PatriotSeven
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Child, Please.
63.9% > 46.5%
I can't wait for the day when people stop using completion % as a means to show quarterback accuracy. Tebow has a sickly accurate deep ball. Tebow plays a lot like Brady when he first started, but a bit more conservative in that he CHOOSES to throw the ball away from coverage at the risk of an incompletion versus a possible interception. Except he has a worse offense.
This is the same thing that makes Brady good. This is the same thing that makes Rodgers good. Very smart football players that take the incompletion versus the forced pass, and the sack versus the throw away that leads to an interception. Tebow is just more conservative and has a much worse receiving squad.
Fortunately for the Pats though, we have all of those things as well as a quarterback, who's not just efficient and accurate, but also a more experienced QB, who places the ball accurately and more importantly even better at leading and DIRECTING his receivers. Pats also have a superior pass defense.
The way to beat Denver is the same way they did it the first time. Put pressure with the offense, tight pass defense and force a fumble. Don't get caught by the big pass play which John Fox and Tebow are a master in setting you up. It worked on the Steelers selling you so much on stopping that 5 yard run play, that you give up 50 yard catches and 80 yard touchdown passes.
The Pats may not be able to pick Tebow off if he plays like he did today and his first few games, but you CAN prevent them from scoring 7 and unlike the Steelers, Pat's pass defense can freeze Tebow long enough for the pass rushers to get to him and force a turnover. It's what turned the tide in the first game. Then the offense can continue pressuring them.
Even if they can't do that, what the Pats can do is consistently put up touchdowns while, because of Tebow's and Fox's conservative nature, as well as their receivers dropping passes left and right, they will likely limit themselves to 3 like they did tonight on a lot of occasions.
No matter what Vegas says, if this is a turnover-free game, it will be a close game. One I expect the Pats to win with consistent and great execution. But with Decker getting hurt, one of Denver's worst catchers, and one of the biggest reasons Tebow has a poor completion %, it's clearly allowing other receivers to show people that Tebow does in fact throw very catchable balls.
Won't be as easy as the first time but the Pats better get this one. They just have to. They're a better all around football team with a better, more experienced QB.