“...when it turns out they can’t do what they’re paid for.”
I understand that Tebow wasn’t a very good QB even while they were winning in Denver, but he was better than Gabbert, probably better than Ponder has been these past two years, and probably would have been a better option for several other teams.
He’s also a young guy who works hard and has a good attitude. He is at least a decent developmental prospect in addition to being a marketing gold mine. The problem is many of his supporters think he’s a great QB already because he happened to be playing QB when Denver started winning the 3-pt games instead of losing them.
Tebow career completion percentage - 47.9
Gabbert - 53.8
Ponder - 59.2
He really doesn’t have the stuff.
Yeah the cult of Tebow really hurts him. They ignore the fact that the Denver defense shaved 15 points of their average allowed for his reign (or somehow credit him with it) and studiously ignore how often he had 10 or fewer completions in a game.
He’s been in the league three years, and he still kind of stinks. I don’t think he’s a development prospect anymore. And while his jerseys sell well thanks to the cult that follows him he’s an instant QB controversy, teams don’t like that. How many other 3rd string QBs (which is where he’s been on the depth chart his whole career) have huge crowds of people demanding he get put in? And which coach or GM would volunteer to put up with that? It’s kind of sad, he’s a good kid, but in the end his popularity is turning out to be his worst enemy. He probably could have had a decent career as an anonymous 3rd stringer coming in for gadget plays, could have had a better career as an RB with gadgets, but the cult wants him to be a starter, and he doesn’t have those skills, and the cult is making him untouchable.