The hard nosed truth with Garrett Dubya

Written by: Garrett W. Johnson '12

      Tim Tebow, or as I like too call him Tim Tebow-verated, is the starting quarterback of the Denver Broncos. Since Tebow took the reigns of the starting job in Denver the Broncos turned there season around from starting out at 1-4 to ending with an 8-8 record and a .500 season.

      Many people immediately hopped on to the Tebow bandwagon as he led the Broncos to four straight wins while trailing in the fourth quarter. I won’t deny him that this is an impressive feat, but I have news for you Tebow-maniacs there are 21 other players helping to get the ‘W’.

       Tim Tebow is a great and very modest man never skipping a beat to compliment a teammate, saying he didn’t do it himself. While this is a great attitude to have in any professional organization it doesn’t make you a great quarterback, or a great athlete. Honestly Tim Tebow reminds me a lot of the oh so famous Joe Namath, another one hit wonder. Although Joe Namath won Super Bowl III over the Baltimore Colts who were heavily favored by 17 points, Joe had the worst Touchdown to interception ratio in the NFL. Much like Timmy T who threw for 46.5 passing completion percentage in regular season making him the lowest of 34 qualifying QB’s in the 2011 regular season.

      So although Tim Tebow has an amazing ability to make a seemingly impossible play, reality is he has no consistency and in the NFL, or any Professional sport alike, that is a key feature to hold in order to become a legend. So to say "he’s the next John Elway", is either a bit premature, or a dream that may never be fulfilled.