamored with him before the draft and as I understand it there is a connection there. I could see the hoodie bringing him in and using him with his strengths. Brady certainly has nothing to worry about.
-QG
