NFL Denver Broncos: Will Tim Tebow Really Be Overtaken by Brady Quinn at QB?

Allow me to start off by saying that I despise the constant barrage of non-stop Tim Tebow coverage from here to the Samoan Islands; but I feel that I must interject something into the current conversation.

After last night's preseason victory over the Buffalo Bills, almost nobody has talked about what actually happened during the game. Instead everybody chooses to go bonkers over the fact that Brady Quinn played with the second stringers rather than Tim Tebow.

I have seen two stories today that make rather wild assertions about the future of Tebow.

One asserts that coach John Fox doesn't even want Tebow anywhere near the field anymore, concluding that he is all but guaranteed a spot on the practice squad.

Another claims that the only actual competition that has been going on in Broncos camp so far has been to see which quarterback is going to get traded. The author says it is now all but assured that Tebow will be the one.

Ever since Tebow has arrived in Denver one thing has been absolutely true; Nothing that is said or done can be taken at any type of face value—they all have dire consequences.

So what is the purpose of my writing today? To ask a simple question.

Being that we are only two games into the preseason, is it possible that everybody is overreacting to the fact that Quinn played with the second stringers just a little bit?

Not to say that Quinn didn't play great, because he did. Still, is it perhaps not a sign that Fox hates Tebow and doesn't want him anywhere near the field and more that Fox actually has a genuine quarterback competition at the most competitive position?

Kyle Orton has shown that he's clearly the top guy, but no such separation has been made between Tebow and Quinn.

Isn't it possible that Fox has seen how well Quinn has performed in practice and thought to himself that he would be able to make a more accurate judgment between the two players if he's seen them in similar situations?

I don't think any judgment has been passed on Tebow because of his performance last night. He came into the game when the Broncos were up by a ton of points and they just wanted to run the clock down. If Quinn had come in at that time in that situation, I highly doubt the plays called would have been that much different.

About the only conclusion that can be drawn from the game last night is that Quinn has improved his game greatly.

Whatever that ultimately means for Tebow or Orton—or anybody else for that matter—is yet to be determined by the coaching staff.

At the end of the day, what the fans think about who should start or who is the future of the Denver Broncos is absolutely and completely irrelevant, and I'm rather surprised that that seems to be lost on so many people.

Fans need to learn that the coaches allegiance is not to any one player, regardless of how much hype follows him from one place to another or how much he's being paid. A coach's allegiance is to the group that gives the team the best chance to win, and the coaches are the ones who are in the best position to determine that.

So let's not just jump to so many different conclusions based on a preseason game.