After the Denver Broncos made the drastic decision to start second-year quarterback Tim Tebow over veteran gunslinger Kyle Orton earlier in the season, the struggling NFL franchise were able to completely turn things around and become a force to be reckoned with in the AFC Conference. Even though the Broncos were winning football in an ugly fashion, the fact of the matter was that they were winning and finally starting to become the football team that John Elway had envisioned.
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The NFL legend and the greatest Broncos’ quarterback of all-time has had his criticisms about Tebow and many believe that he isn’t a fan of his new starting quarterback, but he couldn’t knock the guy for winning football games and inspiring the team the way he has. Even though Tebow was red-hot as the team’s starter for a while, the Tebow mania in the Mile High City has quickly started to wear off with the Denver Broncos losing three straight to end the regular season.
Tim Tebow leads the Broncos to the Playoffs
Despite the three straight losses to end the regular season, Tim Tebow has been able to lead the Denver Broncos to an AFC West division title and as a result a spot in the playoffs. Even though the team is really struggling to get back to their winning ways, the Broncos will have a chance to bounce back in the postseason and try and do the seemingly impossible by making a run at the Super Bowl.
In the AFC Wild-Card Round, the Denver Broncos will have arguably the toughest opponent of any other in the first round of the playoffs as they are set to face off against the defending AFC Conference champion Pittsburgh Steelers. Even though the Steelers will be without running back Rashard Mendenhall (out for season) who suffered a torn ACL last week and have a banged up quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (ankle), Pittsburgh is still considered to be one of the best teams in the NFL and will almost certainly give the Denver Broncos a tough challenge from start to finish on both sides of the football.
The one thing that everyone will be looking forward to in this AFC Wild-Card showdown is the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense against Tim Tebow. The Steelers might not be as sharp as they were a few years ago or even last season when they went to the Super Bowl, but Troy Polamalu and company are still a force to be reckoned with and should frustrated Tim Tebow all day long.
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Another interesting matchup will be Elvis Dumervil and rookie Von Miller going after Ben Roethlisberger. With the Steelers no longer having a dominant running game without Rashard Mendenhall, Big Ben will have to almost everything on the offensive side of the football by airing it out in order to put points on the board.
This should be an intriguing matchup with the possibility of the Denver Broncos pulling off the upset over the defending AFC Conference champions, but in the end the Pittsburgh Steelers will most likely advance and make another run for a Super Bowl title.
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