# Is Tim Tebow a good quarterback or not?

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**Created:** [January 17, 2013, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tim-tebow-a-good-quarterback-or-not/647495 "2013-01-17T10:40:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tim-tebow-a-good-quarterback-or-not/647495/121 "2013-01-23T21:18:53Z")

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> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#):
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> Nitpick: Wilson is not an option QB, he is a scrambler. When he runs, it is because the play has broken down and he is trying to make something out of nothing (and often does). He isn’t running designed run options. He’s like Elway in that regard. Not that I’m comparing the two, just that Elway would run when his passing play broke down, as does Wilson, and they are both often successful at it.

I don’t disagree that he runs fewer option plays than the others, but he runs a read option more than an Elway, Steve Young, or other good scramblers. Maybe I shouldn’t call him an “option QB,” but he’s a QB who can run the option regularly. At least we can agree he’s a better passer than Tebow.

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