whiteathlete33
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The reports I have read are that Orton is easily outplaying Tebow in training camp. Orton is most likely way ahead of Tebow right now but in a few years I think Tebow will be the better quarterback.
Merrill Hoge viciously attacked Tebow yesterday, basically already saying, after three total starts, that he can't play QB in the NFL. Tebow looked awesome at times in his rookie year, showing any unbiased observers that he has the potential to be one of the all-time greats.
I'll be waiting for the "hard ass" Hoge to cut loose on Cam Newton after his first three starts. And yes, I can guarantee you that Newton will be nowhere near as impressive as Tebow was. Still, you'll hear all the jock sniffers who snort and chuckle at Tebow talking about Newton's "upside" and "atheticism" and "intangibles." I'm quite sure they'll discover that he has great "poise" as well. Needless to say, if Newton EVER has a 40 yard TD run, as Tebow did last season, ESPN would stop the presses and lead with that story for weeks. That run alone would have guaranteed Newton, or any other black QB, at least five uncontested years as an NFL starting QB.
Would someone tell me how the same jock sniffers who were reporting, just a week ago, that Tebow was the guy in Denver, and that Orton would definitely be traded, are now declaring that Orton is definitely the starter, and won't be traded? How did Tebow's value take such a hit, one week into camp, practicing in shorts and no pads? How did his teammates suddenly turn on him in such short order, and stand behind Orton, whom they all thought was going to Miami, or wherever, just a few days ago?
Tebow looks like he will be joining Leinart, Quinn and countless other young white QBs in recent memory, who are instantly discarded almost from the moment they hit the field. Meanwhile, Jason Campbell continues to plod along into what-his eighth or ninth season as a mostly unchallenged starter? And Tavarous Jackson gets another chance to start, despite being so bad that even the jock sniffers laugh at him. Yeah, no double standard here.
The hatred for Tebow is unbelievable. This idiot Hoge is basically saying Tebow can't play QB in the NFL. What other player has ever been attacked like this, so early in his career? They can distort the truth all they want- Tebow's rookie season WAS impressive.
I think the special hate for Tebow is due to only one thing. He's an avowed Christian and everyone knows it.
White QB's are always heavily criticized, especially dual threat ones. The hate heaped upon Tebow is above and beyond that so there has to be something else besides his white skin disprivaledge.
Just to show how twisted the caste system is you can throw in the fact that members of the Denver management have publicly criticized him-which goes against all commonsense behavior (criticizing a high draft pick); and that he is the number one seller of fan related equipment-which might not mean much to you and to me but to the bean counters in the NFL it is HUGE, which is why thuggy Mike Vick is so well treated-he sells stuff to da bruthas.
And he's an extremely proven winner from his college days, something that is supposed to mean a lot but of course only means something if the player is black.
Bottomline (to me) Christophobia is the reason he is hated by the MSM and it will never change unless Tebow does.