Lions defender calls Tebow a 'joke' following decisive victory By Dan Hanzus NFL.com
What a difference a week makes for Tim Tebow.
Last Monday, it was full-on Tebowmania after an unlikely comeback win over the Miami Dolphins. This Monday, in the aftermath of an ugly 45-10 loss to the Detroit Lions, it was open season on the Denver Broncos quarterback.
"'15'?" one Lions defender said, according to a Yahoo! Sports report. "Come on -- that's embarrassing. I mean, it's a joke. We knew all week that if we brought any kind of defensive pressure, he couldn't do anything. In the second half it got boring out there. We were like, 'Come on -- that's your quarterback? Seriously?'"
Said Lions defensive end Cliff Avril: "As long as he felt our pressure, he was going to make crazy decisions."
Detroit cornerback Chris Houston, who returned a Tebow pick 100 yards for a touchdown, was similarly unimpressed.
"He's an athlete. He's no Peyton Manning or Tom Brady or no Michael Vick or none of that," said Houston, according to The Denver Post. "He's got a long ways to go as far as being a quarterback."
Tebow's performance was indeed woeful -- he was 8 of 26 for 85 yards at one point in the fourth quarter -- and it's clear the Lions took pride in putting a big dent in the theory that charisma and faith will carry the day for the second-year QB.
(Seriously though, they "Tebowed" over the man. They "Tebowed" over Tebow. That's some dirty pool!)
Broncos coach John Fox said after the game it was "too early to say" if Tebow will start next week against the Oakland Raiders. That his starting job is even in question shows just how eye-opening his struggles really were.
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