NFL: Elway Says Tebow Earned Starting Job

At a season-ending news conference Monday, John Elway said Tim Tebow has earned the starting QB job going into training camp. Elway said...

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"Well, I think Tim's earned the right to be the starting quarterback going into training camp next year," Broncos boss John Elway declared at the beginning of a 40-minute news conference in which 24 of the 47 questions were about Tebow.

"I think he made some good strides this year," Elway said. "He obviously played very well against Pittsburgh and played very well in a lot of football games."

"Hopefully, I can teach him what I learned over my 16-year career," Elway said, "to be able to tell him what I learned in Year 10, hopefully get that to him in year 3 or 4."

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Elway is using his words wisely. He's not saying he's the starter for next season, he's saying training camp. But between this and the Colts/Luck talk, we will not be hearing the end of this debate allllllll offseason.