Tebow had a winning record (8-5) and won a playoff game with a team that started 1-4. He doesn’t stink. I would hardly call his stint with the circus called the Jets, a “shot.”
47.9 percent completions. Multiple games with less than 10 completions. He stinks. A large part of his winning had to do with the defense shaving 15 points off their points allowed. You subtract 15 points from the opponents scores in Orton’s games he goes 4-1 and Tebow never gets a start.
He was there, he practiced, that was his shot. What he showed them was just enough to wind up 3rd on the depth chart (same spot he landed in Denver actually). Teams evaluate their talent and set the chart accordingly, if the best you can manage is 3rd, on two different teams with lousy QB, you probably stink. If he didn’t stink somebody would have traded to get him from the Jets, but even his hometown said “no thanks”.