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Originally Posted by King Glorious

Look at the final numbers and convince me that Rivers played better? Tebow hit a couple of big passes on the last drive on the fourth (39 to Decker and 23 to Rosario) to set up the tying field goal. Rivers was barely over 50% (19-36)
and despite throwing twice as many times, only had 45 more yards than Tebow.

I think anyone would be a fool to argue that Tebow is a good passer but I think it's also foolish to think that a quarterback's job is only to pass. You've got to lead and you've got to take care of the ball and you've got to keep the defense off balance. Tebow excels in doing all of those things. You can call it luck but 5-1 is 5-1. As they say, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

Rivers (and the Chargers) have been pretty abysmal this year. I really don't know what happened to him. Once again Tebow was good late in the game, but he didn't do anything extraordinary in OT. You are right in the fact that he doesn't turn the ball over.

Not really sure it's luck, like mentioned above he's not losing games for them, but I really think something should be mentioned about the defense that has averaged giving up 15 pts against a game in those 5 wins. Granted that he has made some big plays when needed, but he really hasn't had to put the team on his back and carry them in a shootout as of yet. The o-line should probably get an honerable mention as well.

The 5-1 record is more indicative of them getting solid play from the entire team.