Brady Quinn Puts Tebow Down; "We had a lot of Luck".

**soulman** · 02-21-2012, 12:02 PM

GQ: Brady Quinn Debunks Year Of The Tebow: 'We've Had A Lot Of ... Luck'

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 7:15 am
Written by: Eric Adelson

The Tim Tebow debate has raged into the off-season, and by now we know the usual detractors: guys like Terrell Suggs, Nick Barnett, Shawne Merriman, Brady Quinn ...
Wait. What?

That's right, in a thoroughly reported feature by Yahoo! Sports NFL writer Michael Silver in the March issue of GQ, one of the Tebow critics is actually fellow Denver Broncos quarterback Brady Quinn.

And it's not just one subtle jab, either. Early in his piece, Silver gets Quinn talking about how Tebow got promoted to starter: Early in the season, there was a game when Kyle [Orton] got hurt and the coaches were calling for me to go in, but Kyle got up and finished the game out. So I was the second-string guy. Then, a few weeks later, they decided to put Tim in. I felt like the fans had a lot to do with that. Just ’cause they were chanting his name. There was a big calling for him. No, I didn't have any billboards. That would have been nice.

Silver continues on with an oral history of the season, sprinkling in choice quotes from the likes of Kurt Warner (who compares Tebow to a character in the Bible) and Suggs (who calls Tebow "terrible").

Then it's back to Quinn, who demystifies Tebow's late-game prowess:
The entire game, the defensive line is chasing the quarterback around, and that wears down the pass rush. Meanwhile, the defensive backs are chasing receivers, but you only throw eight passes, so they start to feel lazy. It only takes that one play, that one big pass, for a touchdown.

To be sure, others in the story feel similarly. Merriman, of the Bills, tells Silver, "His teammates are making him look a lot better than he is." Suggs, of the Ravens, says, "No matter how many bad games Tim Tebow is gonna have, it’s 'He’s great.' I'll never understand it."

But the most glaring quotes -- though not the most hard-hitting -- come from Quinn.

In one passage, Broncos star linebacker Von Miller gives credit to the team -- "I mean, you could just see our team's resiliency in action. Nobody was giving up" -- and then Quinn offers a different reason for the Broncos' surge: "We’ve had a lot of, I guess, luck, to put it simply."

Now, Quinn isn't saying anything that hasn't been thought by pretty much everyone. Tebow didn't win football games with dominance or cunning. It's hard to pin his leadership on anything other than his all-world will and, as Warner suggests, "divine intervention." But in this story we have everyone in the Broncos organization, from coach John Fox to president John Elway to Miller, saying all the right things. Then there's the backup quarterback, Brady Quinn.

And not everything Quinn says is about football. The former Notre Dame star also questions how Tebow prays.

"If you look at it as a whole," he tells Silver, "there's a lot of things that just don't seem very humble to me. When I get that opportunity, I'll continue to lead not necessarily by trying to get in front of the camera and praying but by praying with my teammates, you know?"

Will Quinn get that opportunity? Fox says he wants two new quarterbacks to contend for the top job in Denver in the fall. So despite leading his team to a playoff victory, Tebow will have plenty of headwinds when training camp opens.

And it's likely not all of the doubters will be outside the Broncos complex.

Read Michael Silver's entire GQ story here.

Silver's article is lengthy so I just posted the link for those who care to read it in it's entirety.

**soulman** · 02-21-2012, 12:09 PM

Let me see if I've got the this right. Future Hall of Fame QB Brady Quinn is putting down Tim Tebow????

Pot, hello Kettle, but I gotta tell you you're much blacker than I am. I'm not in love with Tim Tebow. I'm not one of his major fans and apologists but this is kind of harsh. No question about Tebow being thrown under the bus and who's doing the throwing.

Maybe if Brady Quinn hadn't been so useless throughout his career he'd be starting. It must really hurt his pride to be playing second fiddle to "God's own QB". If Quinn thinks he's better then he'll have a chance to prove it in July and August. That's put up or shut up time.

