The Broncos suffered a beating Saturday at the hands of the Patriots and Tim Tebow played one of his worst games of the season.
There was no faith inspired comeback for the Broncos but in the aftermath, Tebow’s outlook remains the same and his teammates still have faith in their quarterback.
After the game, Broncos safety Rahim Moore offered a vote of confidence for Tebow.
“He’s our guy,” Moore responded when asked whether Tebow should be the starting quarterback next year. “People put too much pressure on him. He’s going to have some good and some bad. I believe in him and I would like him to be our quarterback. Our team gels around him.”
Moore added it wasn’t, ” like we lost to some bums. We lost to Tom Brady and the Patriots. We lost to a great team and a three-time Super Bowl winning quarterback.”
Tebow was classic Tebow. He let us know that football is important but there are a few other things at the top of the list.
“It still wasn’t a bad day,” Tebow said after the game. “It still was a good day, because I got to spend some time before the game with Zack McLeod [a 20-year-old Cambridge native who suffered a traumatic brain injury playing football] and make him smile, and overall when you get to do that, it’s still a positive day. Sometimes that’s hard to see, but it depends what lens you’re looking through. I choose to look through those lenses, and I got to make a kid’s day, that’s more important than winning the game. So, I am proud of that.”
Tebow appreciates the platform that football has given him and, while there are pros and cons to being in the spotlight, he wouldn’t change a thing.
“I have the platform to walk into the hospital and share with kids, I have the opportunity to hang out with Zack before a game, I have the opportunity to go build a hospital in the Philippines or to do a lot more important things than football.”
As the game clock ticked and the divide between the two teams increased, Tebow continued to fight, to believe.
“I just wanted to show character,” Tebow said. “And anytime you’re getting beat like that, you continue to fight. It doesn’t change who you are, how you play, you just go out there and be the same at all times. That’s what I wanted to show, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s the first play or the last play or whether you’re down 42 points, I was going to be the same player and give everything I have, because that’s all I have to give. Every time I step on the field, I’m going to give my whole heart, regardless of the score and regardless of what’s happening.”
With that, Tebow leads his teammates into the off-season and asks the rest of us to believe a little longer.
