What if?
Posted on 09/06/2013 9:39:43 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
Tim Tebow is an NFL free agent quarterback. Emphasis on the last word.
According to TheMMQB's Peter King, speaking Thursday night on the NBC broadcast, Tebow received an "inquiry" about joining an NFL team at a position other than quarterback. King reports that Tebow declined the request. He also has said no to Canadian football and US Rugby.
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One more question: Has anyone ever sought Urban Meyer’s views on the situation, just for some side input?
I am not of the opinion that Tebow will make it as an NFL quarterback. But I applaud his attempt, as I would most people trying to make an NFL roster. It’s his right to try it in a manner of his choice.
It was actually Tebow's second season not his first. He started the final three games in 2010; going 1-2, after McDaniels got fired. Denver backed into the playoffs in 2011 by virtue of a tie breaker; you might want to take a gander at Tebow's last three regular season games in Denver when he went 0-3, especially his stellar 6-22, 60 yards, one interception, one lost fumble, 20.6 QB rating performance in losing to the Kyle Orton led Chiefs 7-3 and the defense was responsible for most of their eight wins in 2011 not Tebow.
If Manning had been able to throw against Ike Taylor all day like Tebow did and Denver's defense hadn't made so many mistakes, the outcome against Baltimore would have been much different.
He still has all three, from what I have seen. But there’s enough dreck on some NFL rosters to indicate there might be a practice squad place for him somewhere until he shows he’s corrected the flaws in his game.
There will always be a few kool-aid drinking Tebowholics in Denver; they probably thought Steve Tensi, Steve Ramsey and Craig Penrose were great too, but those nuts haven’t spent much time watching Osweiler or Dysart.
It’s his right to try. And it’s my right to point out that his failure has been predicted since he was in college and none of this is unexpected and the people telling him he could make it are lying to him and should feel shame.
It is indeed your right. He may still make it, but it’s going to take a reworking of his game and at this point in his career that isn’t terribly likely. My OP said he should be realistic.
McDaniels drafted Tebow in the first round in Denver. Since he is once again the offensive coordinator for the Patriots I guess he was part of the big conspiracy to make sure the kid failed too.
1. Poor ball position at release
2. Poor footwork and
3. Ability to adjust to the speed of the game
Newton immediately after the draft hired a coach and began working hard, very hard on those deficiencies. I have seen nothing to indicate that Tebow responded likewise.
What if?
Probably wouldn’t have mattered, but I see your point. Newton had a lot of growing up and straightening out to do before he could even begin to reach his college potential.
This is his 4th year in (well near this year) league. He won’t make it. Maybe if he hadn’t had a crowd around him the last 6 years telling him not to listen to the critics they all hate him for his religion he could have made it, he might have been able to see and understand the flaws in his game and either change it or change his goals. But spending that time surrounded the chorus has left him grasping for a dream that won’t happen, and unwilling to take anything less. A little bit of arena league time could do him wonders, look what it did for Kurt Warner, but he won’t go. Switching positions could help, but he won’t go. He is either unwilling or unable to make any of the changes he’d need to get close to his dream. When you force reality to give you your whole dream or nothing a really high percentage of the time you get nothing.
Sometimes it’s good to listen to the critics, they often have a point. You should certainly listen to them more than you listen to the people who say not to listen to the critics. If every football analyst in the country says your throwing motion won’t make it in the NFL it probably has a lot more to do with the movement of your arm than the cross on your neck.
It’s kind of sad. I like the kid, he’s a feel good story straight out of the sappiest sections of Hollywood. But alas there’s a reason why we go to the movies to see these kind of stories, they don’t happen much in real life.
That's a good point. And look at what the CFL did for Doug Flutie and Warren Moon. The only thing is that switching positions at the professional level is hard when you've been a quarterback for your whole life. That much I do get. It does happen sometimes (Tony Dungy, for example, was a quarterback in college and a defensive back in the NFL). Not unheard of, but hard.
No disagreement here.
Probably not.
Just groping for an answer.
Only thing is RG3 would be helen thomas in your analogy. Tebow has a Heisman and a national championship. RG3 cannot claim as good a college career as Tebow. Only thing holding him back is disdain for religion and the religious by the sports media.
Maybe you didn’t know but RG3 also has one of those Heisman Trophy’s on his mantel. The difference is that RG3 just lit it up in the NFL in his rookie season, while Tebow in all three of his pro seasons, for clarity’s sake, just stunk the joint up. As for religion, RG3 is also an avowed Christian if you did not know also. RG3 along with Kapernick and Wilson (two more avowed Christians) are redefining the position.
Tebow should hire Dan Marino to teach him how to pass...and read defenses. Then again, methinks Dan might be trying to make up to his wife........and doesn't have the time.
5.56mm
Tebow has been in the NFL for more than a year. He's ineligible for a practice squad.
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