Denver Broncos: Tim Tebow Leads Broncos to Another Improbable Mile-High Miracle

His throwing motion is slow and awkward. His accuracy is poor and inconsistent. His receivers are young, and some are injured. He has lost three straight games and just played the worst game of his brief NFL career.

He is playing the best defense the NFL has to offer—and possibly against the best set of linebackers in the league. And what does he do? He completes 10 passes for 316 yards and a pair of touchdowns. That is an unthinkable (and unmatchable) 32 yards per catch against ball-hawking Troy Polamalu and veteran Ike Taylor.

His defense lets a 17-point lead slip away, his veteran running back fumbles the ball on the potential game-sealing drive in the fourth quarter, and he watches Big Ben engineer a game-tying drive. So, then what?

He keeps firing away, and this time, it only takes one magical play-action slant-route and stiff-arm to end the game and send the defending AFC champs into the offseason. He broke a few Broncos passing playoff records previously held by John Elway. But more importantly, he led his team to victory and leads a very confident bunch of guys into New England next week.

Unequivocally, of the eight remaining quarterbacks in the playoffs, you better believe that Tim Tebow is the fifth-best out there. Are you kidding me? Tim Tebow is the fifth-best quarterback in the NFL of the teams left standing?

Yes. Absolutely yes. We are still talking about that awkward fella who runs the spread offense and cannot throw the ball. We are still talking about the guy who got dismantled by the Bills and Chiefs to end the season. But nonetheless, he is far superior to Joe Flacco, Alex Smith and T.J. Yates, but a ways away from Eli Manning and the legendary set of triplets—Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees and Tom Brady.

All of the game-winning drives, acrobatic plays and unthinkable comebacks during the regular season got the Denver Broncos to this point. Their defense played spectacular football all season as well. But, on a day where points were necessary, Tebow hooked up on a handful of deep passes and made Pittsburgh’s defense look awfully foolish.

One can only expect the passing attack to continue to thrive next week against the NFL’s worst secondary. Regardless of what happened in Denver a few weeks ago when Brady put on a clinic in the 41-23 route, Tim Tebow leads a very confident bunch of men into New England.

I fully expect this game to be a lot closer, and without going too far out on a limb, I predict the Patriots to win by a slim margin next week, 34-27.