I don't get this reference.

[Bluehorseshoe]

Rick Reilly has an article on Tebow on ESPN and he wrote this...

"The Tebow Thing" is as dead as the Volkswagen Thing.

What does that mean???

[HoulihansTX]

"Thing" must be a discontiued VW.

[HoulihansTX]

http://autos.aol.com/used-list/make1-Volkswagen/model1-Thing/

[shari91]

From this article: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shu...urn=nfl-wp4454


According to SI's Jim Trotter, the Broncos are weighing two divergent factors: It's clear that Orton is far ahead of Tebow at this point, and even third-stringer Brady Quinn may be ahead of Tebow at this point in a pure football sense. But the Tebow mystique — the intangibles and off-field aura that have made him a star before he's done much in the league — have Denver's fans clamoring to see a guy whose jersey sales have far outstripped his football accomplishments to date.

"It's the Tebow Thing," receiver Brandon Lloyd told Trotter. "They'll put Kyle on the trading block because they don't want to deal with the Tebow Thing. But it's not going to end until [Tebow] plays. The faster they get this Tebow Thing over with, one way or the other ...

[Bluehorseshoe]

Damn, that is an obscure reference.

I've never heard of a car called "The Thing".

[HoulihansTX]

I think he is saying that people taking turns saying that Tebow will not make it in the NFL is like beating a dead horse.

[shari91]

I think he is saying that people taking turns saying that Tebow will not make it in the NFL is like beating a dead horse.

From that article I posted above I got the sense it's more like whatever star power and mystique Tebow had is gone now. It was just a fad like the VW Thing.

[Br0nxer]

of course the mystique is gone

guy will be out of the league within 3 years. one of the worst draft picks ever. no shot to be a qb on sundays

[Dax]

I think they'll have Tebow in the mix for red zone conversions... Not a fan of his, but I think they can take advantage of the situation.

[Brock Landers]

of course the mystique is gone guy will be out of the league within 3 years. one of the worst draft picks ever. no shot to be a qb on sundays

he started like 3 games last year

[Br0nxer]

he started like 3 games last year

listen landers

dont fukkin worry about tebow

worry about how you are going to post up come september

[opie1988]

Stating a few games last year has nothing to do with it. Tebow simply doesn't have the skills to be a successful qb in the NFL. Not even close. The things he doesn't possess aren't the types of things you can learn at this point in your career. Too late.

He seems like a great guy, but he's not going to be a qb in the NFL.

[cant call it]

Damn, that is an obscure reference. I've never heard of a car called "The Thing".

You have seen it though I am sure.
They were used in a bunch of movies
surf ninjas (jj's favorite)
basic instinct (we have all seen her by now)
revenge of the nerds III (starring bateman patrick)
spaceballs (one of my all time faves)
meet the fockers