Posted on 09/05/2015 9:56:41 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
Yet they kept signing him and giving him chances. Your argument is specious.
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According to Norm, that’s part of the theatre. To sign him and waste their time coaching and playing him, fully intending to cut him, so the NFL can cover their backsides.
Why it needs to happen time after time, I’m not clear on, perhaps Norm can fill us in on that part of the thing.
“Anyone that thinks this is about his performance, keep telling yourself that.”
I will. And I would be correct.
“...why would they pick up Ponder?”
As a Vikings fan who just endured the Ponder era, the only reason I can see is Chip Kelly is an idiot.
I would guess that with the lower overall talent level in the CFL, Tebow should be able to play there. While passing may not be his strong suit, it should be strong enough to allow him to play there (and it needs to become a strong suit.) He needs reps in game situations and he needs practice maintaining his improved mechanics while under duress. The CFL could provide that.
A few years ago he was the starter on an NFL playoff team, although I will grant that he was a poor man's Trent Dilfer at the time. He has improved his throwing motion rather dramatically since that time, but he has had very little game action.
I don't buy the persecution angle, but I think he's a lot closer to being good enough than he was when he was actually playing. If he wants to keep trying, Canada could be a good option.
If defenses in the CFL are at college-level talent, Tebow could have a field day. Look at his stats from the final college game he played against Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl.
The average salary in the CFL in $80,000 (CDN).
I suspect Tebow was making a lot more than that on SEC Network last year.
True, that’s why I think he’s better off doing that....besides, why risk the long-term health effects of playing football?
I suspect in a few years on the coaching ladder, he’d be like Jim Harbaugh..$5m/year at Michigan.
But it's still a passing game. Three downs instead of four. Field is 150 yards instead of 100, 65 yards wide instead of 53.5. Twelve players instead of eleven. It's tailored for a passing game and passing is a Tebow weakness. Also he has demonstrated time and again that he problems reading defenses on a smaller field with fewer players. The Canadian game would just make that worse. Tebow doesn't have the level of talent necessry to play in either league.
He has improved his throwing motion rather dramatically since that time, but he has had very little game action.
Tebow's problems go beyond throwing motion. He has shown time and again, by the number of sacks he takes and delay of game penalties he generates, that he has problems reading defenses and making changes at the line of scrimmage. He just doesn't have what it takes, but for that matter few college quarterbacks do. The history of the NFL is filled with QBs who lit it up in college and were complete busts in the NFL. I would not put Tebow in the "complete bust" category. But I do believe he hasn't the necessary talent to compete at the pro level.
1. I don't buy that CFL defenses are college-level talent. There is a huge gap between college-level and NFL, and the CFL is probably about right in the middle.
2. That Cincinnati team's defense was horrible to end the year. They gave up 36.5 points per game in the four games before the Sugar Bowl. I'm not sure if they had injuries or a scheme issue or both, but they really were bad down the stretch.
3. Even if he could get reps against college defenses, there are things he could work on that are hard to simulate in practice situations.
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