Tebow time not over yet

The Super Bowl has come and gone, and so has the 2011 football season. Although team practices will not start until May and the actual season will not start until September, “Tebow Time” is far from over.

Tim Tebow, the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos, seems to be one of the biggest names in professional football right now. If people do not follow football, they at least know Tim Tebow as, “that one football player who loves Jesus.”

Tebow and the Broncos ended their football season on January 14 when they lost to The New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game. But all the Tebow talk has not stopped, and will most likely not end any time soon.

Do not get me wrong, I love Tim Tebow. I think it is great that Tebow can be so vocal about his religious beliefs and not care about how other people are going to react. But what I do not understand is why people must keep talking about his religious beliefs, how he is an excellent role model and his personal life. Honestly, as a sports fan, I care more about Tebow’s numbers than I do about what he does off of the football field.

I think everything he does outside of football is great. I do think he is an excellent role model and person. But watching SportsCenter just drains me when they talk about Tebow, because the majority of the time it is not even about his statistics or an evaluation of his playing.

Tebow’s numbers are terrible. The last game the Broncos played against the Kansas City Chiefs, Tebow threw two completed passes out of eight, and the Broncos won 17-10. The Broncos were losing 10-0 at the beginning of the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears, and came back in overtime to win 13-10. The man has terrible statistics, but he wins games.

I am fascinated with Tebow as a player, and I am a huge fan of his, but all of the people who cannot stop talking about “Tebow Time” on ESPN are going to make me strongly dislike Tebow if they do not stop talking about him.

Maybe I am mistaken and his statistics really do not matter. Email me at kscope@kishwaukee.edu and let me know what you think about “Tebow Time.