Posted by Jtpsops on 1/15/2012 1:02:00 PM (view original):
First 16 NFL starts:
Young: 2,722 yards, 9 TDs, 16 interceptions, 5 rushing TDs.
Tebow: 2,835 yards, 19 TDs, 9 interceptions, 12 rushing TDs.
After two seasons (19 starts) in TB, Young was traded to SF, where he was a backup for 4 years. He didn't become a starter till he was 30 and is now a hall of famer. He was very similar to Tebow in terms of skill set, passing abilitiy and doubters when he came into the league and improved drastically over time.
Will Tebow be Steve Young? Who knows. But Young alone is evidence that assuming Tebow can't improve or amount to anything is ignorant and foolish.
Quite the flawed argument.
For one, your stats point a rosier picture on Tebow since you're including games in which he did not start. He has 7 TD's from games where he came in as a sub and those appear to be present in your stats.
I'm not sure how you account for "number of doubters". TB in the '80s was like a death sentence for your career, Walsh stepped in and saved him.
Tim Tebow is no Steve Young, to say that he can be like him is ignorant and foolish.