Tim Tebow Is Back?
Ugh. Can we not? Can we really just…not? We were rid of him. He was gone. His toxic fanbase and the equally toxic backlash they caused ran him out of the league, he gave up, he went to Baseball and stayed there for a while. When he was last in the NFL, kneeling was seen as the ultimate sign of respect. We were rid of him and all the nonsense he brought with him. Ugh.
I guess it’s not entirely surprising that if Teebs would actually return, it would be for his old college coach. If anyone knows how to weather the Tebow storm (and how to avoid responsibility for scandals in general) it’s Urbs. He’s also finally eating some humble pie and converting to Tight End, a move that people were demanding of him even before he got drafted. I kind of respected that Tebow never gave into the pressure and only wanted to play QB, but that was part of what hurt his chances in the long run. Now he is caving to pressure and possibly taking away a roster spot for a kid who deserves a chance more than some washed up has-been who never actually was and only matters because of the media frenzy he caused.
Almost immediately the Tebow turds came rushing back to spout that no, Tebow deserves this second chance, as if he didn’t literally quit football because nobody wanted him. As if part of the reason nobody wanted him was because of those very same people, who acted like he was being persecuted when critics pointed out he wasn’t very good at NFL level football, which was true. He wasn’t. Tim Tebow sucked. Even during Tebow mania the only defense his fans could muster was “he just wins!” because he beat a bunch of mediocre teams whilst putting up some of the worst passing numbers ever seen in the modern era. He played one good game of football against a depleted Steelers team who underestimated him, and his only notable throw in NFL history was a basic 12 yard slant that Demaryius Thomas took 70 yards to the house.
I’ve seen a few people making the inevitable Kaep comparisons, on both sides of the argument, about things like how Kaep also deserves a chance if Tebow does (honestly yes, if Tebow can come back, Kaep should be able to come back as well). But I’m not sure the comparison is entirely fair now. Kaep seems done with the league after all the bullshit and he’s not coming back to play TE. If Harbaugh returns to coach and Kaep comes back then, we’ve got a quality comparison. For one major difference, Kaep was better than Tebow at like, everything. He was a better passer. He was a better runner. He was even better at causing a shitstorm by going down on one knee than Tebow was.
If Tebow didn’t come with all of that screaming baggage I’d be okay with him. I do think he was screwed over, mostly due to his own fans making him a distraction, but as a player he was fun to watch. His faith stuff was very performative and over the top, but lots of players are faithful so I never really had much issue with his beliefs even though I don’t agree with them. But man…those fans…I’m so tired of seeing them shout about the same stupid Steelers game and everything else in their limited arsenal they use to justify him. He was gone. He was a fun blip in NFL history. Let him die.
Also, he’s only trying out at Tight End because the Tight End Urban Meyer knows best from the Tebow years is…well…you know.
Edit: Tebow was in the league so long ago I literally forgot which receiver caught his Steelers pass
> his only notable throw in NFL history was a basic 12 yard slant that Brandon Marshall took 70 yards to the house.
Demaryius Thomas, but yes
Every time fanboys bring up the “he always came through in the big moments” bullshit (and I’m a Broncos fan, there are still a *lot* of those people in our fanbase), I remind them of 2011 Week 17
Everyone thought that it was a win-and-in situation vs. the Chiefs . . . and he went 6 for 22 for 60 yards and 1 INT (plus 6 rushes for 16 yards). The only reason the Broncos were in that Steelers game is because they backed into the playoffs thanks to the Raiders shitting the bed at home Week 17
Not just week 17. They lost their final 3 games with Tebow posting numbers that would make any stat nerd gag.
– 146 passing yards per game (48 rushY/G)
– 1 TD pass (3 rush TD)
– 4 INT (5 fumbles, 3 lost)
– 41% completion
– 43.1 passer rating
– 28.1 QBR
I don’t even know what to say here. Those numbers speak for themselves.
“Brandon Marshall took 70 yards to the house”
That was Demaryius Thomas, Dave. Marshall was on the Dolphins at that point.
The Kaepernick comparison to Tebow is very bad and doesn’t even make sense for Kap supporters to spew. It insinuates that Kaepernick should be fine with taking the vet minimum and switching positions to play again which I highly doubt either Colin Kaepernick or his supporters want if he were to return to football.
Tebow getting signed just highlights one of the bigger issues in the NFL–it’s a boy’s club sometimes. Tebow’s only getting this opportunity because his former college Head Coach got a job in the pros and gave him a chance. I doubt he makes the 53 but like you said, his roster spot prevents some younger, more deserving player trying to fight for a shot in the league from getting that chance, all because they don’t know or have a good relationship with a Head Coach.
I remember Mets fans saying the same thing about Tebow taking up a roster spot for some younger and/or more deserving player.
Definitely agree that the Kaep/Tebow correlation is off.
