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Originally Posted by Yeah...THAT Guy |
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Honestly, based on Tebow's 3 starts, he outplayed Sam Bradford last year (obviously a small sample size). Tebow put up more yards per game, well more TDs per game, and turned the ball over at just a slightly higher rate. Meanwhile, he led as many 4th quarter comebacks in 3 games as Bradford did in 16, and Tebow rejuvenated a Broncos team that looked dead on the field up until Tebow came back. Suddenly Brandon Lloyd became a big time threat again, suddenly the defense could actually stop offenses every once in awhile, and suddenly the Broncos were scoring more points than they had the rest of the season. Meanwhile, in Bradford's biggest game of the season, he was outplayed by the Seahawks' backup QB, and couldn't muster up a TD as his team lost their chance at the playoffs.
Do I think Tebow is a better QB than Bradford? Hell no. Do I think he's a better player than Bradford? Again, hell no. But did Bradford really do anything that warrants being rated at just about the same level as Eli Manning and presumably Josh Freeman, Tony Romo, and a bunch of other good-great QBs, absolutely not. They should rate him based on what he did last year, and then give him an A for potential so that he will probably develop into a great QB. He isn't there yet, and even if he is, he didn't show anything to prove it last year.
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Wait, what?
He didn't do anything to prove it? How about having the third best season by a rookie QB in NFL history, on a team that won ONE game the year before he arrived? He was not outplayed by Charlie Whitehurst. I was at that game, and he wasn't. Statistically, they were close. Whitehurst was able to manage the game a little more efficiently, but that was it. The Rams' group of practice squad receivers dropped at least six or seven passes that I counted. You said he couldn't "muster up a TD" but you fail to mention the 55-yard strike that he threw to Danario Alexander who let the ball go right through his hands. On that day, Bradford was not the problem. I wonder if some of you guys even watched that game, or just looked at the box score and called it good.
Bradford nearly got his team to the playoffs. Let the NFC West jokes commence, but the bottom line is that he gave that team life. A six-win turnaround in one year attests to that.
And uh, I'd be willing to bet my house that all 32 GM's, if given the choice, would choose Sam Bradford over Tim Tebow. I like Tebow more than Bradford on a "fan" level, and fully believe that he will succeed, but I'm kind of at a loss on how the two could even be compared at this point in their respective careers...
I hate sticking up for a player on a team that I despise, and I'll concede that an 85 overall for Bradford is generous, but it's not over-the-top generous. I'd put him anywhere from an 81 to 85 overall.