He was a gifted athlete, but NOT an NFL calber QB.
He could run over people, but couldn't throw consistently to even be a second string QB.
When he was cut by New England, I knew what I suspected was simply true.
Love the guy, but I don't think he was black balled because he was a Christian.
Something happened between him and Elway, and it wasn’t just Payton Manning.
Turns out Manning was a good decision on Elway’s part, but he sent Tebow out with a bad referral to other teams.
I still cannot account for that.
New England picked him up because his coach at Denver was back at NE as quarterback coach. You are absolutely right... he was not an NFL level QB. I saw the Pats' preseason games with him, and he was awful.
To be fair, he was better in Denver because they had an option offense built around his strong points; NE wanted him to be a pocket passer so that if he was subbing for Brady, they could use the same offensive system as always. In that type of offense, his reads were painfully slow, and he was inaccurate with his passing. I'd really hoped he would make the grade, but there was no way.
“He was a gifted athlete, but NOT an NFL calber QB”
“Ah if he only had the talent to play at the pro level”
“The Broncos were 1–4 before he became the starter, but began winning with him on the field, often coming from behind late in the fourth quarter, until they won their first AFC West title and first playoff game since 2005, defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers in overtime”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idx5wsH6Fys
The talent was definitely there and he proved it. If he had been signed as a starting QB the next season, and given the training & practice he deserved to be, he could have become a great QB
With his build,Tebow would’ve worked well as a TE and if necessary, an emergency QB.
I constantly hear that Tebow was not an NFL caliber quarterback. Yet when I go to the NFL stats and look at the 2011 post season quarterback ratings, I find that Tebow had a better rating than:
Aaron Rodgers
Ben Roethlisberger
Matt Ryan
T.J. Yates
Andy Dalton
You would think that someone who was not “NFL caliber” would not have had a good enough rating to come in ahead of other quarterbacks. Also don’t forget that he was a backup who took over a loosing team at the time.