Tebow takes a beating

[mraynrand]

Tebow has gotten a tremendous amount of press attention and had little production on it.

+1

That would be odd, if he weren't a championship QB. He's like Cam Newton, without the NFL talent.

[Patler]

Were a Packer to do that in a game to mock Tebow, I would be very disappointed.
Mocking something as personal as a person's religious beliefs is inappropriate, in my opinion.
Mocking Rodgers' "belt" or another contrived celebratory move is juvenile, in my opinion, but is show for show. It is mocking something that is done for the show of the game. Mocking an individuals heartfelt action based on a belief in God is disrespect of an act unrelated to football. Tebow does not do it for show.

Incidentally, it should be noted that several Packer receivers take a knee for a brief moment of thanks after scoring a TD. Other players do, too. No need to mock Tebow for it just because he is a QB.

[Fritz]

According to Lions' linebacker Stephen Tulloch, he was "'Not mocking him or anything, but everybody's doing it,' explained Tulloch, who told Tebow as much — and encouraged him — when the quarterback congratulated him on the field after the game. 'So I figured if I got to him, I was gonna do one, too.'"

From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111031/...#ixzz1cMOcp7x1

A more disturbing issue than whether the Lions are d-bags is the fact that the NFL once again displayed its huge hypocrisy - after cracking down on players for perceived "illegal" hits, it had the temerity to advertise the Lions-Broncos battle as good versus evil. It was on the NFL's own website.

[Packers4Glory]

I think they are setting Tebow up to fail. He's a guy that needs to have a system around him and not try to jam him into a system that is more suited to the Ortons or Quinn's. He's not that type of QB. The Brass know the season is over so they are trying to shut up the fan base by putting him out there.

[Scott Campbell]

Were a Packer to do that in a game to mock Tebow, I would be very disappointed.
Mocking something as personal as a person's religious beliefs is inappropriate, in my opinion.
Mocking Rodgers' "belt" or another contrived celebratory move is juvenile, in my opinion, but is show for show. It is mocking something that is done for the show of the game. Mocking an individuals heartfelt action based on a belief in God is disrespect of an act unrelated to football. Tebow does not do it for show.

You can be plenty sincere about your beliefs without praying on the field. I don't agree with what the Lions are doing, but Tebow brought it upon himself.

[Pugger]

Were a Packer to do that in a game to mock Tebow, I would be very disappointed.
Mocking something as personal as a person's religious beliefs is inappropriate, in my opinion.
Mocking Rodgers' "belt" or another contrived celebratory move is juvenile, in my opinion, but is show for show. It is mocking something that is done for the show of the game. Mocking an individuals heartfelt action based on a belief in God is disrespect of an act unrelated to football. Tebow does not do it for show.

Incidentally, it should be noted that several Packer receivers take a knee for a brief moment of thanks after scoring a TD. Other players do, too. No need to mock Tebow for it just because he is a QB.

Then why did Nick Collins get flagged in the SB for his actions after his INT for a TD?

[Patler]

Then why did Nick Collins get flagged in the SB for his actions after his INT for a TD?

I believe because he went to both knees after having been up. One knee is OK, two is considered going to the ground in excessive celebration. They have a lot of silly distinctions in the excessive celebration stuff, such as involving fans (Lambeau Leap is "grandfathered"), involving other players, going to the ground, etc.

[Cheesehead Craig]

You can't go to the ground for a celebration. The one exception is one someone is "praying" after a score.

Jared Allen's sack dance was illegal because one of his knees was on the ground. He's revised it so that knee doesn't touch anymore so now it's ok.

[Zool]

Go to 1 knee on the sidelines. You do it on the field its fair game for mockery when you blow as many goats as Tebow did yesterday.

[denverYooper]

Also Tebow needs to switch to TE, hes not a NFL QB. I don't care how nice of a guy he is, being nice does win games.

I heard the TE thing from someone else this morning too. Why do you think he needs to switch to TE? Why not HB/FB/Option QB?

[Brandon494]

Just think TE would be his best position.

[denverYooper]

I think they are setting Tebow up to fail. He's a guy that needs to have a system around him and not try to jam him into a system that is more suited to the Ortons or Quinn's. He's not that type of QB. The Brass know the season is over so they are trying to shut up the fan base by putting him out there.

While I don't think they're exactly setting him up to fail, I don't think they're trying to maximize his chance for success. I do think you're right, though, that the Johns don't see Tebow as the long term QB and it's somewhat of a win for them if Tebow plays himself out of the job. I feel like he'll get another couple of starts depending on how the Oakland game goes. If he can play ok against a hated division rival, he probably buys himself a few more games. If they lose by 30 pts to Oak, he's probably done for.

Brady Quinn, on the other hand, is somewhat intriguing. Word is that he hired a coach to work with him on his game in the offseason and looked pretty good in camp. I kind of hope they put him in for a few games to take a look.

[mraynrand]

I watched that game. Like most broadcast games, you don't get a view of the secondary, but it seemed to me there weren't a whole lot of receivers getting separation for Denver. Ask yourself this: who is a number 1 receiver in that offense? Decker? I'm not impressed at all with Tebow, but dude doesn't have much help.

[MadScientist]

A Lions LB celebrated a sack by 'Tebowing' (http://tebowing.com/ <- that didn't take long). I wonder how he's taking that? IMO it's some nasty mocking.

Probably he will read Matt 10:22 "All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved."

If he would have read Matthew 6:5-6 he wouldn't be Tebowing in the first place, and many people would find him a lot less annoying

[pbmax]

+1

That would be odd, if he weren't a championship QB. He's like Cam Newton, without the NFL talent.

Leaving Gainesville hasn't cut down the coverage much. Though I suspect as a first round pick, his pay has increased.