Tebow had a bad initial reaction to the announcement that McElroy would get that one start in place of Sanchez, but if I remember correctly he he did apologize and offer to do whatever was needed.
In the offseason, the pros and college are two different things. The college guy you mentioned probably had three options: 1. Accept. 2. Decline and stay at the school, likely spending his last year of elligibility on the bench. 3. Decline and transfer, which would likely mean sitting out a year before he could play again. If I read correctly, he was also going back to his old position, not switching to a completely new position.
I don’t know the details of what the Jets offered Tebow this off season. If your boss said you weren’t a very good computer programmer but we sure could use another office secretary (with the corresponding pay cut) wouldn’t you at least weight your options first? If that same boss had already given you reason to distrust him, or at least reason to belieeve that organization wasn’t a very good fit, wouldn’t you probably say “Thanks, but I’ll look elsewhere”?
He was under contract, so they couldn’t have cut his pay, they could have moved him which may have reduced his future pay, but not as much as being cut.
Y'know what? You've got a point so far as coach Ryan is concerned... but understand, to not do what Ryan wants is in fact "a career decision".
Let's see what happens... maybe the jags or someone else will pick him up as a backup. I personally think his natural position in the NFL is at TE/H-back.
I also think he would do well to stop upstaging his team and management wherever he is, i.e. "Tebowing" on the sideline, etc. He would do more for his cause if he were more like Colt McCoy or certain other QB's I could mention, who are professing Christians and don't mind people knowing it, and leave it at that.
Curt Warner.
Kitna. Yeah, Kitna was the other guy I was thinking of. Also Sam Bradford and probably several others.