Friendly Neighborhood Tebow

After a gritty, gutty, stunning performance like what we saw on Sunday it's easy to decide to right your one blog of the week on Tim Tebow. So..thats exactly what I'm going to do.

Everyone wants to point to Tebow's faith and declare divine intervention everytime he wins a game. I do believe that his faith helps him overcome adversity inside of his own mind and that can be very powerful, but I can't say I'm a believer in a higher power helping the Broncos to victory. No, what this Tebow saga (and it is a saga) reminds me of is a good old fashioned comic book. This story has all the characteristics of a classic comic book super hero story:

A kid no one believes in shows remarkable - un human like talent and power and while revered by some, he is considered an outcast by many. Seemingly hated just for being different.

Everyone has chosen a side. Either you are with him or you are against him. Truely, the name Tebow is polarizing and evokes emotion out of everyone whether that emotion is positive or negative. Everyone has an opinion and no one seems scared to announce it.

Just like a super hero he is dominant at times but often finds himself in hot water, up against a force greater than him. Nothing ever comes easy, turbulant ups and downs build his character and test his will.

Tebow with help from the Broncos won 6 straight but then lost their final 3 heading into the post season. Then when the Tebow's seem like the most improbable of Wildcard weekend winners in the NFL...Tim puts his cape on and summons just enough power to take down the mighty Pittsburgh Steelers, the perennial bully in the AFC and current champions of the conference.

Now, as if the story couldn't be written any more perfectly the hero must face the man who created him and the evil genius all in one epic battle.

After Bill O'Brien (Patriots former offensive coordinator) was named the next head coach in Penn State the Patriots brought in a former employee, Josh McDaniels. McDaniels is the man who traded up in the draft as head coach of the Denver Broncos to take Tim Tebow in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft. McDaniels essentially created the level to which Tebowmania is at today . McDaniels seemed to be the only coached with the confidence in Tebow to say we can build a team around this guy. That fact added fuel to the fire, and the doubters (me included) had enough ammo for any Tebow arguement. Josh was eventually fired for his vision and now he is back on the team Tebow faces this Saturday in the Divisional round of the post season. Very few have the faith in Tebow that McDaniels has, very few have the respect for Tebow that McDaniels has, and most importantly no one knows Tim's game like McDaniels does. Creator vs Project. And if that weren't enough Tebow is going up against one of the great minds in the NFL (Bill Belichek) and one of the greatest QB's in NFL history (Tom Brady). The Pats haven't lost a game since week 9 and the last time Tebow went against New England was week 15 when the Broncos lost 41-23.

The story continues Saturday...