Kaepernick sunk all of his chances to sign with teams who had interest. He didn’t show up for meetings with interested teams, he refused anything that wasn’t elite QB money, and worst of all the Ravens were working on a contract offer when his girlfriend dropped a racially charged accusation against Biscotti and Ray Lewis. And when Kaep came out supporting her 100%, it’s perfectly understandable that they would just walk away. The league did blackball him to an extent, but Kaep was burning bridges like it was going out of style.
Tebow stunk it up on the field and the league moved on from him. Nobody wanted to sign him. Though I will say if any younger, more experienced TE can’t beat out a 34 year old Tebow trying to get a roster spot at a brand new position, I don’t suspect they’d make a roster spot anywhere else in the league. And if Jax is going to value good ol’ boys over improving the team, then they deserve all the struggles they’ll get.
I suspect either a year from now this will be something we have to pause a beat and say “Oh yeah, now I remember” over, or it’ll have been a case of Meyer stubbornly beating a dead favorite horse.
In general I love it when hot shot college coaches flame out in the NFL and have to return to the college circuit. The Steve “Fun and Gun” Spurrier vibes are strong with this one.
Pretty much this. They’re two different players in two different situations, and it is tiresome that we don’t seem to remember that two things can be true at once. Kaep’s activism doesn’t excuse his craptastic entitlement issues, and we should probably stop pretending that they do because we don’t want others to think we’re bad people. Likewise, Tebow is a distressingly mediocre player that is also stinking nice off-field. Yeah, he keeps trying and failing, but he also doesn’t act like a loon when that happens, no matter how sad it is. If he makes a run at TE and shows the world he has serious butter hands, he’ll probably blush, kick a rock, and then go take up golf and be bad at that for a while or something.
Our collective memories are short. We seem to forget that the NFL has bounced WAY better players for being awful people outside the game (even if it’s taken a while,) and has given nice dudes way too many chances because chances are free, and if everyone wants to get embarrassed, that’s their business (and is incredibly entertaining in all the wrong ways.)
Brandon Marshall was in Miami in 2011, you’re thinking of Demaryius Thomas
I hate Skip Bayless so much. I hate people who have no beliefs or integrity of any kind, who just say whatever they think will provoke a reaction. He’s a professional internet troll, not a sports journalist.
Yeah, screw Skip. He got his career big by accusing Troy Aikman of being gay.
What was a loaded Broncos team gearing up for a Super Bowl run beat an aging, tired Steelers squad. Of course, the Patriots put him through the wringer afterwards, and he never got another shot because that gimmicky stuff gpt.figured out the next season with every other wildcat-style scheme.
People tend to forget how damn good that Broncos team was OTHER than Tebow… Thomas taking a five yard flopper to the house was not uncommon, I believe he was #1 in yards after the catch that season. The only reason Tebow was able to make those comebacks was because the defense held other teams to under 20 points every game and left them gasping for air in the Denver altitude. When the opposing offense was good enough that we couldn’t do that, well, obviously Tebow could do nothing to elevate.
There’s a reason Peyton Manning picked them over Tennessee and Miami in 2012. They were a quietly great team that was handicapped by poor QB play for most of the season.
Good for Timmy I guess. I mean, if everyone responds, then it makes the news bigger. Acknowledging his signing is no different than his fan club making the rounds. It’s unnecessary because he would be a 3rd stringer probably at best. If the dude comes back and plays lights out, we can all eat crow. He could have a Taysom Hill like role I guess. But I honestly don’t care. If he’s good enough to earn a roster spot, cool I guess. Otherwise, it’s not really news to me.
It really isn’t news. People keep saying he should have done this years ago but they forget that he basically did unofficially convert to fullback/tight end with the Jets during the buttfumble season, where he also played punt protector on special teams. He wasn’t any good at the former and to be honest I don’t really know much about special teams outside of the punter, kicker, and returner. My guess is that if Tebow makes the team it’ll be because he was great on special teams not because of his value as a tight end
it’ll be hilarious when wossusname-you-know-that-qb-they-drafted has a bad game and the calls for Tebow to take over are audibible over the game feed
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As it would make my life deeply more INconvenient, don’t you dare.
That 3 panel strip at the bottom is textbook horror and I love it.
Via el_budget on Twitter: “Tim Tebow gets treated like a make a wish kid. All his athletic fantasies have come to life. Wanna play QB in the NFL? Sure!! Wanna be a baseball player? Grab a bat, Timmy!!! Want one more shot in the NFL as a TE? Well let’s teach you the route tree, Timmer!!”
Bunch of freaking cry babies you all are. It is the offseason, he hasn’t actually made the team and people whining and pouting. Like, he is not Watson going aroud molesting women every night. He is a genuinly good guy and you want to crap all over him for trying to play a damn game. Pathetic.
i ts because hes christian! LL these liberuls freking out but their the rwong ones