Broncos quarterback Brady Quinn was not pleased with how his comments were portrayed in a GQ article on Tebowmania that was released Tuesday.
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The article on Tim Tebow's 2011 season, written by Michael Silver, was titled: "The year of Magical Stinking: An Oral History of Tebow Time."
In it, Quinn was quoted as saying, "We've had a lot of, I guess, luck, to put it simply."
"I regret the comments as they appeared in the article and I apologize if the comments that were in the article upset anyone," Quinn said Tuesday. "I think they were taken in the wrong tone. Had I known at the time the direction the article was going to go I would not have participated in the interview at all. The interview took place three months ago. However, there's no one to blame but myself. I take full responsibility.
"I've reached out to Tim and he knows what I think of him as a player and a person. I hope my teammates know that I don't think this season was based upon luck. I think it was more based upon the fight each of our teammates had to continually battle and win games in the end. And Tim was very much instrumental in our success, especially coming down the stretch in the last minutes of games."
Also in the article, Quinn, a devout Christian, said the way Tebow expresses his faith doesn't "seem very humble to me." Also mentioned was how Quinn believed he was the second-string quarterback to Kyle Orton early in the season. But then after the team decided to make a switch at quarterback in game five, it was Tebow who became the starter.
"I felt like the fans had a lot to do with that," Quinn said in the article. "Just 'cause they were chanting his name. There was a big calling for him. No, I don't have any billboards. That would have been nice."
SOURCE: Denver Post
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