I have to admit that I am now caught up in this ‘Tebowing’ craze. You can go to my twitter account and see for yourself. Regardless of that, Tim Tebow is winning football games.  That’s all that should matter, right?  All of his mechanics are way off and he doesn’t seem to be comfortable in the pocket.  All of that doesn’t matter though as he continues to win games.  The Oakland Raiders were caught off guard in their blowout loss to the Broncos. And the New York Jets seemed to forget that Tebow can run the ball better than most quarterbacks.  I’ve had my doubts about Mr. Tebow, but I am becoming fascinated with this team.  They are playing at another level ever since he was named the starter.  It’s also interesting to see how Denver’s VP of football operations John Elway and head coach John Fox handle all the media coverage. Both clearly didn’t want Tebow, but he is giving Denver some hope of making the playoffs this year.  Also I’m beginning to get a little irritated about the religious discussion surrounding Tebow.  He has every right to talk about his religion.  As do those who say he shouldn’t talk about it as much.  When has it ever become a problem in sports to mention Jesus Christ?  If I’m not mistaken many athletes have done it before Tim Tebow came along.  If you don’t like it fine.  He’s playing football, not trying to convert you. That includes you Jake Plummer.  I could be jumping the gun when I say this, but don’t be surprised if you see Tim Tebow hosting a playoff game this year.  Imagine what that will do to the Broncos plans for the future.

It’s time we start to discuss the Chicago Bears.  They are currently on a five game winning streak.  They handled Philadelphia, Detroit and San Diego with ease.  There doesn’t seem to be any stopping the Bears in their pursuit of division rival Green Bay.  That is until it was revealed after their win against San Diego that QB Jay Cutler broke his thumb.  Now in the ultra competitive NFC, this should be a major problem.  Just when Cutler was on fire now the Bears have to turn to QB Caleb Hanie.  The same Caleb Hanie who almost led the Bears to the Super Bowl last year when Cutler was knocked out of the game with an apparent knee injury.  Now that I’ve jostled your memories, this shouldn’t be a problem at all.  The Bears have a good defense and a great special teams.  Those two groups have carried them in the past and should get them into the playoffs again.  Once there they’re hopeful that Cutler can return, but until then you will see heavy doses of RB Matt Forte.  Which could be a bad thing considering that he wants to get paid.  He really doesn’t have a choice, but I can guarantee that if he holds up and continues to perform, Forte will get that massive extension he’s been looking for.  

I picked two teams out of the NFC East to make the playoffs this year.  They were the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. Now I’m not so sure there will two teams making the playoffs out of this division.  The New York Giants were at the top, but they appear to be in another second half collapse which will probably cost Tom Coughlin his job at the end of the year.  The Dallas Cowboys are playing great right now, but they have a fairly easy schedule the rest of the way.  Can we take them seriously?  The Philadelphia Eagles have been terrible.  Michael Vick is banged up and the defense is being run by a former offensive line coach.  Try to explain to me how that was a good idea.  I’d love to know.  And I won’t even talk about the Washington Redskins who have all sorts of problems that don’t involve their defense which has been great. It looks like the Cowboys will take the division, but after watching the Eagles this past Sunday, I’m not so sure.  What I mean by that is I can’t figure out which team is going to show up.  The Cowboys played to lose once again in Washington.  The Giants took the Eagles for granted at home no less.  Now watch next week as the Cowboys will probably lose to the Miami Dolphins at home.  The Eagles will also lose a must win home game against the New England Patriots.  And the Giants will forget that the New Orleans Saints are a pretty good team on Monday night.  I’ve given up trying to make heads or tails of the NFC East.