Tebow's success explained with stats

Bullshit, it's God.

 

I broke it out on the previous NFL week thread, but basically the Broncos have improved by 10 yards per drive in the area of opponents' average drive start and have allowed no defensive touchdowns.

I cannot for the life of me understand how protecting the ball and letting a good defense do its work is a bad thing. The number of quarterbacks who have made the playoffs this way would number in the dozens if not hundreds.

 

NFL Network said that the Broncos are averaging four more minutes in possession in Tebow games. If each team was averaging 30 minutes a game pre-Tebow, it is now 32-28 Broncos. The Broncos have the ball 13.3% more, the defense is on the field 13.3% less.

 

Good stat, Poin, thanks.

There's no question the defense is helping the Broncos win games, but that stat certainly seems to indicate that Tebow is helping the defense in ways that Orton was not.

But, of course, it all stresses that football is a TEAM sport and while one player will always have an effect on an outcome, no single player determines it.

 

But they were glorious.

 

In something like their last 50 drives, the Colts have only had three plays inside the red zone (one for a touchdown). Now THAT'S pathetic.

 

In 2009 Drew Brees threw 11 interceptions. Four QB's, who had a similar number of pass attempts, (Romo, Rodgers, Rivers and Favre) all threw less. Brees won the Super Bowl.

INT's are very costly but I think when you throw them is a big part of it. If Brees threw all 11 of his in the first half they are way less costly than someone like Favre or Rivers throwing nine all in the fourth quarter.

 

Have you watched the Colts this year?

 

Alex Smith is Prime Example #1. Right now Smith >> Eli Manning. Did I just write that?

 

That Colts team would not win more than 6 games with Peyton this year and that's being generous.

 

As soon as they "clinch" the top pick they will win a game.