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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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And how did Tebow outperform Bradford exactly?
He had three starts, 1 vs. Raiders (20th best passer rating against), 1 vs. Texans (worst passer rating against), 1 vs. Chargers (4th best passer rating against). Of those three, Bradford played against two, Oakland and San Diego. Let us compare the games these two played against them.
Tim Tebow stats:
OAK: 8-16, 50% comp, 138yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
SD: 16-36, 44% comp, 205yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Sam Bradford stats:
OAK: 14-25, 56% comp, 167yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
SD: 18-31, 58.1% comp, 198yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
It seems to me, that Sam played better against the two than Tebow did.
I'm not gonna give Tebow a whole lot of recognition to his game against Houston because of awful they were at stopping the passing game. I will give him some because no matter the team you play against, it is worthy of noting he did pass for over 300 yards.