Tim Tebow on the Broncos’ thrilling 2011 Wild Card win over the Steelers

This week, Touchdown Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. spoke with Heisman Trophy winner and former Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow.

In his interview with Easton Jr. discussed Tebow on behalf of the 2024 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team to partner with the New Orleans nonprofit Son of a saint for a day of mentorship and reflected on the Broncos’ memorable 2011 AFC Wild Card game win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

“Son of a Saint is doing a mentoring day with a lot of amazing young men who have unfortunately lost a father,” Tebow explained. “The son of a saint guides them and gives them many wonderful opportunities. And so we split up into stations and we just had the chance to celebrate with all the good work team members and then give back together.

“I’m just so proud of all these young men for not only what they do on the field, but more importantly who they are and how they serve off the field. I love that Allstate gives us the opportunity to celebrate these young men as members of the Good Works team and the partnership of people coming together, from AFCA to the Wuerffel Trophy and the Wuerffel Foundation to so many people.”

Tebow was the starting quarterback for most of the 2011 season, leading the underdog Broncos to the postseason. During the year he talked about the team’s unity as crucial to their success and the AFC West division title.

“Brotherhood and belief that that team was just a special team that probably wasn’t the best team in every way, meaning we had all the perfect pieces? Maybe not, but man, it was a close team, that team that never stopped,” Tebow said. “It was a team that like people throw around the word brotherhood a lot like you really feels like it was.

“One of the coolest things is when you see the touchdown to DT (Demaryius Thomas) to win the game; If you look at the wide copy, you’ll see that Champ Bailey, one of the best cornerbacks to ever do it, is on the sidelines and runs almost as fast as DT, however, this is a longtime vet who invested in overtime.”

Tebow completed 10 passes for a career-high 316 yards and two touchdowns, including the famous 80-yard touchdown to Demaryius Thomas on the first play of overtime.

“It was the veterans. We had Brian Dawkins, Champ Bailey and Elvis Dumerville,” Tebow explained. “So. you had the young guys, Von Miller, DT, and Eric Decker. Still, the relationship, the camaraderie and the Never Say Die attitude, I think it was just so special. That’s what I think I always will take away. I think what made us different was that sense of belief together, and we’re not going to quit.”

The following links provide more information about this year’s Allstate AFCA Good Works Team & New Orleans’ Son of a saint organization.