manning signs w broncos

[Snowman]

However if they showed up to play Denver and all of their line men had painted cross hairs with the number 18 inside their visors, I would bet Denver wouldn't get a good return on their 90 mil...

[Ezzzzy1]

We should just give the 49ers Tebow... A peace offering to not hurt Manning

[mxer]

i dont understand why 49'ers were interested in him. Smith is a good qtrback. Guess they finally got some smarts and let Denver spend the moolah

Elway did lose 15 million in a ponzi scheme. This is a 90 million dollar manzi scheme.

[cbrjohnny]

cya tebow... to think that it would have been better to spend the money on receivers and keep a qb that cant through to them is silly! now we can though the ball to anyone with two hands and ten fingers. maybe tebow can stay and learn something from a real qb.

go broncos!

[drago52]

Manning plays for the Broncos. Today is a good day.

[drago52]

I wish Tebow the best of luck in his future. I know there are a lot of disappointed Tebow fans out there hoping for another 8-8 season, but have hope, Tebow will get traded and play for another team. Maybe he'll do great, maybe he won't, but let's not transfer your your disappointment of losing Tebow to anger at signing a hall of fame quarterback for 5 years. You guys can all keep your #1 selling Tebow Jerseys and wear them with pride. The kid is a class act and performed extremely well off the field under the pressure of the national spotlight. Meanwhile, we just signed one of the best QBs of all time to the Broncos! I mean, c'mon, how could you be talking trash about this guy?!?

[Snowman]

cya tebow... to think that it would have been better to spend the money on receivers and keep a qb that cant through to them is silly! now we can though the ball to anyone with two hands and ten fingers. maybe tebow can stay and learn something from a real qb.

go broncos!

No kidding, I bet Tebow couldn't even spell the word....

[TinkerinWstuff]

now we can though the ball to anyone with two hands and ten fingers.
go broncos!

yea! it really pissed me off every time Tebow threw the ball and it went right through their hands.

[cbrjohnny]

yea! it really pissed me off every time Tebow threw the ball and it went right through their hands.

lol funny thing is is that i can remember all 10 or 12 of these passes too!

[TinkerinWstuff]

lol funny thing is is that i can remember all 10 or 12 of these passes too!

Might help your memory to go check stats on dropped passes

[kingtut]

I'm not happy with the decision. Too much money for too little of a return, imo. Manning is great, don't get me wrong. But if the Colts let him go, that says something.

I'll always be a Tebow fan, no matter where he lands. I was excited to see what he learned in the off season, sigh.

[Cat118!]

Mays signed for another 3yrs

[Wrider]

I'm not happy with the decision. Too much money for too little of a return, imo. Manning is great, don't get me wrong. But if the Colts let him go, that says something.

Exactly... He is too screwed up from his previous injuries to provide a significantly positive return on investment.

[CaptGoodvibes]

lol funny thing is is that i can remember all 10 or 12 of these passes too!

Might help your memory to go check stats on dropped passes

Hard to find that stat but it looks like there were 28 dropped passes including the games Tebow didn't start. I'm not going to track down those numbers so let's play this game as if he started all the games. Tebow was 126/271 for 47.3%. Add those 28 passes and his stats change to 154/271 for 56.8%. But start factoring in the what if's for dropped passes on other teams. GB had 32 dropped passes. Give those back. NYG had 30 drops. Gotta give those back too.

Stats are fun.

[~Barn~]

... and so goes my brief infatuation with watching Broncos football.

Anyway, I may not tune into the games this coming season, but I'll keep tabs on how the Broncos do. No matter what anybody has to say about anything, Tim Tebow effectively set a pretty high bar for Manning to replicate or exceed. Denver "fans" are notoriously unforgiving, so we'll see how it goes...

[drago52]

I think Manning set his own bar to replicate or exceed. He took a team that was 3-13 in 1998 and set the following team records:
1999 -- 13-3 (AFC East champs)
2000 -- 13-3 (AFC East champs)
2001 -- 6-10
2002 -- 10-6 (wildcard)
2003 -- 12-4 (AFC South champs)
2004 -- 12-4 (AFC South champs)
2005 -- 14-2 (AFC South champs)
2006 -- 12-4 (Superbowl champs)
2007 -- 13-3 (AFC South champs)
2008 -- 12-4 (wildcard)
2009 -- 14-2 (Superbowl champs)
2010 -- 10-6 (AFC South champs)

That's impressive.

[~Barn~]

<Snip...>
2009 -- 14-2 (Superbowl champs)

Did he play a season with New Orleans?

[~Barn~]

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2000 -- 13-3 (AFC East champs)

In 2000 the Colts were not AFC East champs, they were 2nd in that division.

[madvlad]

I think Manning set his own bar to replicate or exceed. He took a team that was 3-13 in 1998 and set the following team records:
1999 -- 13-3 (AFC East champs)
2000 -- 13-3 (AFC East champs)
2001 -- 6-10
2002 -- 10-6 (wildcard)
2003 -- 12-4 (AFC South champs)
2004 -- 12-4 (AFC South champs)
2005 -- 14-2 (AFC South champs)
2006 -- 12-4 (Superbowl champs)
2007 -- 13-3 (AFC South champs)
2008 -- 12-4 (wildcard)
2009 -- 14-2 (Superbowl champs)
2010 -- 10-6 (AFC South champs)

That's impressive.

...and he was also younger and healthier.

[TinkerinWstuff]

Someone needs to photoshop the bronco off the helmet in favor of the drama llama

[drago52]

haters gonna hate

[TinkerinWstuff]

Hard to find that stat but it looks like there were 28 dropped passes including the games Tebow didn't start. I'm not going to track down those numbers so let's play this game as if he started all the games. Tebow was 126/271 for 47.3%. Add those 28 passes and his stats change to 154/271 for 56.8%. But start factoring in the what if's for dropped passes on other teams. GB had 32 dropped passes. Give those back. NYG had 30 drops. Gotta give those back too.

Stats are fun.

Yes they are, especially when you don't compare apples and apples in attempt to sell an opinion....

Green bay??? 32 dropped passes all season? And they probably had 8x more pass attempts all year too. The super bowl champs had 30? Kind of proves my point.

[madvlad]

I don't hate Manning, he is a great QB and we'll see what he cooks up.

[CaptGoodvibes]

Yes they are, especially when you don't compare apples and apples in attempt to sell an opinion....

Green bay??? 32 dropped passes all season? And they probably had 8x more pass attempts all year too. The super bowl champs had 30? Kind of proves my point.

Don't kid yourself. I'm not selling anything. My only point is drops were made by all teams. If anything, my brief foray into statistics favored Tebow; I think. I thought that would make you happy.