Tim Tebow's Positive Energy Beats My Negative Vibes

Yesterday I stuffed envelopes with my holiday cards while watching NFL football. That's when I witnessed a Christmas miracle. Since the Packers were destroying the Raiders I turned my attention to the Broncos vs Bears match up. After all, Tim Tebow has everyone talking about Denver and their big turnaround since he took over as quarterback. They'd won 5-in-a-row and many of them in thrilling fashion. So when I saw The Bears leading 10-0 with five minutes left in the game I stopped everything and focused on the action.

What I saw cannot be described with mere words. The Bears went to their prevent defense which gave Tebow plenty of time to pass the ball. The guy had completed only 8 out of 23 passes until then but suddenly completed seven in a row including a touchdown pass to make it 10-7 Bears. Divine intervention? No, bad idea to change from an aggressive defense to a conservative one.
Now it was starting to look like a Hollywood movie and I knew how it would end. The Bears would run out the clock because Denver had no more time outs left. Instead, Chicago running back Marion Barber ran out of bounds to stop the clock. Inexcusable since he would have won the game by sitting down and letting time expire! Tebow gained enough yards to put kicker Matt Prater in line for a 59 yard field goal and he made it to send the game to overtime.

Divine intervention? No, just perfect conditions in the thin air of Denver to boom one through the uprights. So the Bears get the ball and only need a field goal to win in sudden death overtime. Except the mistake-prone Barber fumbles the ball and Denver recovers it! Almost looked like Marion was throwing the game on purpose! Tebow made a couple of plays before Prater drilled a 51 yard field goal to win the game for the Broncos 13-10. Even the Packers helped out by beating the Raiders and putting the Broncos in first place in the AFC West.

Divine intervention? Maybe! I cannot explain why Tim Tebow looks like Clark Kent for 55 minutes and suddenly transforms into Superman seizing victory when defeat seems so certain. Someone said he is in such great physical shape he gets stronger while opponents get weaker. Teammate Eric Decker says Tebow radiates positive energy. That doesn't explain why Denver's defense has stepped it up or why the offensive line gives Tebow consistent protection. No one on TV knows the answer and neither do I.

I just know I'll be watching next Sunday...when there's five minutes left in the game.