Matt Taibbi: Tim Tebow trying to throw a forward pass like a moose trying to fuck a washing machine

[Amerigo Vespucci]

This is from the "Correspondence: Love Letters & Advice" page of the current print edition of Rolling Stone (Issue 1146/1147, December 22, 2011), so no link.

Reader Wayne Taralson submitted the following:

"Matt Taibbi never ceases to amaze me - and his "God Fumbles" article about Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow (RS 1144) has done it again. His hatred of anything related to God or Jesus is so obvious. His bigoted, discriminatory rhetoric comes out in every article he writes. By the way, Matt, Tebow's record is five wins and one loss, so how is that schadenfreude coming along?"

...and Taibbi responded:

"I'm not bigoted against Christians. I just think that Tim Tebow trying to throw a forward pass looks like a moose trying to fuck a washing machine."

[KamaAina]

1. And after the game he soaks in the Whirlpool

[chelsea0011]

2. This should be Tebow's week to shine

The Pats secondary plays the whole game like the Bears did in the 4th quarter. He'll have 4 quarters to put up huge numbers. He could throw for 400 yards (and still only have 9 points on the scoreboard), however the Broncos run run run and Pats will stuff stuff stuff them. Again this week he will have a 4th quarter blast but I suspect many points to make up.

[trumad]

3. LOL

What part of 49 percent accuarcy do the sycophants not understand?

Tim Tebow scored 6 points against the Bears.

6 points.

[Generic Brad]

4. The law of averages will catch up to him eventually

Right now he is having a Cinderella season like few others have experienced. I certainly hope he improves from a technical standpoint because his luck will soon run out if he does not.

[underpants]

5. Yes the Pats secondary stinks but the Pats O doesn't

unless the Broncos pass rush can knock out Brady (no one has yet - and the O line has been improving) the Pats will score a lot*. Tebow may have to throw more than the 24 attempts he is averaging (yes it is that high -24) either exposing him or letting him shine. I think the former is more likely than the latter. His interceptions - 2 - are so low because he doesn't throw much and because when he misses he misses to the point where the chain crew doesn't even have to duck.

* - I hope so from a fantasy football standpoint

[chelsea0011]

9. Well, I wasn't too far off with my prediction

Wow....Pats gave up 161 rushing yards in the first period. I didn't see that coming.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. Teams are eventually going to solve Tebow

the same way they learn to hit against initially successful rookie pitchers in baseball. Teams learned to handle the wildcat to the point where now you rarely see it. If anyone can come up with a blueprint to beat him it will be Belichick. After that, it will be up to Tebow if he wants to remain one-dimensional or try to become a complete quarterback, if he can.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. I'm Betting Against It

Not literally, but i just don't see it. We Bears fans saw this act before in the late sixties and early seventies. His name was Bobby Douglass. He held the rushing record for a QB for a million years, unti Vick broke it. Bears had Butkus, Buffone, Wally Chambers, et al, and they still only one 3 or 4 games per year.

Tebow isn't the 2nd coming of anything other than Douglass.

[Warren Stupidity]

8. yeah well the worst defense in the nfl just crushed his divine ass.

so perhaps Taibbi has a point. Overrated. And people who strut their religiousity in public aggravate me and if they are christians, they obviously didn't read their own holy book with any significant level of comprehension.

[Bozita]

10. Matt's reply is worthy of a DUzy on it's merits alone, let alone its truthiness ...

... even if he's not a DUer.

"I'm not bigoted against Christians. I just think that Tim Tebow trying to throw a forward pass looks like a moose trying to fuck a washing machine."

Top that!