It’s time.

Yes, even for the ISD Sports Editorial Board, we can’t ignore it.

It’s “Tebow Time.”

Before you throw this paper down in disgust — whether from over saturation (we’ll get to that in a minute) or from pure hatred of the Broncos quarterback — give us a chance to explain ourselves.

What Tim Tebow has done with the Denver Broncos this season is nearly unexplainable.

By all rights, the former Florida field general shouldn’t be successful on the field. His throwing motion is awful — his delivery slower than most Pop Warner quarterbacks — and his completion percentage mirrors that of the last few quarterbacks for the Iowa State Daily intramural flag football team.

Yet, despite all that, the man who’s the center of so much disdain has led the Broncos to an 8-4 record this season as the starter, topped off most recently by more heroics in the 29-23 overtime victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Let us be clear: We’re just as tired of listening to Skip Bayless yell about how Tebow “JUST WINS FOOTBALL GAMES” as you are, and were it not for an all-time great stiff-arm from Demaryius Thomas on that 80-yard touchdown catch and run, we may not be talking about this at all.

But we cannot ignore what he’s done as one of the leaders of that team.

For whatever reason — and let’s take the ridiculous “divine intervention” angle off the table, despite its coincidence and availability for jokes — magical things seem to happen when the game is on the line and Tebow is involved.

This isn’t about Tim Tebow long term. We’re not guaranteeing Tebow has a 10-year career or ever goes to a Pro Bowl. We’re not guaranteeing anything.

All we’re saying is you can’t deny he’s gotten the job done, and has done so in very dramatic fashion.

In the fourth quarter and overtime, Tebow is 70-for-131 (53.4 percent) for 1,111 yards, seven touchdowns and four interceptions. Tebow has 1,729 yards, 12 touchdowns and six interceptions on the season.

That means approximately 65 percent of his offensive production comes in the fourth quarter and overtime, when the game is on the line and the pressure is the highest.

What that also could mean is that for most of this season, Broncos coach John Fox has limited his quarterback’s throws and taken very few chances in the early quarters, perhaps directly leading to the Broncos being in those close situations late in games.

Call it hyperbole, a cliche or whatever, but it appears obvious that his teammates respond to him and believe in him when it counts, because he’s almost always come through in the clutch.

Players respond to confidence and encouragement, and if Tebow’s mic’d clips from the Bears game are any indication, Tebow has and gives plenty of both.

Tebow Time is here as long as the Broncos win and people turn on the television. We may not like it, but we should probably get used to it.