Sure seems that way to me too.
A number of NFL insiders said that Tebow outright rejected the idea of playing fullback, tight end or linebacker.
(Inadvertently I posted this elsewhere, and hopefully re-post will be permitted.) Please, Friends, retire the idea that Tim Tebow should have switched to fullback. He is a massive target who (without threat of pass) has trouble getting to the line of scrimmage, let alone beyond.
Could he play tight end? Probably, if he pursued it with determination. But why should he. He scored 32 touchdowns in 16 NFL starts. You can count on your fingers the guys who’ve done that. (Not Brady; not Manning; all of them high draft picks, carefully groomed, and allowed to throw INT after INT.) Threw for 19 TDs with just 9 picks. (Two of those picks were Hail Marys at the end of the game.) Over 5.5 percent of Tebow’s throws went for TDs, an outstanding ratio. Why not even higher? Because he was (with threat of pass) such a deadly runner in the red zone.
Tebow’s QB play didn’t win any beauty contests, but his play was extremely efficient. Protected the ball. Put to rest the nonsense that the Broncos had a strong defense and carried Tebow. Broncos were 2d WORST team in 2010. Why not WORST? Because Tebow started last game of the 2010 season for “interim” head coach Studesville and beat the Texans (16 of 29 for 308 yards and a TD, plus a TD on the ground.) They were on their way to worst in 2011 when Tebow came in at half-time of Game 5 and helped the team turn itself around. In 2011 season, his receivers Decker and Thomas (also in their second season and returning from injury) dropped 17 and 14 percent of their catchable passes. Bronco defense gave up THIRTY-FIVE points in first half of playoff loss to Patriots. THIRTY-FIVE. Broncos’ defense was helpless and gave up; couldn’t stop Gronk AND Aaron Hernandez. Tebow played with cracked ribs. He was never given another chance to show what he could do (except playing quite well for the Patriots and Eagles in preseason). John Fox without Tebow or Manning is a dumpster fire. See Chicago.
People at Freep have strong minds and should resist the media narrative that this Christian never could play. If you didn’t see him play, try watching NFL Rewind. As a former, avid, 35-year Bronco fan it broke my heart that Elway ran Tebow out of town. I watched Elway’s rookie year, and Tim’s first starts were manifestly better. The NFL strangled its own Babe Ruth in the crib