I understand that no NFL rookie has ever been hyped the way Tim Tebow has. Just as I understand that if you’re fortunate enough to spend 5 or even 20 minutes with him, your…well…never mind. Look, no way this guy makes his NFL debut and I don’t talk about it. In fact, I’ll even give him a grade; an “S”…. For satisfactory. He was solid. I didn’t jump off my couch or anything, but he had some moments. It was nice to finally see him get under center and make some throws on the run. And I did like him dropping a dime right over the top and into the bread basket. Too bad Matthew Willis tried to catch it with his grill.

Photos: Tebow's Debut And College Career

Not that he had to be Y.A. Tittle to make that throw. And you do have to love the guy lowering his shoulder at the goal line as time ran out. But Bronco fan, stop acting like that was number 7 getting helicoptered in the Super Bowl. It wasn’t. It was a rookie, in garbage time of an exhibition game. But it was pretty brass. And as much as I’d love to say, Timothy, protect your body, that’s an NFL safety not some anonymous Vandy Commodore; Tebow laid some wood to Kyries Hebert, who left his feet looking to teach the rook a lesson. Eeeeeh! The kid has a long way to go, a lot of work to do and I’m not about to just hand him the starting job because he showed some stones in garbage time snaps against Cincinnati’s backups. But I will just hand him the back up job. Brady Quinn, hate to say it; but now you’re done.