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Originally Posted by adendreams
Even more wildly skewed and absurd logic that I guessed... NEWSFLASH - he barely EVER threw the football - How many snaps did he take compared to those other QB's???
If you miss a pass - if you throw an interception..your passer rating goes down right? If you barely play any games and your coach is too afraid to let you toss the ball because your arm is atrocious...yes you can gain some nice passer rating points...
Using these stats to compare Tebow's performance with a full time FULL SEASON QB that has to actually THROW the ball is like comparing Mother Theresa to a Bangkok hooker.
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When you expand it out over their first 23 games (this is how many Tebow played in Denver):
Tebow completed 167 of 360 passes for 2400 yards 17 td 8int he also had 900 yards of rushing and 12 rushing tds.
Manning competed 359 of 690 for 4400 yards 28 td and 24 int. Manning doesn't run so he only had about 20 yards of rushing.
This does show that the passer rating isn't everything. Clearly Manning throws a lot more passes.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to make Tebow out as some kind of great football player. By all accounts the mechanics of his throwing motion make it hard for him to throw accurately and release the ball quickly which, at this level, is something a QB must be able to do to. However, he does add in the run threat that some offenses like. What I am getting at it that, to me, he doesn't look so terrible that someone wouldn't want to take a chance on him especially when you see how many other guys have hung around the league when they were clearly not good and given chance after chance to live up to their "potential."
SuckonThis might be on to something. Maybe he simply isn't smart enough to play the position or maybe he isn't willing to put in the work that it takes to be a pro QB. I just think it is something other than his ability to throw the ball that is causing teams to stay away from him. I personally think his religion, his reputation and the cult of personality that comes with him is what is keeping teams away.
If I were the GM of a team with an established QB and a good coaching staff in place and I could get Tebow for the right price AND he understood that he would be coming her to ride the bench and rework the mechanics of his throwing, I think it would be worth doing if the decision were based just on athletics alone. The guy is a two time NCAA champ, he knows how to win and if he can be "coached up" he could have some serious potential.
However, if it were the same situation and I was afraid that every day was going to bring questions about Tebow, his faith, his virginity, when he is going to start etc and his being there was going to cause a distraction I might pass.