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To: Free ThinkerNY

For a 4th round draft pick?

What were the broncos thinking? Is that the best they could get?


4 posted on 03/21/2012 10:16:42 AM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Triple

Probably the best value they could get. There were very few teams interested in acquiring Tebow.


9 posted on 03/21/2012 10:20:45 AM PDT by magritte (Gladys Knight: Mormon Siren?)
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To: Triple

Probably. Not everyone thought he was a 1st rounder coming out of college. And players generally dont get traded for more than a 2nd, and that is if they are pretty dominant. Knowing that whoever took Tebow would be looking for at most a guy to compete as starter, I think 3rd or 4th would be realistic.


17 posted on 03/21/2012 10:25:30 AM PDT by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Triple
"What were the broncos thinking? Is that the best they could get?

Yup.

Tebow's price plunged dramatically after the BRONCOS gave up on him.

But it's a great deal for the JETS!

21 posted on 03/21/2012 10:28:42 AM PDT by Beaten Valve
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To: Triple

Elway is proving to be a very bad front office guy, IMHO.

Wonder how Broncos fans feel about the fact that John Elway will now be the second best QB to ever wear a Broncos jersey?


45 posted on 03/21/2012 11:06:10 AM PDT by TitansAFC (Newt-torum can broker 1144 delegates in August - THEY CAN DO IT!!!)
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To: Triple

They were thinking of duming Tebow. Elway just wanted the monkey off his back. He never liked Tebow and he would have paid a team a Denver 4th round pick to get rid of Tebow.

I’m sure it is not person. He just has no confidence that Tebow will ever be a great QB.


54 posted on 03/21/2012 11:33:27 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (REPEAL OBAMACARE. Nothing else matters.)
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To: Triple

New York is the sports media capital of the world.

Every other day a New York player is on TV. Every other day last year, Tebow was on TV.

Tebow not being a New York player, be prepared for Tebow to be on TV every single day.

The NY media is going to dissect him 6 ways from Sunday. I am going to be very sick of hearing about Tebow, and I even like the guy and wish him the best.

Here’s to knowing Manning won’t make it half way through the season, and Denver will be scrambling again for a francise QB next year. If they ask nicely, maybe we will give them Alex Smith in 2 years, when Colin Kaepernick is ready to lead the 49ers back to the Superbowl.


56 posted on 03/21/2012 11:36:27 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (REPEAL OBAMACARE. Nothing else matters.)
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To: Triple

>>>For a 4th round draft pick?

What were the broncos thinking? Is that the best they could get?<<<

The problem with Tebow is that because of his unique skill set and questionable drop back passing skills, a team would pretty much need to commit to making him the starter and rebuilding the whole offense around him. Plus, all the media hype is a lot to deal with, for a backup QB. It is not Tebow’s fault, but I think most teams were afraid to make this committment.

The Jets have periodically run a Wildcat offense, and they recently hired Tony Sparano as offensive coordinator, who ran it extensively at Miami. Because of this, the Jets can get production out of Tebow, without necessarily making him their starter, though I hope he eventually wins the job.


60 posted on 03/21/2012 11:45:35 AM PDT by Above My Pay Grade (.)
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To: Triple
The Broncos have lost their mind. Kicking Tebow to the curb was bad enough, but to trade him for a 4th round draft pick is downright insulting.

I haven't been a jets fan since the days of Joe Willie, but I'm gonna have to try harder now.

66 posted on 03/21/2012 12:02:09 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
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