Tim Tebow: Rex Ryan Praise Only Furthers Broncos QB's Intangible Fallacy

Tim Tebow has led the Denver Broncos to a 3-1 record since taking over for Kyle Orton following the team's bye week. Denver's success has only furthered the belief that Tebow is a winner, regardless of the circumstances around him.

Rex Ryan did nothing to slow down the hype train with his comments about Thursday's game (via Pro Football Talk).

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“I thought he was a great competitor and he is a winner, and that’s what he’s showing right now,” Ryan said, in comments distributed by the Jets’ PR staff. “Are there prettier passers than him? Yeah, absolutely. But again, [we] just [have to] try to find a way to beat him.”

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Tebow is touted for his seemingly unmatched intangibles. What are intangibles? Well, nobody knows exactly because they are intangible, or unable to be correctly perceived by the mind.

In reality, Tebow's winner label is nothing but a fallacy pushed forth by the media because he helps drive up the industry's ratings.

Football is a team game. No single player wins or loses a game by himself. Tebow's teams have been able to win games because opponents are still being caught off guard by Denver's relentless rushing attack. It's certainly not because of his 45 percent completion rate this season.

Over the course of Denver's remaining games, defenses will begin keying in on the Broncos' attack and force Tebow to throw more often.

The wins will probably become less frequent at that point because, like Ryan said, there are prettier passers than him. Basically every passer in the league really. Tebow's attempts to improve his mechanics haven't led to results, and they certainly won't against Ryan's defense on Thursday.

Tebow might carve out a niche for himself in certain packages, but it's hard to imagine him being successful as a full-time starter. He just doesn't have enough passing skills to survive in today's pass-happy NFL.

However, whatever success he does have shouldn't be attributed to “intangibles” or being a “winner.” It will be because he brings a different style attack to an offense, which defenses weren't prepared for at the time.

There's nothing impalpable about that.