It certainly wasn't the game that anybody expected to see. And really, we stayed away from posting about the NFL Wildcard games this weekend because they are always so mass reported.
But we can't help ourselves on chiming in about the Denver Tebow's and their head scratching, amazing win Sunday night against the vaunted--but injured, Pittsburgh Steelers.
You had to know this wasn't going to be the game you expected on the opening kickoff. You know, the one where Matt Prater hits the crossbar for a touchback...and the ball bounces off the crossbar...and lands perfectly on the 20-yard-line.
What followed was pretty simple quite honestly. The Steelers went "All-in". They committed to 8 in the box, stopping the run and letting the Tebow beat them.
He did.
10 Completions for 316 yards including a game winning 80-yard strike to reciever Demaryius "Be-be" Thomas. 50-yards and a TD rushing. 'Nuff said.
Yes, the Steelers were banged up. And more importantly, they were exposed as an "Old" football team. Ben Rothlisberger was still recovering from a severe ankle sprain, but played "O.K". Isaac Redman did an admirable job filling in for the injured Rashard Mendenhall.
But it wasn't enough.
The Steelers recovered from a 10-point deficit in the second half. They tied the game late. And you can't really even say much about overtime.
On the first play, they went 8-up, with no deep safety. And they bought the play action. All Thomas had to do was break his route towards the middle of the field. Which he did. Tebow hit him in stride at about the 40 and Thomas did the rest.
We aren't going to say here that the Tebow's will run the table. They won't. But they'll have a punchers chance in New England Saturday night against the Tom Brady's. Oddly, we are betting that a lot of people will be tuning in to see if it happens..
CBSSports.com gives us Jim Nantz and an uncomfortable Phil Simms for the recap:
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