NFL Football Odds: Tebow Conjures Mile High Miracle to Upset Steelers
Monday, January 09, 2012
by Bovada Sportsbook
With NFL Football Odds listed at +7.5 at home, the Denver Broncos needed a miracle to upset the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. It came in overtime, first snap, and ended with Tim Tebow striking his world-famous pose at the center of Mile High Stadium.
Tebow threw for 316 yards, (Tebow 3:16), along with 50 yards rushing, two passing touchdowns and one TD on the ground to upset the heavily favored Steelers 29-23. The Steelers tied the game at 23-23 by the end of the 4th quarter, but in OT -- the first with the new "college-style" rules (how convenient) -- the Broncos won the toss and got possession first. That should've been the first clue that Mile High magic was going down Sunday evening.
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Before you could spot Tebow's wounded duck Demaryius Thomas was sprinting down field, 80 yards, to propel the 8-8 Broncos to the AFC's second round.
"It was a great call first of all," Tebow said. "[Thomas] made a great catch, a great run after the catch and the offensive line blocked phenominal."
"DT made a heck of a play."
It's hard to believe a player who throws like your sister can consistenly make game-winning plays, but whatever your gripe about his quarterbacking skills no one can deny you just can let this kid have the ball in the clutch.
Now, as usual, all the credit shouldn't go to Tebow. This was a team effort. Thomas had 204 receiving yards off of four catches. Four. Adding insane YAC to every one of Tebow's passes.
The defense stepped up once again, hounding a hobbled Ben Roethlisberger, holding him to 289 passing yards, one TD, one INT, sacking him five times and hitting him six times.
And lastly, the Steelers had a horrible gameplan. It seemed like the Steelers were bent on putting away the Broncos early, mining for big plays that would force Tebow to pass it more than 25 times. Unfortunately, a pass-heavy attack from a one-legged QB versus a talented defense played right into the Broncos hands. Isaac Redman gashed the Broncos for 121 yards off of just 17 carries. One-legged Ben threw it 40 times. Figure that out.
Lady Gaga even chimed in: "Giants fan but wow #Tebow. That's what (expletive) a champion plays like.
Lady Gaga is talkin' Tebow. Nuff' said.
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