I’m glad Tim Tebow is having success winning these days. But it’s really is hard for me to watch. Not because I am a Tennessee fan who had to endure his ‘just winning’ antics while he was in Gainesville for four years. I just really don’t think ‘Tebow Time’ will last very long in the NFL.

Explaining to my sons that I don’t believe Tim Tebow will be a long-term NFL quarterback has been quite humorous. For one, in their minds it sounds like a joke. They watch the games, see the highlights, and look at me as if I have lost my mind. Like everyone else seems to be doing they respond, “But Dad! He’s Tim Tebow!”

It’s also difficult because I love the way this guy talks and plays. And he does both! He’s a Christian who always talks about Jesus. But even more, he is a Christian who always plays like Jesus.

You see I don’t think Jesus would win the ‘Christ-like award’ that we often hand out in our christianized sports world. We usually think to give those type of awards to the kids who are meek, quite, and who couldn’t get one of the more athletic awards.

Jesus would be a tenacious athlete. I’m sure He would often finish games bloodied and bruised (along with his opponents), leaving every ounce on the field. I speculate that He would play football much like Tim Tebow (except with a better throwing motion and more accuracy).

Tebow’s response to former Denver QB Jake Plummer, who basically confessed he was tired of hearing about Tebow’s Christianity, has made it difficult to think about a future NFL without him under a center.

Plummer’s Comments

“Tebow, regardless of whether I wish he’d just shut up after a game and go hug his teammates, I think he’s a winner and I respect that about him,” said Plummer. “I think that when he accepts the fact that we know that he loves Jesus Christ, then I think I’ll like him a little better. I don’t hate him because of that, I just would rather not have to hear that every single time he takes a good snap or makes a good handoff.

“Like you know, I understand dude where you’re coming from … but he is a baller. He knows how to win and when your teammates believe in you that you can do good things and that’s what they are doing. They are winning. That’s fun to see.”

Tebow’s response:

“If you’re married, and you have a wife, and you really love your wife, is it good enough to only say to your wife ‘I love her’ the day you get married? Or should you tell her every single day when you wake up and every opportunity?

“And that’s how I feel about my relationship with Jesus Christ is that it is the most important thing in my life. So any time I get an opportunity to tell him that I love him or given an opportunity to shout him out on national TV, I’m gonna take that opportunity. And so I look at it as a relationship that I have with him that I want to give him the honor and glory anytime I have the opportunity. And then right after I give him the honor and glory, I always try to give my teammates the honor and glory.

“And that’s how it works because Christ comes first in my life, and then my family, and then my teammates. I respect Jake’s opinion, and I really appreciate his compliment of calling me a winner. But I feel like anytime I get the opportunity to give the Lord some praise, he is due for it.”

Just because I critique his throwing motion and point out how long he holds the ball (which seems to be years compared to an Aaron Rodgers or Tom Brady) doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate this man.