Fourth-quarter heroics part of Tebow's improvement

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FOXBORO -- When Bill Belichick went to Gainesville to work out Aaron Hernandez and Brandon Spikes before the 2010 NFL Draft, he also met with Tim Tebow, and worked him out as well.

While Belichick and Tebow learned different things about each other at that time, it's highly unlikely that Belichick could have ever predicted what Tebow's done for the Denver Broncos in the last couple of weeks. The magic that Tebow has possessed in the fourth quarter this season would be impossible to capture in a pre-draft workout.

"I've been in the league for 20-plus years, so you never want to say you've seen it all, but, you get to experience a lot, and he's a fine young man that's a young quarterback that keeps getting better every week," said Broncos coach John Fox on Wednesday.

"When you win in the National Football League, it becomes a pretty big deal on the outside."

Tebow is now 7-1 as a starter in the last eight weeks. And it's fair to say that he has become a pretty big deal.

He's winning because of his constant fourth-quarter heroics, which has been a stretch of dramatic and unprecedented finishes to games that previously saw three quarters of lackluster production.

So what makes him so much better in the fourth?

"I just think that I'm blessed to have great teammates and great coaches in those fourth quarters," said Tebow on Wednesday. "They make me look a lot better than I am, and I just thank the Lord that we've had the opportunity to pull a few of these ones out."

As Fox said on Wednesday, "The guy just wins."

"Knowing the young man, even before coming here to coach him, just in the draft process, he's got outstanding intangibles, and he performed at a very high level in college at the University of Florida," said Fox. "I think everybody can see that. And I think all young players in the National Football League have got a lot to learn. And quarterback is that much more difficult. I know it's the toughest job in our league. It might be one of the toughest jobs in sports.

"He's improving. It's not just the fourth quarter. He's improving as an NFL quarterback."

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