**short faced bear** · 02-21-2012, 01:23 PM

Not a Quinn fan and my first reaction is just sour grapes by him. But looking at it you put any other competitive qb in there and it's one of those "you say anything and your the bad guy" problems. Regardless of the billboards, hoopla, and fan making mythos. I think the guy at least has a right to say it's a bit F'ed up. Because I get the funny feeling if the tables were turned you'd hear Tebowland cry a river and then some.

**Evernight** · 02-21-2012, 02:35 PM

Quinn is right. The Broncos were extremely lucky to win that many games. Their defense bailed them out constantly and without as good of a run game as they have, their offense would have been toast. With plenty of game footage of Tebow out there now and several teams providing the blueprints for stopping him, I have a feeling he comes back down to Earth this season.

**soulman** · 02-21-2012, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by Evernight

Quinn is right. The Broncos were extremely lucky to win that many games. Their defense bailed them out constantly and without as good of a run game as they have, their offense would have been toast. With plenty of game footage of Tebow out there now and several teams providing the blueprints for stopping him, I have a feeling he comes back down to Earth this season.

That I agree with but when it comes from a teammate that's harsh. Quinn went way overboard with that so it's pretty apparent he doesn't want stick around either. This won't exactly endear him to the masses out here and management won't be too happy about it either. You know the old story. If you've got nothing good to say then nothing.

**loki520** · 02-21-2012, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by short faced bear

Not a Quinn fan and my first reaction is just sour grapes by him. But looking at it you put any other competitive qb in there and it's one of those "you say anything and your the bad guy" problems. Regardless of the billboards, hoopla, and fan making mythos. I think the guy at least has a right to say it's a bit F'ed up. Because I get the funny feeling if the tables were turned you'd hear Tebowland cry a river and then some.

I'm not a fan of either of them, but here is where I think the big difference is...

- Yes.. you would hear from Tebowland, but you would NOT hear from Tim Tebow. If anything Tebow would be congratulating Brady on the success he had this season, leave it at that, and vow to work harder in the off-season. He might suck as a QB, but I've never seen anything that would indicate he sucks at being a teammate.

Yes, it might be a bit fucked up, but let's face it... Quinn has had exactly ONE game worth a shit (vs. Detroit Lions as a Brown), was buried on the depth chart behind the all time greats Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson, and the only time he's ever even been IN the playoffs.... was on a team QB'd by someone other than himself (and it was Tebow to boot!).

This assclown has had plenty of chances to prove himself in the NFL and has failed each and every time. If he was like Matt Stafford, Matt Ryan, or a couple of other fairly new guys who have already proven their worth, he might have a point....

.... but he's not.

**Evernight** · 02-21-2012, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by soulman

That I agree with but when it comes from a teammate that's harsh. Quinn went way overboard with that so it's pretty apparent he doesn't want stick around either. This won't exactly endear him to the masses out here and management won't be too happy about it either. You know the old story. If you've got nothing good to say then nothing.

Regardless of who was saying it, he merely said what anyone who isn't a Bronco/Tebow fan was saying and thinking all along. Granted it was stupid to say it to a media outlet, and this will likely mark the end (if a career that didn't have a real beginning in the first place can have an end) of his career as even a backup QB in the NFL. He has now come out and taken everything back and said the media blew everything out of proportion. Sure they did buddy. Sure they did.

**Riczaj01** · 02-21-2012, 05:46 PM

I heard a report from ESPN radio that the guy that did the interview said that Quinn did not come off as hatefull or disrespectfull, but honest; and he plans to write his own article about the interview to try and clear things up.

But lets face it, what he said is exactly true. He saw KO get thrown under the tebomaniac buss(in which good ol boy timmy) didn't try and stop, and then saw that buss not even slow down while it ran him over.

Also most people that don't like Timmy hate the over the top Christian bs. Even other players that are known to be devote outspoken Christains think he's over the top(Kurt Warner as 1 example).

Should he have said it, no, at least not how he said it, was what he said wrong, no.

**BULLITT** · 02-22-2012, 10:08 PM

Quinn who?

**Papa Bear** · 02-23-2012, 08:21 AM

Quinn is just upset that he lost his starting role as the buffest QB on the team.

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