Posted on 04/23/2015 9:19:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
According to Jay Feely, Tim Tebow is a great man and a great competitor, but Feely still believes Tebow is the “worst quarterback” ever. But do Tebow’s stats agree with that assessment?
In a related report by the Inquisitr, in the past some have claimed that Tebow was “blackballed” from the NFL due to Christian beliefs, not NFL stats. At the same time, Joe Theismann insists Tim “can’t throw the football” and referee Jim Daopoulus once used Tebow as an example of the uncatchable rule. Rush Limbaugh might agree that more men like Tebow are needed in the NFL, but insists he just can’t handle the quarterback position at the NFL level.
Due to this history, some question whether Eagles coach Chip Kelly is making a mistake, wondering aloud how the Philadelphia Eagles could have two quarterbacks, Tebow and Mark Sanchez, coexist.
Based upon comments made by Jay Feely, Tim Tebow’s Eagles deal is just a mistake — period.
“[Chip Kelly] thinks he’s smarter, and so can take a guy that everybody else has quit on and can make him work and utilize him… [Tebow] is such a dichotomy for me because I really respect the person, the man, the things that he believes in and the things he does off the field, he was the single worst quarterback I ever saw in my career in the NFL. Like, I watched him one day. I sat and watched him do routes on air with Ken Whisenhunt as we were playing the Broncos, and routes on air—there’s no DBs, you know exactly what he’s going to run. There’s no pass rush. He had like 13 incompletions in routes on air. Like, Jim, you and I could go out and do routes on air and we’d complete most of our passes.”
Over on Twitter, Jay Feely softened the blow by noting that he thinks very highly of Tim Tebow as a person, but concludes he’s “just not a good QB. Sorry if that offends you.” He also took at a jab at his critics by noting the number of “people who talk about their ‘faith’ in their bio but cussed me out on Twitter [because] of what I said about Tebow.”
Would Tim Tebow’s stats disagree with Feely? Tebow has a career passer rating of 75.3, having thrown 17 touchdowns, ran for 12 rushing touchdowns, and thrown nine interceptions during his time as a starter. As a comparison, Mark Sanchez has a career rating of 74.1.
Even though Tim Tebow’s stats show him to be an average NFL quarterback, he was supposedly a fantastic leader with the Denver Broncos. Tebow was even named Forbes’ most influential athlete for the year. In 2012, Tim was ranked number 95 by his peers in the NFL Top 100. Near the end of the 2011-2012 season, Tebow was ranked number five out of the NFL’s 32 starting quarterbacks. So, while Tebow is unlikely to be one of the top 10 NFL quarterbacks right now, calling him the “worst quarterback” ever seems something of an overstatement.
Supporters of Tim Tebow also point out that the NFL quarterback’s running game is quite formidable compared to other NFL quarterbacks, although this ability requires a team to adjust their strategy to Tebow’s strengths. Tim is built like a linebacker, standing 6 foot 3 inches and weighing 240 pounds, and yet, he can run the 40-yard dash in 4.7 seconds. It’s possible Chip Kelly is hoping to use Tebow as wildcard quarterback, which forces the defense to adjust their strategies to compensate for unknowns.<noscript><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kF7SWPUN2jk?rel=0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></noscript>
Do you agree with Jay Feely’s assessment of Tim Tebow’s NFL stats, or do you think the quarterback will make a great addition to the Philadelphia Eagles?
What bothers me is that there's this supposed grand conspiracy against Christian athletes. That's not true and it cheapens actual blackballing against Christians.
Russell Wilson, Kirk Cousins, Jon Kitna, and Kurt Warner were/are all outspokenly Christian quarterbacks. It didn't affect their job, or cause locker room issues. You can be an NFL career starter, spot starter, or career backup and clipboard guy, or not make it at all. Great college QB's are often out of the league within 5 years. Joey Harrington and Andre Ware are two of the infamous Lions examples.
“He had an investment in winning, too. “
Uh, history has shown that he made the wrong choice!
You said Tebow took them to the playoffs, as if it was his doing. Perhaps they made it in spite of him? Like the 2006 Bears who were blessed with another Florida QB and got to the Super Bowl despite Grossman's erratic play.
Did it? How so?
“Could it be that the Jets coaching staff saw something “
Are you talking about how smart the NY Jets coach was?
LOL!!!!!!!!!! FIRED!
Sanchez ... Butt-fumble even has its own wiki page!
Six of eight for 75 yards. Be still, my beating heart.
“You said Tebow took them to the playoffs, as if it was his doing. Perhaps they made it in spite of him?”
They were 1-4 before he took over with no hope. He took them to the playoffs. Get over it.
“Six of eight for 75 yards. Be still, my beating heart. “
So you now admit he was given very limited playing time at NY instead of inferring he started 12 games.
“Did it? How so? “
I guess getting fired and trading off your prize franchise quarterback has some ‘so’ to it.
“Good man, but not an NFL QB. “
But the two quarterbacks he beat out at Denver are?
And yet he and McElroy were both started ahead of Tebow.
Tebow is not an NFL-caliber quarterback. Get over it.
I said he was in 12 games. I never said or implied he started any of them, and in fact I don't think he did.
Denver only took two quarterbacks into the season; Tebow and Orton. And it should be noted that Orton played in the NFL up until last season, and started games in 2012, 2013, and 2014. Tebow, on the other hand, never started another game. And likely never will.
He wasn’t held in check, they were playing to his only strengths. He is simply not a consistent QB.
21 passes for an OT game. Most QBs complete more than that in regulation. But his lack of consistency caused the Denver staff to greatly reduce passing plays.
The fact of the matter is he’s got backup skills and starter fans. He’s spent his entire career 3rd on the depth chart (4th now, and word is the Eagles are trying to trade up to get Marriotta). If it wasn’t for his hoard of adoring fans demanding he be put in constantly he’d actually have probably been in the league the last 2 years, on the bench but in the the league. But that combination of skills and fans makes him an instant QB controversy, and coaches don’t like that. They hate controversy more than they hate sub-500 completions.
...only a cultist would think otherwise.
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Pure name calling. That’s all you’ve got.
I’ve hit you with all the facts a dozen times. you don’t want to listen to those. But the fact remains that he has a terrible completion percentage, terrible QB rating, and he’s never been higher than 3rd on an NFL depth chart. If you want to look at all that and insist he’s a great QB there’s nothing I can do about that. But you’re lying to yourself.
Yes, I also see them get up more often after getting hit in the pocket than outside the pocket. There usually isn’t a free rusher tackling a QB in the pocket. There ARE 300+ pound guys at least slowing down those pass rushers.
That’s four straight posts to me that you’ve concluded with name calling.
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