Posted on 01/17/2014 6:23:23 AM PST by C19fan
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Former Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum, the man who traded for Tim Tebow, is now looking back on his career in New York. He's expressing some regrets, and guess who's right at the top?
"Obviously we made a couple mistakes," Tannenbaum told CBS Sports Radio, "trading for Tim Tebow most notably." The Jets dealt a fourth- and sixth-round pick to Denver to get Tebow in March 2012, and then proceeded to use him in no discernibly logical fashion whatsoever.
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Excellent point! At the time of the trade, I was dismayed because of all the excitement and national attention that Tebow brought to the team. He energized us all. Football is ENTERTAINMENT. Too many idiots think that their teams are fighting for the survival of the galaxy or some damn thing. It was working, but Elway spent all that cash to "fix" it. I'm just personally thankful to have enjoyed Manning and am a new fan.
It was a huge risk to just bring in Manning..who missed a season due to three neck surgeries
Even with the wins this yr...if the Broncos lose Sunday...they have lost $50 million switching Tebow w Manning
If John Elways ego didn’t get in the way...the Broncos would have more money to get free agents and sign more rookies. The Broncos are going to have to replace Manning soon....he is one hit away from a football career ender
I was thinking of Casey at the Bat.
Agreed. What goes around comes around. Tannenbaum should have that message by now, and maybe Elway will get it....again.
I would agree that trading for Tebow was not his only quarterback mistake.
The Pats reluctantly released Tebow. They saw potential in him, as a leader, if nothing else. Can you imagine if they had been able to finish his training and stuck him in with that running game occasionally? If he had become credible as a passer and still could run, who do you cover?
If Belechick thought that Tebow had the talent to contribute in a meaningful enough fashion to justify designing plays around him then don't you think he would have kept him? The fact that the poorly managed organization like the Jets may not have found a reason to keep Tebow isn't necessarily damning. The fact that a highly successful organization like the Patriots didn't is. Tebow is not an NFL level quarterback. He never has been. He never will be.
Management is measured on their ability to win and make the playoffs. With Tebow instead of Manning the Broncos would have been home last week, watching the playoffs from their sofas.
It took Manning 2 years as starting QB to get the same amount of playoff wins that Tebow got the Broncos in one year.
Agreed! They’d better make it dammm good on Sunday.
According to Cold Hard Football Facts, extrapolating from Tebow’s limited use, he was by far the best QB per QB rating that the Jets had (but didn’t use).
That can't be said enough. Elway's giant investment is going to run out in a couple of years, and he'll have to spend it again to keep the wins going. Rather than invest time to develop his existing talent (Tebow), his decision was a quick-fix, trading money for time by purchasing his talent ready-made (Manning).
We saw Manning get sacked mid-season and his next three games suffered from what looked like a crisis of confidence on his part. There's no question that Manning will try to retire before someone breaks his neck (again), and IMO he's only got one or two more seasons left before one or the other happens. There goes Elway's giant investment.
After four years out of college, Manning had been a starter for four years. After four years out of college, Tebow had ridden the bench for over a year, started for part of a year, rode the bench another year, and watched the season from home.
Neither is half the ones playing right now.
Manning-bots stretch from Louisiana to Mississippi to Knoxville to Indy to NYC to now Colorado
it’s infectious
as are the Manning loathers
I knew Archie as a boy...he was like my hero
60s haircut
white peg leg levis and cotton Hathaway buttondown shirt and penny loafers..a hipster before his time..lol..look how they fetishize every era?
orange hair obviously
anyhow..nice polite boy....his high school coach was a buddy of my dads
i stoof next to Peyton at a urinal at the Palm in Nashville talking to him about Mississippi since he was wearing a Drew MS cotton gin t-shirt
folks asked me if I knew him..lol...I didn’t know who it was
their mom was a southern babe btw...Archie got really lucky...like me..wifey much more fetching than my reflection too
I’m from Jackson..thats the connection sorta
The guy can’t throw. It’s plain and simple. He’s a terrible passer. He’d be great at a number of positions. But he can’t throw.
Yes. But the fact is, there was no room for him on the roster. Belechick said as much. He was in a tough spot. He wanted to keep Tim but could not.
No...he would not have been an NFL quarterback with the Pats. He would not have been a backup at all. But he has talent.
In the end, the roster and Tim's insistence on playing quarterback probably combined to sink his shot with the Pats.
It would have been glorious watching the best defenses in the NFL trying to keep up with the Pats offense with their jockstraps around their ankles.
I recall an MVP and HOF QB who sat the bench for a few years. Made more money than the starter. Name was Steve Young. Sat behind a guy named MONTANA. Young could have been the starter on “every other NFL team”.
Tebow was blackballed by the league and the Jets took the duty assigned them. Who are the Jets coaches involved? Wasn’t it one of the brothers who keeps changing NFL teams, getting paid and losing badly.
Where is Brady Quinn when you need him?
Otherwise, he seems like a great guy.
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