By STEPHEN KERKHOF
FOXSportsFlorida.com contributor
December 27, 2010
By now, we've all heard the multitude of reasons why Tim Tebow never will be a successful quarterback in the NFL. His release is too slow; he is not accurate enough; he takes too many hits; his running game will not transfer to the professional level.
I could go on, but what's the point?
Especially when Tebow is in the midst of proving all the detractors wrong.
In just two starts for the Denver Broncos, Tebow has 446 yards passing, 105 yards rushing, four total touchdowns, just one turnover and an impressive fourth-quarter comeback win under his belt.
For everything that's supposedly wrong with Tebow, he sure seems to be doing a lot right. But how is a rookie quarterback with so many allegedly fatal flaws succeeding in the NFL?
For starters, the guy's pretty good. This is easy to forget when we hear analysts screaming the only position he can play in the NFL is H-Back, but this is the same Tebow who just one year ago finished rewriting college football's history books as a quarterback.
In four years at the University of Florida, Tebow was part of two national championship teams and was named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy each of his years as a starter, frustrating the country's best defenses with his passing ability and bludgeoning them with his running.
In his final game at Florida, Tebow was 31 for 35 passing for 482 yards and three touchdowns in the Sugar Bowl against a previously undefeated Cincinnati team.
In three years at Florida, Tebow had five 300-yard passing games. In just two starts with Denver, he already has one.
Almost a year after that Sugar Bowl win
