Enjoy the game, everyone! Mike Tanier, PFF's Gordon McGuinness, Matt Bowen and Joe Fortenbaugh preview the matchup.
The latest in Tim Tebow-inspired fads to go viral? Teboozing
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He may not believe in drinking, but Denver Broncos’ quarterback Tim Tebow inspired a new fad: Teboozing.
Modeled off the viral fad of Tebowing, Teboozing involves getting down on one knee, and holding up any type of alcohol — whether it’s a beer bong, whisky glass or beer.
First, there was Tebowing. Then came Peebowing. Now, Teboozing. What's next? Teboning?
The Great NFL Migration Is About To Begin
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Brian Billick was the analyst for last week’s Broncos/Vikings game, and I’d like to give him a firm bear hug for not gushing over Tebow the entire game (a game in which Tebow played very well). He was complimentary of Tebow only on good plays, and he didn’t bring every discussion point back to the Jesus Baron. And it’s a mark of how $@#%^% most announcing crews that are that this represented a SPECTACULAR IMPROVEMENT over how Tebow is usually covered. Holy $@#%, if Gruden and Jaws had done that game, it would have been guffaws and backslaps for four straight hours. It would have been unbearable. I know people hate Billick from his coaching days, and he can get a little chatty on the air, but I’d take him over Dierdorf any time.
Everything That’s Wrong With Monday Night Football, In One New Yorker Paragraph
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Later that day, as Jaworski was making a cup of coffee in the ESPN bus, he tried the line again. “Call me crazy, but I’m excited about Tyler Palko,” he said. He exhaled. “I’ve got to sell this,” he said to himself.
Look, they're going to have to spend about 32 hours this weekend talking about the looming showdown between Tom Brandstater and Tarvaris Jackson on MNF. How else could one do so without acting (and thus, a whole lot of rehearsal)?
So, it turns out that Tim Tebow's 15 pass attempts on Sunday weren't enough for his 2011 stats to qualify for rate stats leaderboards, but that won't stop us from updating the numbers. Last week, Tim ranked 19th in ANY/A and 36th in NY/A out of 39 QBs with 100 or more pass attempts. Incidentally, Tyler Palko became the 40th passer to cross that threshold with his 30 attempts against Denver's upcoming opponent.
As one might expect, Tim's sparkling second-half performance in Minnesota served to move him significantly higher in both categories. This speaks to two factors: one, we're still looking at a relatively small sample size which can be easily influenced by a single game; two, his results Sunday were that much better than his prior ones.
RICK REILLY TWEETS THAT HE HIRED LIPREADER TO SEE IF TIM TEBOW SWORE DURING GAME
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He cannot be serious, can he? Because if he is, pardon my French, but Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick! Talk about #Real…stupid. But really, this has got to be some kind of joke, right? Right?
Maybe next Reilly will hire Ryan McBean to...oh never mind.
Good Morning, Broncos fans! Ben Stockwell went over each of Tim Tebow's pass attempts Sunday for PFF, and he calls it "Step 1 in Tebow’s maturation as a passer" but cautions not to overstate the quality of his performance. By "Step 1" he means that Minnesota sold out to stop Tebow's run threat and gave him just two or three different looks to decipher in the passing game, and of course that didn't work out so well.
Stockwell also writes that Tebow & Co. have become a tough group to game plan for in just a week's time, and he suggests that, provided Tebow is the QB next year, opponents having had a full offseason to cook up a defensive strategy for Tim could make for a different story. Either way, it's obviously great to see Denver described as a matchup problem offensively - something they haven't been in a very long time.
Every "Tebow" Uttered On ESPN’s "TebowCenter" Today
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In what was either a rare act of self-awareness or a complete lack thereof on behalf of the Worldwide Leader, ESPN dedicated an entire hour of SportsCenter today to Tim Tebow, managing to mention the Denver quarterback’s name no fewer than 88 times in the process—all of which were painstakingly edited together for your pleasure above.
Fan’s ‘Tebow Time’ Tattoo Has Tim Tebow as Bronco-Centaur (Picture)
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An artist named Gabe, who did the tattoo, said the man in question showed up with the drawing and said he wanted to get the tattoo done. Normally the shop does all the designs themselves, but this guy really wanted his personally-designed Tebow Time tattoo, so they allowed it. Gabe says they asked the man if he had lost a bet, but he wouldn’t tell them. Apparently he left the shop pleased and loved the tattoo.
Hey, whatever floats your boat. I just have two questions: Why does Tebow have no face or head within his helmet, and What's with the flowery handwriting?
Joe Theismann on Tim Tebow’s Success: Enjoy the Circus While it’s in Town
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“I think what we all ought to do is enjoy the circus while it’s in town…What makes 2011 so unique is we have seen quarterback play in this league at such a high extreme and in Tim’s case, the bottom rung when it comes to completions…That defense is as good as any in football right now. The offense doesn’t turn the ball over. There’s been one interception in seven games. I say this tongue-in-cheek: The way Tim throws the ball sometimes, nobody has a shot at getting it, his guy, the defenders. It’s either bounce it in the ground or throw it in the third row.”
Does Theismann know he already missed the weekly meeting of the Hoge/Dilfer/Esiason/Young-chaired Tim Tebow Sucks Club? Maybe he's just trying to start the backlash to the "I give up, he just wins" backlash?
Or, maybe Von Miller reminds Joe too much of Lawrence Taylor, and his blood pressure is rising...
