Posted on 06/11/2015 7:24:55 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
[...] Early reports on Tebow out of the Eagles' OTAs have been overwhelmingly positive. Tebow is throwing the ball better than expected, and he attributes his improvement to his offseason work with House. Tebow said the pair worked “from the ground up,” focusing on “balance, posture, sequencing, timing," per John Gonzalez of CSN Philly.
[...] Reporters at practice are not the only ones who have noticed the improvements that Tebow has made throwing the football. Kelly is excited with what he has seen so far.
“Watch him throw,” Kelly said, per CSN Philly. “I think he’s improved. He spent a lot of time over the last two years in terms of working on his game." [...]
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Every NFL coach and owner knows that Tim Tebow is just one Christian testimony away from destroying their franchise. All Tebow has to do is to state that he believes marriage is between one man and one woman and all the demons in hell and the lamestream media will descend on the team. The owner may very well be forced to sell by the NFL. And that is the real reason no one wants to take a risk with Tebow.
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So why are the Eagles taking the chance?
The facts themselves pretty much contradict your assertion.
“So why are the Eagles taking the chance?”
The exception proves the rule.
So the whole argument by Tebow supporters is bunk, and I say that as a baptized into Christ in 1999 Christian.
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Not all Tebow supporters. Some like me have been pointing out that he’s not as bad as some people believe.
I think Tebow could have improved a lot of teams as a starting QB, since he was traded by Denver. The problem is he doesn’t fit the systems of modern NFL teams, and the best Tebow doesn’t show up until the fourth quarter of a close game.
I was thinking Denver was 1-4 before Tebow started.
If Tebow doesn't fit the offensive scheme's of most modern NFL teams, exactly how could he have improved alot of teams as a starting QB? Those two statements just contradict each other.
I'm not a "Tebow hater" I just don't think he's NFL material. I don't think he WAS NFL material when the Bronco's then Jets had him on their rosters.
Now if he's working hard to improve his game and that's getting him a new look in the NFL, then I say good for him. Beyond that, like any other NFL player he'll survive in the league by putting up good numbers or he'll be out again.
That's on him. Always has been.
Just the latest iteration.
And before that Vinnie Testaverde was supposed to have gotten the kinks worked out of Tebow's mechanics. Then he went to the Patriots and lasted was cut before the season started.
Then you say about the quarterback's performance: “And went 1-4 in Tebow’s last 5 starts.”
I see what you did there.
Still, Tebow was 8-5 as a Denver starter, which is well above an average NFL quarterback. Of course to some, there are more important things than winning in the NFL.
The exception proves the rule.
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Love it, how to answer when you don’t have one (an actual answer).
He had six completions in eight attempts for thirty-nine yards over 12 games.
Because it costs them next to nothing. He signed a one-year, $660,000 contract with no signing bonus and no guaranteed money. As a veteram he'll make $1700 per week during training camp. If, and it's a huge if, Tebow makes the team then the Eagles have a heck of a deal. If he doesn't make the cut then the team is out less than $20,000 tops. That is petty cash for the Philadelphia.
To an NFL team there is nothing more important than winnng.
It was the coach's decision to limit Tebow to 8 pass attempts - not Tebow’s. (One of the incompletions was a dropped pass; the other a throw-away to prevent a sack.)
Still, I have to respect the coach's decision to keep Tebow away from the ball and preserve the team's 6-10 season. Great call.
That wasn't me.
Then you say about the quarterback's performance: “And went 1-4 in Tebow’s last 5 starts.”
I see what you did there.
Yes, in theory Denver could have finished 1-4 despite Tebow. But in looking for factors that changed between his 7-1 start and his 1-4 finish, one thing leaps out: the unfamiliarity of Tebow's style of QBing, which of course declined with time and accumulating game tape. I'm certainly open to hearing alternative explanations for Denver's downward trend over those 13 games.
Still, Tebow was 8-5 as a Denver starter
More precisely, Denver was 8-5 with Tebow as a starter ... it remains a team game.
And the 6 completions gave him an average YPC of only 6.5 - 67th out of the 68 QBs who completed a pass that year.
True. Could have been 4-12 or 2-14 otherwise.
“True. Could have been 4-12 or 2-14 otherwise.”
If that had happened, the coach would have soon been fired.
Instead it took the Jets another what? Two years to fire Ryan?
Yeah, and they had to totally dumb down their offense to match his "skills".
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