What Pats fans saw tonight is that Tebow can score touchdowns. Period. Not always pretty, but he can lead scoring drives. It's more important to score than it is to be pretty. Brady scores and makes it look pretty at the same time. That's what the elite QBs do. Tebow in the NFL has been rough, but gets the job done. In college, he looked better than Brady does in the NFL. In the NFL he's looked lost at times and great at times.
He's nowhere near Brady, but I still think he is better than Mallett... if not more proven than Mallett. To be fair to Mallett, he hasn't gotten the chance to start games like Tebow did, so you can't really use that against him.
Regardless, a proven winner at the NFL level is a proven winner. I understand that some feel the Broncos 22nd (I think) ranked defense was the reason Tebow has a winning starting record, or that it was the kicker. That's cool. I disagree, but I'm tired of arguing that point.
It's good for Tebow, and good for the Pats that he scored a few touchdowns. All it means is that he somewhat saved face for the bad performance two weeks ago. He's not starting, nor is he jumping Mallett in the QB hierarchy. He'll be a QB3 and learn from Brady. That hopefully will be his only function this year. If Brady goes down, I'd rather Tebow than Mallett, but that is just a personal preference, based on experience and track record.
