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Steve Young To Brian Urlacher: “You Got Tebowed. Take It Like A Man.”

The legend once again grew on Sunday. Despite a putrid first three quarters, Broncos quarterback and noted media lightning rod Tim Tebow engineered another fourth quarter comeback, leading Denver to a 13-10 victory over the fading Chicago Bears. That brings Tebow’s record as a starter to 7-1, with six of those victories being of the come-from-behind variety.

But wait! Despite Tebow’s late-game heroics, some of the Bears weren’t particularly impressed with Tebow’s Tebowing. Like seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Urlacher, who had a front row seat to said Tebowing.

After Sunday’s loss, Urlacher offered this backhanded compliment to Tebow:

“He’s a good running back, man. He runs the ball well.”

Yikes. The insinuation, of course, is that Tebow isn’t a good quarterback. It’s a bit of a low blow, considering that’s always been the knock on Tebow: he’s just a glorified fullback. And the fact that Urlacher’s quote (which has gotten a lot of attention) came right after a Bears loss only makes it look even more like sour grapes.

Well, ESPN Analyst Steve Young had some advice for Urlacher on last night’s late edition of SportsCenter. That advice? Take it like a man.

“To me, he did it to you,” said Young. “He Tebowed you. Just take it like a man and walk away. You lost your shot.”

Oof. I guess now is the moment where we point out Young is a Hall of Fame quarterback.

Young’s full comments (including a quick preview of Tebow’s next test — against the Patriots) via ESPN.