… There are bigger things at stake here than God — there’s the far more important issue of whether the sanctity of modern professional football will survive Tebow’s barbarian assault. The real miracle of Tebow is how multifaceted his polarization powers are. Bennett can see only the political/religious side. But within the game of football, Tebow’s protestations of faith in Jesus are beside the point. Far more alarming is the fact that Tebow’s just-win-baby ad hoc improvisation is letting the air out of pro football’s blimp of self-importance.
In pro basketball or baseball, you rarely hear a coach or manager described as a “genius.” But geniuses are a dime a dozen in the NFL. You need to be a genius to be able to figure out the complexity of the modern NFL game, the constantly shifting defenses, the myriad offensive sets. It’s a chess game, we keep hearing, only the pieces weigh 300 pounds and are constantly hurtling into each other at high speeds.
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