31 October 2011
NFL Results Week 8
Detroit 45, Denver 10: The last time Tim Tebow and Mathilda Stafford went head-to-head was almost 3 years ago to the day. Tebow hit 10 of 13 passes for 154 yds, 2 tds, no INTs, while Mathilda was 18 for 33, 265 yds, 0 tds, 3 INTs. Tebow’s Florida routed Stafford’s Georgia 49 – 10. What a difference a league makes. The SEC ain’t the NFL, as Tebow sadly found out as the performances and results of that 2008 college game were reversed in Denver with Stafford’s Lions embarrassing Tebow’s Broncos 45 – 10. The Lions sacked (and mocked) Tebow at will, and when he did throw the ball outside of garbage time, his tosses would have made Bobby Douglass look like Steve Young. Stafford, on the other hand, sat back in the pocket and found guys open by 20+ yds in the end zone. . .Stafford’s 21 for 30, 267 yds, 3 tds, 0 INTs game washing away the stink of the last two weeks. Anyone who saw the Lions-Broncos game would have to conclude Tebow’s glory days are behind him, and Stafford’s are still ahead of her.
St. Louis 31, New Orleans 21: Huh?!?! It will be hard to take the Saints seriously as a Super Bowl contender after losing badly to AJ Feely and the rancid Rams. The Rams hadn’t even been competitive the last two weeks against Dallas and Green Bay, and yet here they dominate the Saints. The Saints are too inconsistent, their run game is a mess. . .hell, Tebow probably could have beat them Sunday.
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I disagree on the assessment of Tebow.
ReplyDeleteI think it's coaching. Bad coaching.
Two receivers on a passing play?
Tebow is about as accurate as Newton. Where is Tebow's Smith or other assortment of characters?
Stafford looked good. . . . he had time, too. Different skill-set. Better arm. Better pocket-presence.
Calvin Johnson. Schwartz.
You think Fox is as good as Schwartz?
Fox had some decent teams in Carolina, and had a little playoff success. . .made it to one Super Bowl, if I recall correctly. I like Schwartz, but I remember Rod Marinelli once had the Lions at 6 - 2, and then they promptly lost 23 out of 24.
ReplyDeleteTebow looked a half-click slow in his mental processing of what was going on out there. Maybe he just needs a little more time to get up to NFL speed, but I doubt Denver will give him much more than another game or two.
There was a column on yahoo that had a scathing assessment of Tebow:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Ak4NagzNGXMfZHQ4kQ9cVnZDubYF?slug=ms-silver_morning_rush_tebow_struggles_103111
What a turnaround by the Chiefs. They were awful the first two weeks of the year, they lost a bunch of players to injuries, and now they sit tied for first in their division.
Fox made the Super Bowl in '03. I think that may have even been the wardrobe malfunction game.
ReplyDeleteThey lost.
Fox kept Delhomme around. . . . Fox is a defensive guy (Denver D sucks, too). . . .
He was 2-14 last year. Up and down in previous years. No consistency. And the SB appearance came early at Carolina.
Tebow did look a click behind. The offense being run was insanely stupid. Two receivers on a pass play, play after play. That leaves, at minimum, 7 guys in the box to rush the qb or stop the run, leaving 2 receivers double covered.
It was nutty.
The best thing for Tebow is to get out of Denver and with a coach like Jon Gruden.
Tebow's passes were way the eff off. When he missed, he didn't miss good. And his players tend to drop more passes with him (lefties seem to have these issues; Vick has a few more drops than others, Young had similar issues).
It will be interesting to see if Tebow gets another start. Who do they go with? Orton? Quinn?
It will be interesting. Denver goofed, bad. They have a QB controversy everyone saw a mile away.