What do you get when your quarterback completes zero passes in the first half and two passes total for the game, and your top two running backs go down with injury before the end of the first quarter? If you’re Tim Tebow you get a win.
If this doesn’t convert the masses nothing will. There is no doubt in my mind that Tebow really does live on some type of divine intervention. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a tremendous athlete that is stuck playing the quarterback position, but there is no freaking way that any team in the NFL should be winning behind this guy. I don’t know how else to explain how the most important player on your team can be so bad, but keep on winning. It’s a bigger illusion than making the grand canyon disappear. On the bright side, the last person to complete zero passes at halftime and still hold the lead was Brett Favre, so that’s pretty good company.
Coach John Fox apparently is going to ride this horse until he drops. Even with rejuvenated starter Willis McGahee going down with an injury early, and the fragile (it must be Italian) Knowshon Moreno following right behind him with a knee. Third stringer and pint size Lance “Bowling” Ball ran it 30 times for 96 yards and got enough help from Tebow who chipped in with 43 yards and a 7 yard TD run.
The only bright spot for the Chiefs on this day of doom and gloom was a circus catch made by rookie Jonathan Baldwin. On a deep pass down the left sideline Baldwin was closely covered, and as he turned around he wrapped his arm around the defender and caught the ball behind his back. He was able to hold on to the ball as they both fell to the ground. Oh yeah, Matt Cassel threw a touchdown pass to LaRon McLain, and I’m not even sure if D Bowe even showed up. Yawn. With the loss the Chiefs stay in a three way tie in the AFC west, but now it’s for second place with Denver and San Diego.
For more than three quarters the Broncos ran it down the Chief’s throat. I’m talking running it 55 times for over 200 yards down their throat. More than 50 minutes of this and Tebow only hitting on one pass for 13 yards to this point. Kansas City bit hard on a play fake, and Tebow took another try at a pass. This time he connected with Eric Decker for 56 yards and the nail in the coffin. It was actually a very nice looking pass, much unlike the other seven.
When questioned about the game plan afterwards Fox’s answers revealed little. He talked about how it’s not saying Tim’s bad because they chose to throw eight times and run it a million. It’s just because that’s the way it is and that’s what we’re good at. Tebow keeps insisting he’s a football player first and foremost, and I can appreciate that. He’s just stuck at playing the most important position on the team, and as time will soon tell, Tebow will likely be a big contributor to the team, but my guess is at another position.