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Or they might have won their playoff game! \u00a0I know, cheap shot. \u00a0I\u2019m a big Manning fan, and I hate to see it end like this<\/a>, especially with Baltimore capitalizing off a Manning interception. \u00a0But here\u2019s the thing. \u00a0I also hate watching what the pop culture, and the\u00a0hedonistic\u00a0NFL, has done to Tim Tebow. \u00a0Is there a legitimate debate about Tebow\u2019s qualities as a professional quarterback? \u00a0Sure. \u00a0Anything is open to debate. \u00a0But a guy whose training was broken up by a strike, who was shoved in at the last minute to take over a foundering program, and who led the team against all odds, and against all\u00a0naysayers\u00a0 to a playoff slot, and spectacularly silenced all doubters by winning against Big Ben and the Steelers \u2013 and his reward? \u00a0Tossed out the window, thrown to the Jets, who almost took pride in shoving Tebow out toward the trashcans, and now watching as various teams play hot-potato with this young man who dares flaunt his religious faith and pro-life values in an increasingly\u00a0hedonistic\u00a0and debauch-laden society.<\/p>\n

So sorry, I hate it for Manning, and I\u2019m not really a big Baltimore fan (being a\u00a0Cleveland\u00a0Browns native and all \u2013 you know what I mean). \u00a0For me, hats off to both teams and everyone involved for braving the frigid arctic temperatures. But it is nice, a little guilty pleasure, to see if folks will give a second look at Tebow and wonder \u2018what if?\u2019. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"