Pity Denver
Not every good QB becomes Brett Favre or Kurt Warner, who can keep playing past 40.
The hits taken by any NFL player can rapidly age even the best.
Neck injury , out for a whole season.
Sure, Tebow was young, and appears stoutly built, but I would not even have offered him 5 yrs.
I would have only offered the neck injured Manning 5 games to start. Losing a sturdy backup is a huge gamble for the Denver franchise.
Orton got Denver to 7-1 the year before Tebow, but I guess stability is just not good enough for the mile high fans.
Cutler left and did OK for the Bears. Maybe the Bears could have kept Orton and went 7-1 that year.
Pity Chicago