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The Spectacle Blog
Jim Antle makes a very good argument about how signing Peyton Manning will be a good thing for the Denver Broncos.
But I’m going to stick my neck out and say that the Broncos will rue the day they signed Manning especially if they trade Tim Tebow.
I don’t care how good Manning’s resume is. Signing a 35-year old quarterback (who turns 36 on Saturday) who is a whiplash away from ending his career while casting aside a 24-year old quarterback at the start of a promising career is just plain dumb.
When it first emerged that Manning was going to talk to the Broncos I warned of a backlash. But, of course, if Manning lead Denver to the Promised Land in Super Bowl XLVII then all is forgiven. Yet I cannot help but think that John Elway will come to regret his lack of faith in Tim Tebow.
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Bob Grant| 3.19.12 @ 5:58PM
The Manning brothers are the face of the NFL. They are the last vestiges of a by gone era in the NFL in which All American guys dominated the rosters and the thugs took a back seat.
Today, it's been turned upside down. The thugs run the show. The thugs control the locker room dynamics. The thugs are coddled to by the NFL owners. It's disgusting.
The NFL needs Peyton as the face of the NFL, but not necessarily as a quarterback. He's one whiplash hit away from a serious injury.
He needs to think about his NFL career beyond the gridiron.
Bob Grant| 3.19.12 @ 6:17PM
Aaron,
"But I'm going to stick my neck out..."
Was that meant to be a play on words given the topic of discussion?
JmsA| 3.19.12 @ 6:19PM
Manning will help Denver, for how long, no one knows.
Teebow will be an asset no matter where he ends up. I wish it were the Cowboys, but Jerry's running the show, so I don't think there is the slightest chance of his ending up there.
I wish both of them all the luck in the world; they're both a credit to football and great role models.
Aleck| 3.19.12 @ 6:27PM
Maybe the Colts could use Tebow!
Tarr| 3.19.12 @ 6:37PM
Belichek loves Tebow. Let him understudy with Brady for a few seasons. Watch the filthy Leftist secularists' heads explode in New England.
Seek| 3.19.12 @ 7:28PM
Oh, please. Even this has to be a political issue? There are plenty of "secularists" across the country. And nobody is going to put Peyton Manning and Brady on the same team. It's not just a clash of egos; it's insane.
Tarr| 3.19.12 @ 8:37PM
Sorry you've missed fact that the Left has politicized everything. Tebow is a literal political football for the Left.
You can go back to sleep now.
Tarr| 3.19.12 @ 8:41PM
Who said Manning and Brady on the same team? Try comprehension before lashing out.
Quartermaster| 3.19.12 @ 9:03PM
Heh!
Bob K.| 3.19.12 @ 7:11PM
Did Elway call plays from the line of scrimmage when he was a quarterback like Manning did? Maybe Manning can teach Elway something?
Redatheart| 3.20.12 @ 9:47AM
Colorado still stands behind Tebow and if he's traded, there will be backlash. Elway wants another Super Bowl ring and he probably has alot of empathy for the aging Manning, but $90 million is alot of ticket sales and there's already billboards in Denver demanding that they keep Tebow. No matter, Tebow will be a 'catch' to any team if he's traded; his star will continue to rise and nobody has to wish him luck; he'll go make his own. He'll continue to inspire young Christian athletes around the world and may even convert a kid or two along the way. The FB field is his pulpit and if Elway decides to send him preaching elsewhere, God's speed, Timothy, God's speed.
Aces and Eights| 3.19.12 @ 7:35PM
I would like to see Tebow understudy to Peyton Manning for a couple of years. That would be the ideal situation. Trading Tebow is dumb.
LiveFreeOrDie| 3.19.12 @ 8:00PM
It's safe to say the 49'ers have a good defense. The addition of Peyton might have made them a powerhouse this fall. That must have been a tempting option but it likely came down to protection. SF led the league in getting sacked last year so whatever they told him he wasn't convinced.
PCP Smoker| 3.19.12 @ 8:51PM
"while casting aside a 24-year old quarterback at the start of a promising career "
Keep smoking that PCP-laced marijuana!
Wow, how stupid can you be? Tebow is not an NFL caliber qb. It's that simple. If it hadn't been for the Bronco's Defense that team would have been 0-17. Good riddance Tebow.
It's A Cunning Plan, Actually| 3.19.12 @ 10:11PM
I seem to remember a lot of know it alls like you back in the mid 1970's saying Terry Bradshaw was too stupid to succeed in the NFL. How many Super Bowl rings did the Steelers win in the mid '70s through the early '80s with Bradshaw as quarterback again? Tim Tebow will be just fine if given the chance to hone his skills somewhere else. Tim Tebow has done something not too many people are willing to do to succeed also: he put his future in the hands of God. This isn't a guarantee of Tim Tebow being a star football player, but it's a definite he will succeed in the plans God has for His life as long as he remains faithful & continues to trust God with the direction of his life. This is much more valuable than any multi-million dollar sports contract. Everything is possible with God. I know this from personal experience. I'm glad God has total control of my future instead of fallible human beings, myself included. There are things in life much more important than winning Super Bowls. The fact that Tim Tebow understands this makes him a winner already. God measures success in a much different way than we do.
John Trainer | 3.20.12 @ 12:03PM
I would put it this way: "Relax, Tim: You know God is in control."
r mccalley | 3.20.12 @ 12:27AM
Maybe you are too young to remember Roger S. in the late sixties. There was no way he was going to make it in the NFL - he was too unconventional.
Roger S and Tebow have several things in common. The most important is that they are both winners and will do unconventional things to win.
Isn't that's what is important in the NFL - Winning?
Quartermaster| 3.19.12 @ 9:06PM
Defensively weak teams, no matter the sport, may do OK, but they do well only by sheer luck. Denver got where it was by dint of that good defense, and whoever built was doing their job. That Elway ended up placing a man just out of college in the position he did was not good, but that's not Tebow's fault. few players come right out of college and make a name for themselves the first year, or even the second. Tebow did well for being thrown to the wolves.
Big Bob| 3.20.12 @ 10:34AM
I think this says more about Elway than any other name in this deal. The best owners/coaches take their talent and create the play around their talent. I keep thinking about how NE Patriots adapt to their strengths, especially on defense. Belichick is the master at identifying talent and using it accordingly. Others in the NFL can do it successfully, but I am partial to the Pats. Elway has a concept of what a QB is supposed to be and do, and it probably looks a lot like ....HIM! Tebow does NOT look like him. And Elway does not know how to do anything else, apparently. So I wish Tebow AND Peyton well. I am pretty sure Tebow will land on "all fours", as at were. I worry that Peyton, who could have gone out at the top of his game, will somehow hurt himself and his legacy by trying to squeeze another year or two of playing. I hope I'm wrong. I fear for him, just the same. God bless them both.
Bob Miller| 3.20.12 @ 11:48AM
Any team would have room for a great passing quarterback with demonstrated skills. Tebow has potential in the NFL, but a passer he ain't.
Kingofthenet| 3.20.12 @ 1:12PM
So Manning can throw more than 20 yards now? he better have Tebow 'lay some 'hands' on that neck before some competitors do, and keep the motors running on the carts, you are going to need them.