Tim Tebow. The name alone is enough to inspire a wide range of emotions, depending on your preconceived notions about the second-year quarterback. His dramatic, come-from-behind drive in Miami on Sunday has worked to divide the football world even further.
Before we get into the opinions, let's share some facts. Tebow completed 13 of his 27 passes (48 percent) for 161 yards and two touchdowns. He rushed eight times for 65 yards (8.1 yards per carry) and converted a two-point conversion to tie the game. He fumbled once but didn't turn the ball over. He led the Broncos to 15 points in the final 2:44 to tie the game and force overtime.
Now, the opinions.
One of the most outspoken Tebow critics on Sunday was CBS' Pete Prisco, who had some harsh words for Tebow throughout the day (rightfully so, of course). After the dramatic turnaround, Prisco came away still unimpressed.
"I won't back away from my point on Tebow: He isn't good. Won't ever be," he tweeted.
FOXSports.com's Alex Marvez wrote that "Tebow was Te-blow" for 55 minutes and despite the comeback, "Tebow didn’t definitively answer any questions about his long-term NFL future."
ESPN's James Walker asserted, dramatic comebacks aside, that Tebow is not the best signal-caller on the Denver roster.
"Tebow is not the best quarterback on Denver's roster right now. Kyle Orton is," he wrote. "But Tebow is the most popular Broncos quarterback — and that's part of the problem."
Yahoo! Sports' Jason Cole won the award for best imagery when he wrote that Tebow at times was "twisting and spinning as if he were a beheaded fowl."
Jim Rome, who prides himself as being a straight shooter, didn't pull any punches.
"Tim Tebow looked like an H-back trying to play QB for most of the game," Rome tweeted. "Credit for beating the NFL's worst, I guess. He has a long way to go."
Even the man himself, Mr. Tim Tebow, wasn't all too impressed with his own performance.
"I need to get a lot better, that's for sure,'' he said, according to SI. "It's my fault that we were in that position in the first place. I just have to play better in the first three quarters so we don't have to make that comeback in the fourth."
While the list of opinions could go on seemingly forever, it all ultimately will come back to the facts. Tebow won the game, and for at least one more week, he'll continue to ignite fierce debate regarding what exactly constitutes being an NFL quarterback.
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