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Trading for Tim Tebow was a mistake, former Jets GM now says
Yahoo Sports ^ | January 16, 2014 | Jay Busbee

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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KEYWORDS: broncos; denver; denverbroncos; jets; marksanchez; miketannenbaum; newyork; newyorkjets; nfl; tebow; timtebow
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To: C19fan

How does he know? He never played him.


41 posted on 01/17/2014 9:38:22 AM PST by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Tebow just wanted to be a football player in the NFL.

He only wants to be a QB. Otherwise, he refuses to play. Look it up.

42 posted on 01/17/2014 9:38:36 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: C19fan

It’s funny how no one seems to remember or want to point out that Denver dumped the 2011 starter after having lost 4 out of 5 games to start the season.

Tebow lost 4 out of 5 of his last starts.

Folks wanted Orton’s head on a pike for his lack of production.


43 posted on 01/17/2014 9:39:12 AM PST by dmz
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To: SeminoleCounty
You do realize that, if the Patriots beat Denver on Sunday....Manning and Tebow will have the same number of playoff wins at Denver...and Manning cost the Broncos about $50 million more w Manning (higher salary plus lost memorabilia revenue)

Let's not forget that Tebow has more playoff wins than Dallas' $100 Million QB, Tony Romo.

44 posted on 01/17/2014 9:41:20 AM PST by Night Hides Not (For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
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To: Charles Henrickson

You’re a gifted man, Dr. Henrickson. But I repeat myself. Thanks for the laugh, and have a good day!


45 posted on 01/17/2014 10:05:06 AM PST by definitelynotaliberal (Go, Cruz! Go!)
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To: Resolute Conservative
Neither is half the ones playing right now.

And all are considered better QBs than Tebow. Doesn't that tell you anything?

46 posted on 01/17/2014 10:06:03 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: C19fan

they grabbed Tebow to undermine his career. it’s extremely obvious their ideology drove them to attack Tebow and his beliefs the only way they could


47 posted on 01/17/2014 10:08:58 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
But the fact is, there was no room for him on the roster. Belechick said as much.

Because Tebow couldn't make enough of a contribution to justify a spot on the roster.

But he has talent.

No doubt. Anyone who is a starter at the Division I college level has talent. But very few have the talent to be successful in the NFL, and Tebow is one of them.

48 posted on 01/17/2014 10:11:16 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DrDude
Tebow was blackballed by the league and the Jets took the duty assigned them.

Blackballed why? Because he was a Christian? Give me a break. Kurt Warner was a devout Christian and made no secret of it. Justin Tuck, Matt Hasselbeck, Troy Polamalu, Corey Lynch, Matt Forte, and God knows how many others are very open about their faith and what it means to them. For Pete's sake you can't see a touchdown scored of a field goal made without a player pointing heavenward. The difference is that all those players have something that Tebow lacks; the ability to play football at the pro level.

If Tebow was indeed blackballed, as you claim, it's because he can't play his position well enough to make a team. And no other reason.

49 posted on 01/17/2014 10:20:53 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Becoming a national Christian superstar hurt Tebow, not his merely being a Christian, I think he was taken from the public eye, at least partly on purpose.


50 posted on 01/17/2014 10:36:56 AM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: ansel12
Becoming a national Christian superstar hurt Tebow, not his merely being a Christian, I think he was taken from the public eye, at least partly on purpose.

Yes, well it's not uncommon for people to blame everyone but themselves for their failures.

51 posted on 01/17/2014 10:41:40 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

LOL, a little off topic isn’t it?

Tebow isn’t posting to you, I am, but your post does seem to reveal more of an ax to grind about Tebow’s Christian superstardom than was first indicated.


52 posted on 01/17/2014 11:09:49 AM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: C19fan

They wouldn’t let him play. It seems like it was done deliberately.


53 posted on 01/17/2014 11:13:35 AM PST by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: DoodleDawg

No he was blackballed for daring to oppose abortion in a commercial aired during the superbowl.


54 posted on 01/17/2014 12:05:52 PM PST by cdpap
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To: cdpap
No he was blackballed for daring to oppose abortion in a commercial aired during the superbowl.

Of course he was. The fact that he lacked the talent to play at that level had absolutely nothing to do with it.

55 posted on 01/17/2014 12:34:50 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: sten

The Jets paid someone millions of dollars in an effort to undermine his career? That is a mistake one should regret making.


56 posted on 01/17/2014 12:49:24 PM PST by Fuzz
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To: kjam22

I agree. I’m just saying that of the three QBs on the team, Tebow posted the best stats, not great by any means, but the best. The Jets might have won one or two more games with him.


57 posted on 01/17/2014 1:32:55 PM PST by Hootowl
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To: Red Badger
The Jets only screw-up was NOT USING HIM...................

Considering what Tebow has been doing this past year to improve his QB skills, the Jets dropping him was probably the best thing that ever happened to him.........

I fully expect to see Tebow return to the NFL as a starting quarterback.........

58 posted on 01/17/2014 1:39:03 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Miss Muffit suffered from arachnophobia.....)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I do, too...........


59 posted on 01/17/2014 1:47:13 PM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: DoodleDawg

You repeat that he isn’t NFL quality and lacks talent. Explain why he was doing well(compared to other QB’s) and then the Jets wanted him so bad but refused to play him. While Sanchez threw more TD’s to the other team Tebow sat there and waited as he was told to. A third QB was brought in before letting him into a game. He was paid fairly well.
Who would do that except to ruin the man’s career? Maybe he had a remarkable “collapse” at practice that no one noticed but the coaches.
Sanchez was paid very well at the judgement of the same coaches. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this out. It is a dream for the people who rely on sportswriters to tell them “Tebow’s mechanics are poor”. They don’t know Jack $hit. Never played the game at any level Same idiots were drooling over Geno Smith until they realized he is a running QB and can’t throw.


60 posted on 01/17/2014 2:11:44 PM PST by DrDude (Does anyone have a set of balls anymore?)
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