Elway: Trading Tebow was a no brainer - 美式足球

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. â?? John Elway the player was rarely conservative, and he's
proving to be the same as an executive.

Nearly eight months after making the biggest gamble in his new career as
executive vice president of football operations for the Denver Broncos, Elway
has no regrets about pulling off the two biggest moves of the offseason:
Luring free agent Peyton Manning to Denver, then trading Tim Tebow to the New
York Jets for a pair of late-round draft picks only days later.

"The risk was no one really knew about Peyton. There were so many unanswered
questions. We went through the process, got all the information we can,
talked to the doctors, and decided it was a risk worth taking. And it's
worked out," Elway told USA TODAY Sports Tuesday.

The Broncos appear to have clearly won that gamble. Manning is a legitimate
MVP candidate, having led the Broncos to four straight wins and a 6-3 record
heading into Sunday's game against the San Diego Chargers. With another
victory, Denver would open a three-game lead over its biggest division rival.

Meanwhile, the Jets are constantly answering questions about when they'll
start Tebow ahead of struggling incumbent Mark Sanchez, a scenario
all-too-familiar in Denver. The Jets have lost three in a row, and the
offense failed to score in Sunday's 28-7 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

Jets coach Rex Ryan and offensive coordinator Tony Sparano have publicly
mulled expanding Tebow's role in the offense, but he's remained mired in a
supporting role to this point.

Elway said Tuesday that he doesn't want to forget the excitement Tebow
brought to Denver and its fan base last year when Tebow sparked a dramatic
run to the AFC West title. But moving on from Tebow and back to a more
traditional quarterback was the right move, even if it meant at least
temporarily angering fans who had fallen hard for Tebow during the Broncos'
second-half surge in 2011.

"It was a tough situation," Elway said, "There are Tebow fans and there are
Broncos fans. My responsibility is to the Broncos fans, and my responsibility
is to (owner) Pat Bowlen and what he wants to do, and that's win
championships. I base all my decisions on that.

"It's difficult not to get personal, because every kid that comes in, it's
his dream to play. But the bottom line is, my responsibility that Pat's given
me, is to give him the best opportunity to hoist that trophy."

Elway said the Jets' wildcat plan for Tebow was not going to work for the
Broncos.

"With Peyton being here, we couldn't have two different offenses," he said.
"We couldn't have a backup quarterback with a totally different offense. We
wanted to get back to where everyone was learning the same offense."

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感想:
時間倒回八個月(可以看版上那時相關討論)
Peyton傷勢未明,Tebow正在人氣顛峰時,沒人想到八個月後會演變至此
目前看起來Broncos氣勢如虹,Peyton磨合完畢大殺四方,
這週SD versus DEN會是決定性的一場,
即使chargers 僥倖勝broncos,AFC west是否拿的下還很難說,
chargers輸,broncos等於宣告提前封王了
而chargers近況奇差無比,前天Turner還在記者面前崩潰發飊 -____-
近幾場只勝過KC,要面對Denver怎麼看都沒有獲勝的機會

但chargers至少沒有別的選擇,Rivers是現在球隊的臉,換不掉
(有人在期待eagles丟出Vick然後chargers撿他)
但Jets就不一樣了
Sanchez已經爛到谷底了,Rex Ryan還是堅定不移的會繼續讓Sanchez先發
然後讓Tim Tebow繼續當偽RB/punt protector XD
雖然以Jets殘破的陣容換Tebow也不知道會好到哪裡去啦
不過至少以拼勁來看他應該比Sanchez好吧?
Sanchez讓人感覺就是心力放在不停的換名模女友上....

(then again, Tebow也新交了女友......XDDD)

這季其實娛樂效果最大的就是Jets, 每場開賽前後用關鍵字"Tebow"或"Sanchez"去搜尋,
就會找到一堆評論文章,有正有反,然後底下一堆戰面紅耳斥的鄉民....

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