Posted on 08/16/2015 4:48:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
TimTebow got a warm Philly welcome.
Tebow threw for 69 yards and ran for a touchdown in his first game in two years, Kenjon Barner returned a punt 92 yards for a touchdown and ran for a score and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Indianapolis Colts, 36-10, on Sunday.
Tebow got a standing ovation when he entered midway through the third quarter and the crowd roared so loud when his name was introduced he had to quiet them down because he was taking the snap in a shotgun.
He dove into the pylon on a seven-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter and finished with 15 yards rushing on four carries. He completed six of 12 passes and was sacked twice.
Tebow hadn't played since the 2013 preseason with New England until the Eagles (1-0) signed him to compete with Matt Barkley for the No. 3 spot behind Sam Bradford and Mark Sanchez. Barkley was 12 of 20 for 192 yards and one interception.
Rookie first-round pick Nelson Agholor caught a 39-yard touchdown pass from Sanchez. Bradford and All-Pro running back DeMarco Murray didn't play.
Playing their first game since losing to the Patriots in the AFC championship game that began the Deflategate saga, the Colts (0-1) didn't seem as if they prepared much for Philadelphia's up-tempo offense and they were missing several defensive starters.
But making sure players get reps is more important than scheming for a unique offense they're not going to see in the regular season.
Quarterback Andrew Luck completed five of six for 43 yards and left during the second series.
Tebow completed his first four passes. His first went for a five-yard gain and then he fired one over the middle to Eric Tomlinson for a 15-yard gain on third-and-12 play.
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He was on a roster for 3 years because he was a first round pick. Teams are very reluctant to give up so easy on them. The Jets held onto him because... well... they’re the Jets.
And again, you’re the one who is stipulating that the NFL was pushing Sam (barely drafted, disappeared after a few weeks) at the expense of guys like Tebow (First round pick, still trying all these years later). If thats you’re argument.... you’re failing.
He’s not, there to start, he’s there, I believe, for two point conversions and an occasional wildcat series to force opponents to have to prepare for that. Barkley did well today, which puts Chip Kelley in a tough position. If I were him, I’d get rid of Sanchez, use Barkley as the #2 and keep Tebow for special situations.
Yeah did you hear Michael Sam left his Canadian team for second or third time for personal reasons
If you don’t even understand what my argument, which I clearly made several times now, is, then the only person failing is you.
And again, with each post you make that argument for me.
Why is he wasting his time in the CFL when the US MSM would surely offer him a lucrative sports broadcasting job?
Oh I understand your argument. The problem is, you’re losing it.
If you say so. I’ll just keep making it and being right. You do whatever.
Well anyone making excuses for the NFL can’t be too bright to begin with so no shock really. They obviously have little connection to reality as it happened or happened.
Vinnie started with 43%, then 47% and then 53%. Tebow went 50% in his first year and DROPPED to 46.5%.
Vinnie wasn’t a star player. He was also on one of the worst teams in the league, actually one of the worst in the history of the league. So he was in equal company.
I will absolutely say that Tebow’s Christianity had no more effect on his career than Kurt Warner’s, Reggie White’s or Troy Polamalu. Christians DO succeed in the league. But the succeed the same was non-Christians do: playing well. And again, if Sam got in the league by agenda why did he never play in a game? If these things were agenda driven Tebow wouldn’t be getting his 5th chance, and Sam wouldn’t need his 4th.
Because his purpose was served. (Sam)
Name one Christian athelete that has EVER gotten the assault that Tebow has fro any of their sanctioning bodies or the media. Do you mean to say that had nothing to do with their decisions? That WAS their decision.
I seem to remember a few dropped balls and getting sacked being sited as examples of his supposed suck but no blame placed on the failures of the offensive line or his receivers.
Odd that.
No I was agreeing with you. I rereading my comment I could have worded it a lot better.
Sam didn’t serve any purpose. He washed out. They still haven’t had an out gay player play a single down in an NFL game that counts.
Pretty much every player that was not good at his job got the same “assault” Tebow got. Heck once again we go to the very example you brought up: Vinnie Interceptiverdie, a Christian, and just look at that nickname.
Not a few dropped balls OVER 50% OF HIS PASSES hit the grass. He stinks. Kyle Orton’s completion percentage with that EXACT SAME o-line and receivers was 14 full percentage points higher, and he got cut. Nothing odd about it. Tebow is not a good QB, and that’s what happens to players that aren’t good.
Oh here we go; the Tebow the martyr schtick. The Tebow that the media supposedly HATED, yet, then signed him to a contract as an analyst (ESPN).
Keep it up. You might start talking sense eventually.
Hard to call all the advance acceptance of gays in pro sports ‘no purpose doncha think?
Facts aren’t a martyr anything. That’s your biases talking.
He quit the CFL. The Arena League awaits!
Interesting thing. Facts. Of which I’ve provided several. Of which you’ve provided none.
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