The heavily favored Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the Broncos because they underestimated Tebow. With the Bronco's first overall rushing offense in the league, the Steelers dared Tebow to throw it deep—and he connected. Tebow finished with 316 yards passing against a pass defense that allowed only 171.9 yards during the regular season. After not allowing one pass yard in the first quarter, the Steeler's defense could not stop Tebow the rest of the game in single coverage.
After Pittsburgh rallied to tie the game in regulation, the Broncos won the toss and quickly won the game by catching the Steelers guessing once again. On the first play of scrimmage in overtime, the Steelers loaded the box and assumed the Broncos were going to rush the ball—think again.
Tebow made a play-action fake drawing in all defenders, which created enough space on a deep slant for wideout Demaryius Thomas to receive the pass. Thomas caught the ball at the Denver 40, stiff-armed cornerback Ike Taylor and outran everyone to the endzone for the game winning score.
The Steeler's were caught completely off guard as their season came to a end, but makes this team wonder if they should have approached playing Tebow in a different way. Only three words can come to mind—"It's Tebow time!"
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