There are some members of the Tebow family who still haven’t gotten over the Denver Broncos trading away Tim and signing Peyton Manning to replace him.
Tebow’s brother, Peter, tweeted after the Broncos lost to the Baltimore Ravens in the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs Saturday that he was happy to see Denver lose.
Am I the only one in Denver who’s happy right now?
— Peter Tebow (@petertebow) January 13, 2013
He also seemed to mock Manning in a tweet sent earlier in the game:
Did anyone else just see Payton Manning give the awkward turtle sign?!?
— Peter Tebow (@petertebow) January 13, 2013
Tebow took over as the Broncos’ starting quarterback last season and led the team on an improbable six-game winning streak to help them reach the playoffs. He threw a touchdown pass in overtime to help the team beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 29-23 in the Wild Card round. Denver was hammered 45-10 by the New England Patriots in its next game.
Despite winning the playoff game and leading Denver to the playoffs, Tebow was dealt after the season. The move was controversial because many people found the team’s treatment of Tebow to be disrespectful.
Although the Broncos’ season ended in the same place both seasons, it would be nearly impossible to say that Denver was not better off with Manning. Don’t bother telling that to Peter Tebow, though, who clearly is having his moment of schadenfreude.
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