Tim Tebow with the Broncos was interesting.
It was clear he wasn’t a great QB, but he just kept winning which made it difficult to bench him. The only way they were able to get rid of him was because Peyton Manning became available.
Jason Cole has a book out about John Elway and it details what was going on around the time Tebow was there.
It is eye-opening but not surprising.
Tim Tebow turned the Denver Broncos against him by hogging the spotlight, with one staffer acidly calling him: ‘The most self-centered humble guy I’ve ever met’.
Tebow angered his bosses when he made a ‘cottage industry’ of speaking gigs and earning $50,000 for appearing at churches.
The Broncos thought Tebow was ‘simply awful’, sometimes comically so and they wanted rid of him.
Cole writes: ‘As one teammate put it bluntly that season: ‘He has no idea what’s going on out there. If the first read doesn’t work, he’s just making it up’.
Broncos coaches would just ‘shake their head when asked about Tebow’s classroom (level) understanding of professional concepts’.
The $50,000 fees Tebow was paid for speaking gigs at churches angered others at management level.
When Elway’s wife Janet asked Tebow to do an appearance at a charity event, Tebow’s brother said the fee would be $50,000.
Wild times.
In the end, it worked out for Broncos as Manning led them to two Super Bowl appearances winning one.
Tebow’s NFL career was basically over after he was traded, but he is still cashing out as an endorser.
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