I was looking forward to watching Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos in what shaped up as one of the best NFL playoff games of the weekend.
Denver Broncos’ quarterback Tebow has been a sensation in the NFL after a stellar rookie season last year, and all the professional talk this week was about Tebow and how the Broncos’ offensive drive would overcome the Patriots rock like defence.
After topping the NFL jersey sales in his very first year, Tebow ranks as the number two in this year’s NFL jersey sales ladder with New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady at five.
After the comprehensive NFL playoffs victory by Brady’s New England Patriots over the Broncos, that statistic will soon change, especially if the Patriots make it all the way to the final.
Brady is now the owner of the NFL’s post-season record for the most number of first half touchdown passes (five). He completed six in total in the Patriots crushing 45 to 10 defeat of the Broncos, ending their aspirations to make it to this year’s Superbowl final.
It was reported that before the game when Tebow was introduced to Brady, he referred to him as “Mister Brady”. That not just attributable to Tebow’s well mannered upbringing and humble nature, but also to his strong Christian beliefs.
But Tebow failed to live up to the hype and expectations and was torn apart by the Patriots at Gillette Stadium.
The quarterback in NFL is a pivotal role, and if you have a bad day, so does the whole team.
People are asking whether Tebow has the right stuff to handle the NFL big pressure games. Does that meek and mild personality and calling your adversary “Mister” put you in the right frame of mind for such a huge game?
But I wouldn’t put all the blame on Tebow’s broad shoulders. The Broncos defense, quite frankly, was not that good. Brady had a central passing lane as wide as the Harbour Bridge to fire in those touch down spirals to a virtually unmarked offense.
The Patriots defense was almost impregnable and made Tebow’s job even more difficult and they put him on the ground plenty of times.
Patriots followers taunted Tebow, chanting his name and mockingly bowing before him. One held a sign that read, “Tebow, your prayers will not be answered here!” Another read, “My God is Tom Brady.”
Sport can be a cruel game and devastating defeats go back a long way, even to the coliseum days when they threw the Christians in with the lions – that was their sport and winning was tougher than ever.
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