Merrill Hoge brings out the Tebow bullets again. (Brian Spurlock-US PRESSWIRE)

Merril Hoge famously attacked Tim Tebow’s ability to play football last year. On a day when Tebow is already down, Hoge takes the axe to the back again.

“The more I studied him in an NFL setting, the more disturbed I was that he has no clue what he’s looking at,” Hoge said of Tebow. “His IQ as a football player is not very good. That is why they have to come down and make it some of a college-form system that he’s comfortable with in Florida. He can’t execute, from a cerebral aspect, a pro-style system.” – Merrill Hoge via Pro Football Talk 

Not sure about you, but I believe that Hoge couldn’t even speak during all of those comeback wins this season. Get some class, Hoge.

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Tim Tebow is all smiles this season with a 6-1 record as a starter. (Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

I’ve always said that if Colorado had its own state currency, John Elway would be on the $1 bill. If that were the case, Tim Tebow would have to be $5 bill. When he has facial hair, he looks a bit like Abraham Lincoln anyway.

Since becoming the Broncos starter this season, the team has a 6-1 record.

You better watch out, you better not cry, better not pout, I’m telling you why: The Denver Broncos are tied for first place in the AFC West and they finish out the season with three of four games at home.

As we hang up orange and blue holiday lights, and visions of playoffs dance in our heads, Tim Tebow is proving his doubters wrong. He is bringing a team that started 1-4 to merrier and brighter days, and he’s injecting adrenaline into a city whose team hasn’t seen the playoffs since 2005.

Don’t get me wrong. He still has his doubters. Just yesterday, Merril Hoge said this about Tebow:

“That’s called gimmick football.  What do you believe?  Do you believe you can win a Super Bowl?  Is it about winning games?  There is no conversation.  They’ve already won games.  Can you win a Super Bowl?  That is the whole thing.  Do I believe he’s a good guy?  Do I believe he can run the football?  I never said he couldn’t.  I do believe in that.  Can you throw it from the pocket on a consistent basis?  He still throws it in the dirt 50% of the time.  He’s still undecided to how he throws the football on his second year.  His elongated motion is still there.  You’re going to get exposed eventually by a very good team … I don’t see it.  I haven’t seen no improvement.  His gimmicks are working right now.  But when you have to play real football, he won’t be able to do it.” – Merril Hoge (ESPN) 

Hoge better hope that he doesn’t have a layover in Denver anytime soon.
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Jackson went undrafted in 2002 and he is currently a free agent. His last days playing football were spent with the UFL’s Las Vegas Locomotives, and his rights are still held by them.

Jackson has since started another career as a freelance writer. He writes for Slate magazine’s “Sports Nut” column and his a frequent contributor at Deadspin. In today’s Denver Post, Jackson wrote a column about John Fox being “brave” in terms of starting TIm Tebow.
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