2011
Student Driver
Wow! Words just cannot describe what all of us in Broncos Nation are seeing week in and week out. Driving 95 yards in 4 minutes after lulling us all asleep, including the Jets, was just beyond description. It reminded me so much of Elway in Cleveland with 98 yards to go, I swear I was looking on the field for those dog bones they used to throw. None of what are witnessing makes any sense at all. I drew this cartoon for 9News and was supposed to get it to them by 10. I pushed the cartoon too far off deadline (I sent it at like 10:25) that it didn’t make the air. It will tomorrow. That said the drawing above was done about as fast as I can draw. It’s more sketch quality than final cartoon quality. Anyway, considering how the Broncos season is unfolding here are a couple of thoughts for all of us to ponder… 1. Tebow knows how to manage a game. He doesn’t make the stupid mistakes that Kyle Orton so often made under pressure. Tebow remains calm, under control and cool when it matters most. That’s something you can’t teach or coach. You either have that temperment or you don’t. I think some of it has to do with Tebow’s faith that teaches you not to worry. He clearly doesn’t. 2. Tebow has Leadership and the desire to compete that you can’t teach. Clearly it makes a difference. His presence in the huddle with 95 yards to go for a touchdown was a perfect example. He told everyone to forget what the offense had done for 3 quarters plus. If the offense takes it 95 yards to win, noe of it matters. That’s a leader. 3. The Broncos have to move the pocket for this offense to work. Tebow throws best in the shotgun and on the run…Not as good as John Elway, but he creates out of chaos like Elway did 4. The Broncos Defense is what is making this whole thing possible. Vonn Miller, Elvis Dumervil and a veteran secondary are playing smart alert defense. The kind of defense that can carry you to the playoffs, as impossible as that sounds.
