Does Tim Tebow's Success Mean John Fox Deserves Same Credit as Bill Belichick?

In a year that has many excellent candidates, John Fox has to be at least in the conversation. 

Running the option offense drives football "purists" nuts, but the bottom line is, it has worked and has gotten his team on top of the division. 

As a coach, your job is to get the most out of your roster and do everything it takes to win football games, and that is exactly what John Fox is doing. He's not worried about finding next year's quarterback or forcing his team to play a certain brand of football. He is concentrated on putting his team in the best position to win. 

What Fox has done in Denver is unprecedented in the modern game. It was assumed that the option could not work in the professional game, but no one really used it to the extent that the Broncos have and gave it a legitimate chance. 

Now, is the Broncos offense under Tim Tebow a sustainable offense over a five-year span? I have my doubts. One of these days, Tebow is going to land the wrong way to blow out a knee, and "magical" Bronco offense comes to a halt. But coaches like Fox don't think for the long term, especially when you are in the position Fox is in. He has nothing invested in Tebow; he essentially started him because of the intense public pressure to put him in.

But the new-look offense does not work without a vast improvement on the defensive side. Fox, a coach with a defensive background, has to get a bulk of the credit for improving his defense through his offense. 

Therefore, Fox deserves all of the same credit Belichick gets for the job he does in New England. Both guys do whatever it takes to win football games, even if it's through the use of unconventional or taboo ways.