Timmy of Nazareth plays on a day that is not the Lord’s Day unless, of course, you belong to some weird Thursday-based religion that is totally fake just like Scientology or Episcopalianism (Yeah, right. Sell it somewhere else buddy). You probably won’t see the game tonight against the Jets unless you are part of the rich 1% who gets the NFL network because you’re a job creator or some shit like that, so you’ll just have to hope you can find a radio broadcast on the Philco.
This week we learned that the traditional way that NFL teams play offense has failed Timmy, and not the other way around. And if Tim Tebow had to actually take snaps from under center, drop back, and do his check-offs, and throw the ball more than eight times a game, well that would be the same as forcing Tim to have sex which is filthy and an abomination before God … if done correctly. And that part about forcing Tim to get his sexy on? It’s totally true.
Sometime after Denver’s blowout loss to the Lions, Broncos coach John Fox had an epiphany.
“We decided if Tim [Tebow] is going to be our guy, we can’t do that other crap,” told Jeff Darlington of NFL.com. “We had to tweak it.”
And by that other crap, he means run anything approaching a conventional NFL offense. You know, one that includes completing a few passes.
“Do whatever the hell it takes,” Fox said. “I mean, what the hell? You don’t get points for style in this league. Let me tell you something: My man is really good in this offense. You know what I mean?
“If we were trying to run a regular offense, he’d be screwed.”
Keep Timmy a virginnnnnnn!
(Recap) What a mixed blessing Tim Tebow must be to the Johns (Fox & Elway). They’ve gotten more wins that they probably expected this year but at the expense of making it harder (in the eyes of Tebow idolators in Denver) to go out and find a real quarterback to build a franchise around. I don’t know what draft picks Denver has coming up in the next draft, assuming the Hoodie McJunior didn’t trade them all away for some magic Jesus beans, but I don’t see them not drafting a quarterback or signing a decent free agent in the off-season, and I’m talking about you, Jason Campbell.



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Y’all keep picking on poor Timmy like that he’s gonna come down and burn a football on your lawn.
Or something….
Vegas’ lines on JuiceBox:
11 completions? WTF! Seems pretty high!
The vast majority of the folk on talk radio and television believe that Tebow is not a quarterback. The considerable good press he received in college (over the top even for the best college player I’ve ever seen) has been absent here. After the loss to Detroit (loss? Hell, it was a massacre), even Bronco fans are very skeptical.
The Jets opened as 4pt favorites. Had I the money, I’d put thousands on the line. Jets by two touchdowns, minimum.
As a Bronco fan, I’ll be ecstatic if I’m wrong.
Yeah, I saw that. I don’t like any of those bets more than the Jets -4.
Passing yards–under
TD passes–under, but a tough call.
Interceptions–over.
Rushing yards–over.
Completions–under
Rushing TDs–over.
You’re right–completions is the best bet on the board.
“i love tim tebow”
The Jets DBs will have to stay in the zones where they would never expect a pass to go and be prepared to catch a football looking more like a flailing turtle than a football. Tough, tough assignment.
Darrelle Revis may just want to have an open-faced peanut butter sandwich in each hand if he wants to haul in one of those fuckers….
Rumour has it that coach Fox has also instructed every member of his receiving corps to Biletnigoo their entire body.
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And carry butterfly nets!
gbf–
And wear anti-Stabler medallions to ward off the evils of the Snake.
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You can check & see if the game is streaming on NFL Network.
At the half, Jets just missed a 61 yard field goal. Score is 3-3.
Welcome to the dead ball era.
How much does this crapfest cost to see live?
Sanchez Pick-6! Tryin’ to be a shittier QB than JuiceBox!
How cool is that?
Someone is hawking Bronco jerseys with # 15 and the name JESUS instead of TEBOW.
I wonder if the holy family get a taste of the action?
10-10 going into the 4th!
Punters duel!
come to jebus
Goddammit, Tebow just scored. Now 17-13 Broncos.
Goddess, why have you forsaken me?
Hahahaha! 94-yard ball control drive! I’m starting to think he really does have Jeebus working for him.
Um, the Broncs are playing the Jets….
big night in sd next week. lol
Does this mean I have to become a born again Christian now?
Sunday, December 11, 2011: A date which will live in Timfamy.
Juicebox was suddenly and deliberately — and repeatedly — attacked by the ground forces of Da Beloved Bearssss.
Also. Too.
And Timmy completely sucked for 52 minutes. Then something happened. It was Jeebus, I tells ya!
I have to admit that this is one of the most interesting stories in years in the NFL. Denver does not have great personnel and they are beating good teams. I am a Lions fan and I thought they had effectively destroyed the Tebow era, but the guy is really doing something unbelievable. I don’t really like him, but hats off to him.
I’M A BELIEVER! I’M A BELIEVER!
Hear ye! Hear ye! Jeebuz is alive and well!
I lucked out, multiple weird bets on JuiceBroncs! Thank you NY!
Almost makes you wonder about those multikabillion dollar contracts, eh?
And The Jets are not a good team….
Tim Tebow is the GREATEST QB EVER, college or pro!!!!!
also
Nickleback is more relevant than the Beatles ever were.
also
Brittney Spears is this generations Grace Kelly
Just sayin
The remaining teams on the Broncos schedule will have to run drills against shitty offenses to cope with Touchdown I’veGotAFriendInJesus.
I’m telling ya, John Fox is a genius.
So he’s Under on all the passing stats (including interceptions) and Over on the rushing ones. Could it possibly be that he plays in the wrong position? Perhaps even the wrong century?
I agree that the Jets aren’t as good as people expected this year, but they are a quality team and barely missed the Superbowl last year. The problem is that once you lose to the Broncos, you aren’t going to be considered a quality team.
Eternity knows no centuries.
