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[NFL] Tebow: No future. The lastest info.

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Despite a horrendous throwing motion, an inability to make the most elementary of reads (including the option), overrated athleticism and nightmarish footwork, Tebow earned the esteemed title of "former first-round pick" when all was said and done.

And that's because of nothing more than his off-the-charts intangibles.

As it turned out, the 2012 Jets were the most anticlimatic disaster in the NFL.

As many predicted, Sanchez failed to improve, the Jets missed the playoffs and Tebow's presence became a distraction. The idea that a high-character player like Tebow could keep the Jets together only backfired. The team's grand plans for an unstoppable Wildcat package were grounded, as Rex Ryan and his coaching staff vastly overrated Tebow's abilities as both a runner and a thrower.

During the season, a Daily News report listed mostly anonymous Jets players and officials who took unprovoked shots at Tebow, calling him "terrible." Tebow took the comments in stride, but it became clear that his popularity was not appreciated on a losing team.

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Last year the only 2 teams who wanted him were the Jaguars and the Jets. The Jets now don't want him and the Jags owner said that he doesn't either.

It's hard to imagine the guy's NFL career being over so soon but no NFL team is going to want him as a starting QB, and having him as even a backup is a huge problem --- the team he plays for has to use a different offense for him. No team's going to install another offensive system for a backup QB.
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reply to Blogger
What Tebow does is sell tickets. He'll be a career backup for that reason alone.

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I'd say he's an improvement over Blaine Gabbert.

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No, he wouldn't fir with the pistol offense because his passing is quite bad.

You're probably right though -- it's hard to picture him being out of the game. If no one wants to sign him I'd guess ESPN and the NFL Network will bid a lot of money for him.
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But new general manager David Caldwell nixed that idea at his introductory news conference.

''I can't imagine a scenario in which he'll be a Jacksonville Jaguar - even if he's released,'' Caldwell said.

And Caldwell won't get any pushback from his new owner.

Shad Khan, who made a run at Tebow last year, said it was Caldwell's call.

''It's not my decision,'' Khan said. ''I want to do whatever to help this team win. Who the players are is really the general manager's and coaches' - it's a football-side operation decision. It's really not my decision.''

What has changed for Khan in the 10 months since he wanted Tebow?

''I'm telling them to take a look at Tebow and they're saying, `We're going to go in a different direction,''' Khan said. ''That's the difference.''

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I hope he gets to play somewhere in the NFL.
He's not a great (or even very good) QB or anything, but after being screwed by the Jets, I think he should get a shot at playing.
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I don't remember Brady, Manning, Brees having to show anything in Preseason. (I'm not saying Tebow is anyone of those or EVEN close)

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The Jets got him because they wanted to build a powerful Wildcat or option type of offense around him. A reasonable option to consider and then with some added incentive given Sanchez's struggles and inconsistency.

They had watched Tebow play in Denver. They knew he was a terrible passer. As accurately mentioned many times previously everyone knew that and everyone knew that just his basic mechanical physical throwing motion was non adequate to be an effective passer. It was believed that some coaching on his throwing mechanics and motion combined with practice could improve that significantly. However, despite dedicated efforts in scrimmages and practice with a dedicated commitment to the Wildcat in that the Jets ran it in scrimmages and practice to develop it and improve both it and Tebow it was a disaster.

Tebow failed to improve his woeful painfully poor throwing ability. With the repeated practices and scrimmages it became clear that Tebow was also not as good of a runner* as believed or evaluated from his limited exposure in Denver. A failure to perform adequately or live up to evaluations happens regularly with players that are drafted. A great deal of them in fact including some of the highest rated or considered elite players. We see it every year. Many a first round pick as been a giant bust. So it is not uncommon for the best of professional evaluators to make bad or incorrect decisions regarding the talents of players.

Tebow was so bad that his teammates, coaches, and other management personnel complained and moaned about it. Have Tebow's supporters not paid attention to this? On the team Tebow became a divider and caused dissension with his poor play and lack of ability. Again, this was widely reported. You can't have that. It matter not WHY he was it matters only that he was and is. In that context it matter not what a fine person and competitor Tebow is...and he is.

The Wildcat and Tebow performance was so bad that eventually the Jets semi-ditched it. They ran it just enough to keep people familiar with in the event it needed to be used.

*Both I and others including everyone in the NFL have many times spoken of the throwing ability of Tebow. But I also want to mention that watching him at Denver initially I was very surprised by his overall mediocre running ability. I was led to believe by the media he was an excellent runner. He was a big powerful man that was agile for his size but had very average speed for a runner and he had no moves. He had power. A combination not exactly that is going to frighten any defense in the NFL.

Look at the speed and moves of Kaepernick, Wilson, and RG III, three other players that run an option offense. They are light years ahead of Tebow. They can outrun the secondary, especially Kaepernick and RG III, (well before his knee injury anyway), and they can pass at a high level. Tebow can do neither. Not even close.

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Everyone wants to comment on Tebow's unorthodox throwing motion but remember what the guy accomplished in college:

Two national championships
First sophomore ever to win the Heisman, came in third in the voting the next season.
Holds 5 NCAA, 14 SEC, and 28 University of Florida statistical records
He was the SEC's all-time leader in career passing efficiency (170.8, second in NCAA history), completion percentage (67.1%), passing touchdown to interception ratio (5.5 to 1), rushing yards by a quarterback (2947), rushing touchdowns (any position) (57, beating Herschel Walker's record), and total touchdowns responsible for (145).
He is third in NCAA history in yards per passing attempt (9.33)

There were questions about his throwing motion and QB ability in college as well, but he seemed to overcome pretty well. He then came to the NFL and took a lousy team to the playoffs. He won that playoff game with a brilliant TD pass in overtime (which is a lot more than Peyton Manning did with the same team a year later).

It remains to be seen whether Tebow will ever become a successful pro QB, but to pretend he can't play is really weird.
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Rex Ryan and his coaching staff vastly overrated Tebow's abilities as both a runner and a thrower.

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