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?
Romo completes passes, Tebow doesn’t. That’s why Romo keeps being given opportunities. Tebow’s probably gotten more opportunities than his completion percentage deserves.
Tebow is a runner who can pass.
The option game works for a while. But it has certain innate limits. It cuts the field in half and removes a bunch of receivers from the mix. It develops plays slowly. And it volunteers your QB to get tackled a lot, which means he gets injured. And running a lot means a QB isn’t making passing decisions, which removes reps from him, which is why we see so many run first QBs not get better. Just look at he wild cat to see what would happen to the option offense, it worked for about half a season, then defenses got wise, and now it’s basically gone from the game.
“Being an ex-Floridiot I loved seeing U of F win the championship. But Tebow won with running, power running, not the pass.”
hmmmm. 31 of 35 .... 432 yards.
No, those were not his runs.
“Not because of Tebow, but in spite of him. His stats, specifically his completion % is horrible.
Did you watch any of his games with Denver? Numerous passes landing yards/feet in front of receivers. Or thrown behind receivers. That is, when the passes weren’t sailing feet over their heads.”
Uh, they didn’t win without Tebow but won when they put him in ....
Tebow threads of FR as as much fun as Catholic/Protestant/Evangelical or Apple/Microsoft/Android, LOL.
Romo completes passes, Tebow doesn’t. That’s why Romo keeps being given opportunities. Tebow’s probably gotten more opportunities than his completion percentage deserves.
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As if that’s the only stat that counts.
It’s a big one. When you complete less than 50% of your passes any other positive stat you have is considered a fluke. The job of a QB is to complete passes, if they do that everything else will follow.
Again, not because of him, but in spite of him.
The guy averaged about 100 yards passing A GAME.
‘The worst ever’ covers quite a bit of territory. Tebow wasn’t very good, but he was nowhere close to ‘worst ever’ territory.
For that, I nominate a group effort: the 1977 Buccaneers, whose QBs combined to throw for just 1700 yards and 3 TD passes versus 30 interceptions during the year. Now THAT is awful.
Cite, please.
I’ve seen otherwise. (see how easy this is?)
Starting QB’s get hurt, period. It’s part of the game.
The Eagles worked Tebow out before they offered him a one-year deal. I guess they think they saw something. We’ll see.
Dude's a kicker. Roughly equivalent to a carnival geek and definitely not a football player.
I’ve seen a stat on it on a pregame show and I know I’ve read it elsewhere. Regardless, it’s pretty much conventional wisdom amongst NFL coaches, GMs, etc. Just read what most of them state. Yeah, you’re going to have to use Google. Carrying the ball in the open field puts you in hazardous land in the NFL because you are open to more contact. Hell, even sliding can hurt a QB. So, I’m not going to look it up and don’t care if you don’t believe it. People who can apply logic will agree.
No way, but I think he is good for maybe a quick relief QB or maybe he can serve to mix it up in a game with special plays.
I think he would be trainable though to get better and he does work hard to get stay in great shape.
I’ve seen a stat on it on a pregame show and I know I’ve read it elsewhere. Regardless, it’s pretty much conventional wisdom amongst NFL coaches, GMs, etc. Just read what most of them state. Yeah, you’re going to have to use Google. Carrying the ball in the open field puts you in hazardous land in the NFL because you are open to more contact. Hell, even sliding can hurt a QB. So, I’m not going to look it up and don’t care if you don’t believe it. People who can apply logic will agree.
So, then what I suspected is true. Your post was an attack because I made some observations about your precious NFL that you do not like.
Your the one who made the assertion, back it up.
Oops, should read “You’re the one”
Ah well.
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