I’m drunk. I’m speechless. I cannot believe what I just saw.
Oh ye of little faith!
Sweet Tebow on a cracker! And next week the hapless Vikings.
This is not going to end well.
i’m gonna ‘spread the good word’ and cross post from a gator message board:
he’s gonna have to get better at throwing but he’s not really that far off and looking more comfortable every game. can’t say what the future holds for teh baby white rhino, but he ain’t a bust or a third round scout team tight end.
Why is that Penn State coach dressed up like Tebow?
It’s Purple Jesus versus Jesus.
Seriously, the best player on the field last night was not Timmy Tebow who to hear the media is now one miracle above the minimum for Sainthood.
The best player by a mile(high) was Von Miller.
Whatever Almighty Being Mr. Miller worships was the deity of the evening.
But you’ll never hear any of that from a Corps of Woody Pages.
c’mon you sound like a teabagger (tbogger?) bitching about the ‘librul media!’ tboww is pretty much universally derided by everyone. only after yet another miracle comeback does he get any respect and all the questions still center around his deficiencies. von miller is looking like a lock for roy and has 10 sacks i think. no one is overlooking him.
i realize tboww is a tough one for the dfh crowd, but he’s not some media creation dreamed up by network brass to appease the mouth breathing 30 percenters. he’s a real football player and most of his critics are starting to feel like darrelle revis frozen in the headlights of a 240 pound mack truck qb who has no intention of stepping out of bounds. he’s got a good memory too.
Must credit the Donks with one very good idea, having Sanchez throw their td passes.
The Vikes’ defense may be over prepared….
Yeah, I was going to respond to Attaturk in kind but you beat me to it. I don’t know what Attaturk means about the media nominating Tebow “for sainthood.”
I bow in applause.
I am definitely not one of the 1%, but my small-town cable company rewards us with the NFL Network. I know, it still makes me an élitist, having cable TV and a refrigerator to keep my gubberment cheese from spoiling.
But I did watch most of the game last night. My observations:
1) Mark Sanchez would be a better quarterback if he had an offensive line that was willing to block for him, and more than one receiver that was willing to expend the energy to stretch their arms out to catch a pass more than once a game.
2) Timmeh started out decently (3 for 3! He’s the next Tom Brady!), but got worse as the night went on. Until that last drive for a TD, the Broncos had a lot of 3 and outs. Jebus’ Favorite QB threw many uncatchable balls to wide open receivers. Though I guess it works in his favor – if you throw most of your passes into the ground, it makes it tougher for the other team to intercept them.
C) If the Jets’ D hadn’t blitzed on that 3rd and 4, and just kept in a run defense, at worst they would have forced them to kick a tying field goal. (Why the fuck are you blitzing a QB who couldn’t hit the ground with his hat, let alone an open receiver with a football? Everybody except the Jets knew Timmeh was gonna run towards the end zone!)
4) The Bronco’s defense won that game for them. They kept them in this game of retro-football long enough for the offense to not have to depend on Timmeh to win the game with actual 21st century quarterbacking skills. (I mean, at one point the Broncos lined up in the fucking wishbone! What is this, Oklahoma v. Texas, 1970?) Although the argument could be made that the Jets offense looked flatter than warm off-brand soda at a summer church social.
V) If the Broncos wind up 8-8 or (gasp!) better, John Fox should definitely win Coach of the Year.
The NFL Networks’ announcers could’t keep themselves from creaming their slacks whenever Timmeh did anything in the stadium. It was the audio equivalent of the photo at the top of this blog.
They even talked about that wacky internet phenomenon “Tebowing” as if it wasn’t meant to mock and ridicule how he wears his superstitions on his sleeve.
Perhaps the hand of Jeebus Himself reached down from Heaven and touched Juicebox Jeebus — solely to piss off / disappoint TBogg! It’s not like there are any starving children to feed or insurmountable injustices in the world to overcome. Oh wait…
At least now the despicable Jets fans can look forward to the traditional highlight of their usual miserable year – booing their 1st round draft choice. Which should be a quarterback who can be groomed to replace the prematurely-named Sanchize.
Notice how Jesus didn’t let the refs throw a flag on at least 2 late hits by von miller on sanchez?
As a Broncos fan who was in that stadium last night, I will say this: I don’t know how or why it works, and know that it shouldn’t work, but it did work, and I’ve never seen that stadium that excited. NEVER. Hugs were had, tears of joy were shed, and Tebowing was done. Too bad it’s all going to come to a screeching halt sooner or later. Probably sooner.
The more game films the NFL coaches see of Tebow, the tougher it’s going to get for him, I think. I suspect that we will see more 3 man rushes and extra linebacker defenses against him. Probably have one backer who’ll key on him…they’ll dare him to pass and wait for him to get flushed out of the pocket.
Until the last drive of a one-score game. Then they’ll toss that plan out the fuckin’ window, call all out blitz packages and lose the game in a style we’ll now refer to as “Jetting it”!
I didn’t catch the game. I’m a little surprised the announcers were fawning over Tebow, particularly because the offense had so much trouble after that first series (there were NINE straigt three-and-outs). Most of the broadcasters who talk Tebow have been very, very skeptical but then again, I don’t have the NFL network.
Kudos for spotting the blitz on 3rd and 4 being as bad a defensive call as one can possibly make. I gotta say, as a Bronco fan, I’m delighted they are winning but this streak needs to be taken into context–the Jets were on a four-day, one-practice week, the Chiefs were beat to hell before the game even started… and both teams held the offense largely in check.
And yeah, if the Broncos go 8-8, they should name the coach of the year award after Fox.
Not for a whole season. In practice.
If they make it into the playoffs, it will be so much fun to watch them get pasted to the boards.
Heretic!
This is getting amusing.