NFL Countdown Gets Jacked Up About Tebow
- Welcome back to ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown. I'm your host and Brown graduate, Chris Berman, joining me in the studio is Tom Jackson, 
- Jacked up. - Cris Carter,
- Hello. - Keyshawn Johnson,
- Keyshawn. - and the coach, Mike Ditka.
- Football. - Gentlemen, during the previous few weeks the Denver Broncos have been making things interesting for viewers. Quarterback Tim Tebow isn't necessarily playing dominant football, from what I can see with my Brown eyes, but he's doing enough in the fourth quarter to keep Denver in the AFC West driver's seat. Answer me this question, while facing the person to your left. Except of course for you Tom, you'll face the audience at home. What is it about this non-Ivy League graduate that is taking the NFL by storm? - (Faces audience at home) Well Chris, I used to play for the Denver Broncos, and I played with a guy by the name of John Elway. John Elway defined the quarterback position for the Denver Broncos, and he did it by getting jacked-up in the fourth quarter. Whether it was "The Drive", or that Super Bowl where Green Bay let his team score the go-ahead touchdown, John Elway got every one jacked-up. It wasn't just his Stanford education, - Not Ivy League. - Yes well, John Elway could win football games with his head, arm, and legs. Generally he used all of them at the same time. It wasn't just his mid-fifty-percent completion percentage, or his ability to get jacked-up the night before the Super Bowl, John Elway was a leader like Tim Tebow. And Tim Tebow runs like a freight train looking to jack something up. I hope John Elway can enjoy watching the franchise he presides over get so jacked-up. - (Turning his chair slightly towards Tom Jackson) Tom, I agree with you. Tim Tebow is a leader. I spent some time with him these past couple of weeks and I can testify that he gets his strength from the testament. What he says he means. And what he means, he says. He is a guy who says and means things. And as a guy who should have a bust at the Hall of Fame in Canton, but doesn't because of what some others perceive as a "conflicting personality", I took my time with Tebow as an example. To show you how much I learned from the thirty minutes or so I spent with him, I brought you all this bible verse. I found it myself. It has a really old sounding name and two numbers. It says some things that reflect what I believe people would say about Tim Tebow. And what I'd also like them to say about me. - (Facing Cris Carter) Keyshawn thinks you are right, Cris. And Keyshawn thinks that Tom is right. Tim Tebow makes Denver Broncos' games watchable. Keyshawn can't change the channels on Keyshawn's TV when Tim Tebow is playing. In the fourth quarter, Keyshawn can't finish Keyshawn's laundry. Because Keyshawn is glued to Keyshawn's television set. If it weren't for Tim Tebow, Keyshawn would be watching infomercials about products that Keyshawn would consider purchasing for use in Keyshawn's house. But Keyshawn would rather watch Tim Tebow. Keyshawn pretends that Tim Tebow would throw Keyshawn the ball. Maybe Keyshawn will go to Denver and see if Tim Tebow would throw Keyshawn the ball. But maybe Tim Tebow would just run away from Keyshawn. Because that is often what Tim Tebow does when Tim Tebow is supposed to throw the ball. - (Facing Keyshawn) Football is about footballers. And Tim Tebow is a footballer. He could line up with the guys in my day and run the football, he could hit people while carrying the football, he could win the game while kneeling with the football. I consider myself old school, but he could have been a star without the invention of the forward pass. In my day we had throwbacks like him. Guys that could play two ways: forward and backward. We called them footballers. And Tebow is a footballer. If I was coaching a team, I'd take any guy who gives me a chance to win. I don't care if it's a quarterback with no arm. I don't care if it's a running back with no legs. I don't care if it's a wide receiver who has webbed toes for fingers due to an accidental surgery. If he helps us win, than I'd put him on the roster. And Tebow has enough arms and legs to be a quarterback, a running back, and a winner. I would rate him a seven out of eight on a scale of Ricky Williams draft picks. - You know in your day coach, a lot of good players... came from the Ivy League. (Turns to all four broadcasters) This is the point in the segment when I glance back at you guys, and to the audience at home, so I can drive home the importance of our discussion. The Denver Broncos are winning. Tim Tebow makes people around him better. He can make any game exciting by going forward and backward. We'll be back after the break. - Keyshawn. Tom Jackson picture - Wikimedia Commons - Marianne O'Leary Mike Ditka picture - Wikimedia Commons - Jason J Perry Keyshawn Johnson picture - Wikimedia Commons - Keith Allison Cris Carter picture - Wikimedia Commons Chris Berman picture - Wikimedia Commons - Martin
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