Published by Dan Cunning on Mar 20, 2012
The Denver Broncos are a business, and they made the business decision to sign Peyton Manning, believing he gives them a better team. Tim Tebow's stock is at an all-time high and they're cashing out. It was the safe play. He's Peyton Manning.
Tim Tebow will now likely go to a struggling team where he'll lack the support to succeed, and everyone who argued he wasn't an NFL quarterback will be vindicated. But why is everyone so invested in Tim Tebow's fate? Many first round draft picks don't work out.
Year | Pick | Player | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 2000 | 18 | Chad Pennington |
2 | 2001 | 1 | Michael Vick |
3 | 2002 | 1 | David Carr |
4 | 2002 | 3 | Joey Harrington |
5 | 2002 | 32 | Patrick Ramsey |
6 | 2003 | 1 | Carson Palmer |
7 | 2003 | 7 | Byron Leftwich |
8 | 2003 | 19 | Kyle Boller |
9 | 2003 | 22 | Rex Grossman |
10 | 2004 | 1 | Eli Manning |
11 | 2004 | 4 | Philip Rivers |
12 | 2004 | 11 | Ben Roethlisberger |
13 | 2004 | 22 | J.P. Losman |
14 | 2005 | 1 | Alex Smith |
15 | 2005 | 24 | Aaron Rodgers |
16 | 2005 | 25 | Jason Campbell |
17 | 2006 | 3 | Vince Young |
18 | 2006 | 10 | Matt Leinhart |
19 | 2006 | 11 | Jay Cutler |
20 | 2007 | 1 | JaMarcus Russell |
21 | 2007 | 22 | Brady Quinn |
22 | 2008 | 3 | Matt Ryan |
23 | 2008 | 18 | Joe Flacco |
I consider the blue name to have worked out poorly. Sports are built on having something to cheer for, but actively hating a player is beyond competition. What drives people to this?
If you fit any of these descriptions, you are actively wishing failure onto another human being, and Tim Tebow is better than you.
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