Why has Tim Tebo been able to succeed when many similar black quarterbacks have failed? It is not his religious belief, but the fact that defenses have clearly under estimated his athletic ability. Watching him for the first time, against Chicago, made me so bored that I had to turn away. Only to turn back to see the unthinkable happening, Denver gets a late touchdown, Marion Barber makes typical blunder by not running out of bounds, which he did quite a bit in Dallas, late in games. Then, Barber made his late game fumble, something he also did regularly with Dallas. Now, onto the field trots Tebo, and the first thing I notice is that when he runs with the ball, the defense seems to be a half step slow. Then, I noticed that receivers appear to be wide open, and he finally hits them. Then, defensive players start missing tackles, reminding me of the years of the prevent defense. Which is a sure way to prevent a win, and allow a team to comeback. This game reminded me of an throwback football game. Many black quarterbacks have or had better athletic ability than Tebo, but they did not typically win. This is the major difference with Tebo and other similar black quarterbacks. Sure there were some winning black quarterbacks, but they were able to pass the ball. So, from what I saw, it seems that Tebo is more lucky than blessed, and that his luck is sure to run out.
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