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Tim Tebow won over his harshest TV critic before he led another fourth-quarter comeback. Boomer Esiason of CBS' The NFL Today admitted Sunday that he was wrong in his preseason judgment of the Denver Broncos quarterback.

"I bought in to Tim Tebow, that's all I can tell you. He's a great guy; he's a great player in the fourth quarter," Esiason said. That was an about-face from the former quarterback's assessment in August: "He can't play. He can't throw."

Merril Hoge maintained that Tebow had "massive flaws" on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown. "Why are they able to win? They hide those flaws."

Tebow ran his record to 7-1 as a starter this season after leading a come-from-behind, 13-10 overtime win against the Chicago Bears.

"If you were not a believer coming into this game, you have to be now," Fox's Daryl Johnston said.

'Don't call me': Fox NFL Sunday's Terry Bradshaw said Archie Manning should stop meddling in the careers of sons Peyton and Eli. He told viewers he got an earful from Archie after criticizing the Indianapolis Colts' Peyton on the show.

"Don't call me tomorrow, Archie," Bradshaw said. "I thank God that I have a father that stayed out of my football career, let me be a man, take my lumps and make something out of my life."

The Manning debate: CBS' Bill Cowher said the Colts should trade Manning and draft Andrew Luck. Shannon Sharpe disagreed, saying, "There's no way on God's green earth I'm trading Peyton Manning for an unproven commodity."

Top quotes: ESPN's Mike Lupica on David Stern nixing the Chris Paul trade to the Los Angeles Lakers on The Sports Reporters: "One of the most outrageously dumb decisions I've seen a major commissioner make ." NFL Network's Marshall Faulk on whether he trusts the New York Giants' Eli Manning over the Dallas Cowboys' Tony Romo: "I'll trust any Manning. I'll take Archie and (oldest son) Cooper right now over Romo."

Around the dial: CBS' coverage of the Army-Navy game Saturday drew an overnight TV rating of 4.0, up 14% from last year.

What was he thinking department? Shaking my head over Xavier men's basketball player Tu Holloway's postgame news conference after his school's brawl with Cincinnati in a game Saturday on ESPN2. Instead of being sorry, he sounded as if he was auditioning for a gangster flick. "We've got a whole bunch of gangsters in the locker room, not thugs but tough guys on the court," he said. "We went out there and zipped them up at the end of the game. That's our motto: Zip 'em up." He was suspended Sunday and apologized. Coach Chris Mack said he shouldn't have allowed his players to speak so soon afterward.