Tebow Time! Tebow Survives In San Diego, Patriots Crush Eagles & Raiders Defeat Bears! Best In AFC?
Tebow Time! Tebow Survives In San Diego, Patriots Crush Eagles & Raiders Defeat Bears! Best In AFC? BRONCOS DEFEAT CHARGERS 16-13 IN OVERTIME This was why the Broncos drafted Tim Tebow in the first round. It was for this game, against this opponent, to outplay, if not necessarily outpass, the Broncos’ primary nemesis Philip Rivers. If the Broncos were going to win the Super Bowl for the first time since the 1998 season, they would first have to win their AFC West division. For the better part of the past seven years, the Chargers were considered the division’s team to beat. For going on the past six seasons, Rivers was considered the best quarterback in the division. In a remarkably hard-fought, muscle-wearing rival matchup that took a fifth extra quarter to decide, Tebow and the Broncos defeated Rivers and the Chargers, 16-13, on a warm Sunday afternoon on San Diego’s home field of Qualcomm Stadium Tebow and running back Willis McGahee led the Broncos on a final drive by rushing the ball from their 43 — after a 53-yard field-goal miss by San Diego’s Nick Novak — to the Chargers’ 19. Matt Prater kicked a 37-yard field goal and the Broncos had their fourth consecutive victory, and fourth straight on the road. Tebow accounted for 212 yards in offense on 143 yards passing and 69 yards rushing. Rivers accounted for 189 yards of offense on 188 yards passing and 1 yard rushing. Any chance Broncos fans can start to realize not everything about Josh McDaniels’ abbreviated era was …