I think the problem with Tebow isn’t necessarily his skills. Rather it is the style of quarterback he is. (this is not a knock against Tim Tebow, by the way)
Tim Tebow, to be successful, really needs to work out of a run option style offence.
However, the NFL is wedded to a drop back passing game where the QB hands off or throws.
Quarterbacks get hurt in the NFL. If your starting QB is run option style and your backup QB is a classic drop back QB, that means coaches have to have two different styles of offense installed, which isn’t practical.
You’ve got a lot of factors working against a Tim Tebow.
One: Coaches lack imagination
Two: Scouting departments lack imagination
Three: Owners lack imagination
If a Tim Tebow is going to be the starting QB, then your backup QB needs to be cut from the same cloth.
I don’t see any coaches or teams innovative enough or gutsy enough to take a chance on building the kind of offense a run option QB will be successful in.
Heck, I don’t even know if the run option would be successful in the NFL.
I am of the opinion that the reason Tebow / Broncos were able to turn a lousy start into a winning season is because the NFL defense is all about stopping the pass. I believe the option game would force the defense to hesitate that additional second and allow the office to gain one or two more yards on average. It is all about exploiting your opponents weakness.
They should convert him to a fullback:
- gets to do a few power runs
- block
- catch a couple passes from the backfield
- could line him up as a tight end once in a while
- a trick play using him as a direct snap here and there.
Sorry, dude, your observations are, well, for lack of a better word, moronic.
Do you really think that conventional wisdom used in the NFL now isn’t from years of experience and trial & error amongst the coaches and managers over the years to determine what works best? Do you really think that running QBs don’t flourish in the NFL because coaches and GMs lack imagination? Or, they understand the game and how to protect their QB but get maximum value from that QB? Oh, no, no, no! Coaches and GMs need to adapt to the poor throwing of Tim Tebow!
Starting QBs are hard to replace. Teams don’t want to take unnecessary risks with their investments. That’s why they want them in the pocket hopefully making quick reads and decisions with the ball. That’s also why rules get stricter and stricter to protect QBs.