# Peyton Manning to Broncos, Tebow to be traded **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 19, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peyton-manning-to-broncos-tebow-to-be-traded/616233 "2012-03-19T16:17:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peyton-manning-to-broncos-tebow-to-be-traded/616233/181 "2012-03-28T12:51:19Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > He’s 36 years old. This is pretty old for a professional athlete. Granted, Elway won 2 super bowls after turning 36, but then Elway never spent any significant time on the DL. > > When you’re 36, you just don’t bounce back as easily as when you were 24. > > When you injure a part of your body, re-injuring that part is always a concern. Not always; if you’re talking about a broken bone, it can indeed heal and be stronger than before. Other conditions can linger and and worsen steadily and never ever heal right. Every single doctor that I’ve heard on the subject has said very clearly that, other than arm-strength issues, Manning is at no more risk than any other 36-year-old QB. Saying that “older players don’t bounce back easily” is very different from saying “He will not be able to take many hits and will be out after 3 or 4 games.” The former is obviously true as a general proposition (even though several guys have played till 40); the latter is a specific prediction with no supporting evidence. > [@Marley23](#): > > I think at this point we can see that Tebow chose New York over Jacksonville. The Jets could be good and the Jaguars are probably still going to be terrible. I think it’s probably as simple as that in NY, the GM/coaching staff wanted him, and in Jacksonville, they didn’t. Jacksonville had the potential to be Denver all over, where his every success was met with the roar of the crowd and the look of annoyance on the GM’s face. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peyton-manning-to-broncos-tebow-to-be-traded/616233/182 "2012-03-28T14:02:16Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > 9 for 20 for a whopping 104 yards isn’t “getting it done”. The fact that Tebow sucked just slightly less than Sanchez shouldn’t be a huge feather in his cap. What “made the difference” in that game was having a defense that forced two turnovers, including one returned for a touchdown, sacked the QB 3 times, and held the opposing offense to 13 points. Well, the question was why New York would want him. On a good day he sucks less than Sanchez, and this game wasn’t his best. He did score the winning TD in a game where running the ball went nowhere. This goes back to what is so exciting about the Manning trade. The Broncos’ team is pretty solid. Now they have an MVP QB. Hello, playoffs! (okay, maybe, it is too early to say…) ---
**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:** [March 28, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peyton-manning-to-broncos-tebow-to-be-traded/616233/183 "2012-03-28T14:34:07Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Well, the question was why New York would want him. On a good day he sucks less than Sanchez, and this game wasn’t his best. I think the Jets signed him to get the media and fans, to stoke Rex Ryan’s ego, and because Sanchez is a dissappointment. With an inventive OC (Sparano may fit the bill), Tebow could latch on as a change of pace/red zone QB and share time with Sanchez and it could all work. But making Tebow a starting QB in the NFL for the Jets? I don’t think it will work. Which is nice, because I dislike the JETS and like having them add a bad passing QB. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peyton-manning-to-broncos-tebow-to-be-traded/616233/184 "2012-03-28T17:37:51Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > I think the Jets signed him to get the media and fans, to stoke Rex Ryan’s ego, and because Sanchez is a dissappointment. That’s at least two and possibly three idiotic reasons to make a trade. We’ll see how he fits into the offense. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peyton-manning-to-broncos-tebow-to-be-traded/616233/185 "2012-03-29T03:22:19Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > I dislike the JETS and like having them add a bad passing QB. And we get to the million dollar Tebow question. Can he improve? Can he hit a comp% of 60 and hang on to some of his scrambling ability? Can they figure out what makes Tebow get streaky and keep him there? If you could get him to be ‘on’ all the time, he’d do well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peyton-manning-to-broncos-tebow-to-be-traded/616233.md?page=9)