Tebow

[HarveyWallbangers]

If Tebow has a successful career, this thread may surpass the Brett thread in number of posts.

[HarveyWallbangers]

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7455943/believing-tim-tebow

For the game at Buffalo, it was Charlottesville, Va., blue-chip high school QB Jacob Rainey, who lost his leg after a freak tackle in a scrimmage. Tebow threw three interceptions in that Buffalo game and the Broncos were crushed 40-14.

"He walked in and took a big sigh and said, 'Well, that didn't go as planned,'" Rainey remembers. "Where I'm from, people wonder how sincere and genuine he is. But I think he's the most genuine person I've ever met."

There's not an ounce of artifice or phoniness or Hollywood in this kid Tebow, and I've looked everywhere for it.

Take 9-year-old Zac Taylor, a child who lives in constant pain. Immediately after Tebow shocked the Chicago Bears with a 13-10 comeback win, Tebow spent an hour with Zac and his family. At one point, Zac, who has 10 doctors, asked Tebow whether he has a secret prayer for hospital visits. Tebow whispered it in his ear. And because Tebow still needed to be checked out by the Broncos' team doctor, he took Zac in with him, but only after they had whispered it together.

And it's not always kids. Tom Driscoll, a 55-year-old who is dying of brain cancer at a hospice in Denver, was Tebow's guest for the Cincinnati game. "The doctors took some of my brain," Driscoll says, "so my short-term memory is kind of shot. But that day I'll never forget. Tim is such a good man."

This whole thing makes no football sense, of course. Most NFL players hardly talk to teammates before a game, much less visit with the sick and dying.

Isn't that a huge distraction?

"Just the opposite," Tebow says. "It's by far the best thing I do to get myself ready. Here you are, about to play a game that the world says is the most important thing in the world. Win and they praise you. Lose and they crush you. And here I have a chance to talk to the coolest, most courageous people. It puts it all into perspective. The game doesn't really matter. I mean, I'll give 100 percent of my heart to win it, but in the end, the thing I most want to do is not win championships or make a lot of money, it's to invest in people's lives, to make a difference."

So that's it. I've given up giving up on him. I'm a 100 percent believer. Not in his arm. Not in his skills. I believe in his heart, his there-will-definitely-be-a-pony-under-the-tree optimism, the way his love pours into people, right up to their eyeballs, until they believe they can master the hopeless comeback, too.

Remember the QB who lost his leg, Jacob Rainey? He got his prosthetic leg a few weeks ago, and he wants to play high school football next season. Yes, tackle football. He'd be the first to do that on an above-the-knee amputation.

Hmmm. Wonder where he got that crazy idea?

"Tim told me to keep fighting, no matter what," Rainey says. "I am."

[Tarlam!]

He's a really nice guy by the sounds of it. I've never said anything else.

[Smidgeon]

Hilarious! You'd think Jesus doesn't have a sense of humor.

http://cdn.twentytwowords.com/wp-content/uploads/Thanks-Jesus.jpg

[MadtownPacker]

http://cdn.twentytwowords.com/wp-con...anks-Jesus.jpg

CMon now, how you live in the bay area and you dont even know how to post a pic?


When you are making a post there is a icon on the toolbar that you click on and from there you can paste the link to the image and it will display in the post like this:

[Iron Mike]

disturbed

sure...

Cheese time!!!

[MadtownPacker]

Man I love that version! Isnt it from a Day of the Dead remake?

[gbgary]

Cheese time!!!

that's hilarious! a lounge-lizard version. can't you just see bill murray sitting at the piano!?

[Smidgeon]

When you are making a post there is a icon on the toolbar that you click on and from there you can paste the link to the image and it will display in the post like this:

Thanks. :$

[woodbuck27]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/19/broncos-not-expecting-much-in-tim-tebow-trade/

Broncos not expecting much in Tim Tebow trade

Posted by Michael David Smith on March 19, 2012, 1:17 PM EDT

[SnakeLH2006]

At least it qualms the Tebow hysteria...till creaky Peyton breaks his neck.

*Praying*

[Fosco33]

Talking heads said Tebow would be a good backup for Arod...

Don't they realize we typically draft QBs when we have an elite one - or keep an aging, grizzled vet on board. Last thing GB needs is Tebow imo.

[pbmax]

Talking heads said Tebow would be a good backup for Arod...

Don't they realize we typically draft QBs when we have an elite one - or keep an aging, grizzled vet on board. Last thing GB needs is Tebow imo.

Sometimes ESPN does no thinking other than looking for a roster opening. They need to talk about something.

[Scott Campbell]

I'm open to anything that helps our running game.

[sheepshead]

I just posted this on PFT as much as I dislike reducing this thought to writing, we should always have one of the best back ups in light of Rodgers concussion history. I think of Aikman retiring as a result, but the league will not allow things to get that far these days. Just sayin'