# I Was Wrong- There's a BIG Downside to Letting Tim Tebow start

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 13, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wrong-theres-a-big-downside-to-letting-tim-tebow-start/602840 "2011-11-13T22:35:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wrong-theres-a-big-downside-to-letting-tim-tebow-start/602840/501 "2012-01-09T01:34:12Z")

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and the downside is?

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wrong-theres-a-big-downside-to-letting-tim-tebow-start/602840/502 "2012-01-09T01:56:47Z")

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Anyone want to make some pithy comment about Tebow and his 3:16 yards passing?

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wrong-theres-a-big-downside-to-letting-tim-tebow-start/602840/503 "2012-01-09T02:20:39Z")

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> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> Anyone want to make some pithy comment about Tebow and his 3:16 yards passing?

I will. You didn’t specify what _book_ of the bible 3:16 came from, so I will quote [Romans 3:16](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%203:16&version=NIV)

> [@Romans 3:16](#):
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> ruin and misery mark their ways

Hah! That pretty much calls it for the Steelers today.

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**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wrong-theres-a-big-downside-to-letting-tim-tebow-start/602840/504 "2012-01-15T14:11:00Z")

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Mark 1:36

"Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”

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**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wrong-theres-a-big-downside-to-letting-tim-tebow-start/602840/505 "2012-01-15T14:13:20Z")

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What was the line on the Pats v Broncos?  
Did anyone seriously believe that Denver had a chance?

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**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wrong-theres-a-big-downside-to-letting-tim-tebow-start/602840/506 "2012-01-15T14:19:49Z")

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> [@Gagundathar](#):
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> What was the line on the Pats v Broncos?  
> Did anyone seriously believe that Denver had a chance?

I didn’t seriously believe they had a chance against Pittsburgh.

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