Broncos vs. Patriots: Divisional Round Showdown Is TV Gold

If there's a recipe for a perfect television broadcast, it probably involves Tim Tebow curing mysterious illnesses while simultaneously warding off an alien invasion and marrying a Kardashian.

Since we're not getting that any time soon, a playoff showdown between Tebow's Denver Broncos and Tom Brady's New England Patriots will have to do.

We know for a fact that a ton of people are going to be tuning in to watch Saturday night's clash of titans, which kicks off at 8:00 p.m. ET on CBS. NFL playoff games tend to draw a lot of viewers, and it's not like there's going to be anything else on TV.

And of course, Tebow will be the main draw. He's been drawing viewers to television sets ever since he was under center for the Florida Gators, and he's less than a week removed from his greatest television victory.

Per AdAge.com, Sunday's Wild Card Game between the Broncos and the Pittsburgh Steelers drew 42.4 million viewers, a new record for the Wild Card Round. My best guess is that well over half of those viewers tuned in simply because Tebow was going to be doing stuff out on the field.

On Saturday night, both Tebow and Brady will be doing stuff out on the field, and that very promise could very well lead to a new NFL TV record. If there's one player in the NFL who has enough star power to compete with Tebow, it's Brady. Pigskin fans know him as one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, and non-pigskin fans know him as the handsome guy who is married to Gisele Bundchen.

Come kickoff, it won't matter whose star is brighter. The only thing that will matter for viewers is that the stars of Tebow and Brady will be shining at the same time.

That's worth, what, 50 million viewers? 60 million? 70? 80? 90?

100 million?

Don't rule it out. As far as football games are concerned, only the Super Bowl gets as many as 100 million viewers. No matter what happens, this year's Super Bowl can't promise a postseason showdown between Tebow and Brady.

Even if Saturday night's game fails to reach 100 million viewers (it probably will fall short), you can rest assured that it will break the record for the most-watched Divisional Round game ever. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy reported that the New York Jets' upset of the Patriots last year broke that record, and it did so with a mere 43.5 million viewers.

Heck, that's only a million more viewers than Tebow got this past weekend against the Steelers. The addition of Brady into the Tebow phenomenon is worth far more than a million viewers.

All we can do is watch the game and then wait for the numbers to come out (feel free to play the Tebow drinking game). As soon as the figures are tallied, a new record will be set.

If nothing else, this new record will be something Tebow can feel proud about after he and the Broncos get beat.