Color me curious, but what’s the deal with Tim Tebow signing with the Pats? I know he’d grasp at any rope in the ocean, but what’s the point? He’s pretty much guaranteed himself no playing time at the QB position, seeing as he’s behind Tom Terrific and 2011 3rd round pick Ryan Mallett. He’d be behind any viable body at TE, H back, or any other position on the field not having anything to do with special teams. His contract is miniscule, with 0 guaranteed dollars, and bonuses based on playing time. In other words, he’s playing for free.
Yes, he gets to sit behind one of the best QBs of this or any other generation, and work with a QB-friendly system, but I still don’t get it. It’s not like NE is going to go full-press on developing Tebow. He’s the 3rd string guy. He’d be lucky to run the scout team. Someone who was in a similar situation as Tebow was Kurt Warner. Warner was undrafted, given a tryout with the Packers, and was cut before the preseason despite Steve Mariucci saying he had potential, but wasn’t ready. It was then he started bagging groceries at the Hy-Vee market in Cedar Falls Iowa. Warner then went the Arena football route and signed with the Iowa Barnstormers. I don’t even know if he was ready tor the CFL, but he made the decision to play in the AFL. In other words, he decided to work on his game in a lower league. He toiled in relative obscurity for 3 years, leading the Barnstormers to a couple Arena Bowl finals.
In 1997, Warner signed with the Rams, and the rest is history. The point being, Warner worked on his game and developed it to the point that he was able to stick with a pro club. Tebow’s approach, signing with a team that has 2 guys ahead of him, and little possibility of starting, smacks of him taking the easy way out to stick with an NFL team rather than hone his game and try a bona fide comeback. I’m not sure how he can advance his QB skills by being buried on NEs depth chart. It reminds me of the Nate Davis situation with the Niners a few years ago. Here was a guy with no real shot to make the team, other than the dearth of QBs in the stable, so he backs it up by not staying in shape and not bothering to read the playbook. A guy just happy to be drafted, and not really trying. Where is he now? The San Antonio Talons of the Arena Football League.
Forty Niners Forever 
I never did get your despisement of Tim Tebow, Chuck. Just never did.
Sure the guy is a lousy passer, but I’ve seen him whip the ball 50 yards on target after he got his adrenaline going.
The Jets ruined him, but he wanted to play so he played once in awhile.
Don’t rule a guy like that out, particularly with an organization like the Pats.
Sure, I’m a Tebow fan. I always root for the underdog. Dennnis and I should get together on his racing. I’ll pick the losers so he can pick the winners.
Read “Farewell to Arms” by Hemingway.
“Tales of the South Pacific” by Michener.
I prefer “Travels with Charlie” by Steinbach since he was born in the Salinas Valley.
When you’re done talking about violence, I’ll come back with football opinions.
Tebow has probably accepted what the rest of us already knew: he’s not an NFL QB. And with so many teams *afraid* to sign him (I loved that excuse) he really didn’t have too many option unless he decided to take his show to Canada (which is what he should have done).
So he signed with a team to stay in the NFL, stay in the public eye, and continue his public work as God’s court jester, or whatever the fuck he sees himself as.
And if Brady gets hurt, Tebow will shit his pants and the prospect of having to step in for him………
Well, he still has to make the cut. McDaniels has evidently convinced Belichick to give him a shot. McDaniels knows what he’s getting and Belichick isn’t likely to give away roster spots just to focus more press attention on his team.
Always amazing to see how the preachers of tolerance come unglued at the mention of his name. Idiotic.
Flavor, I’ve got news for you
Tim Tebow IS an NFL QB and has been since he was drafted.
What he does from here is anybody’s guess.
John Elway got rid of him because he figured out a way to get Peyton.
Rex doesn’t have a clue about QBs. Mark Sanchez again?
The Patriots are smart and always have been.
Two years on the sidelines while he learns NFL mechanics and it will be a great SB between Kappy and him.
We’ll win, but I always root for the underdog.
well, I disagree with you. And I wasn’t saying that he literally wasn’t an NFL qb. I don’t think Mark Sanchez is an NFL QB either. I don’t really care, I’m one of the few people that don’t give a shit about Tebow either way. I find the whole thing amusing. Sorry to have rattled your cage, I wasn’t intending to start anything.
Flavor, I just find the situation some damned amusing I have to write about it.
No insult to you intended, and I hope you don’t mind if I laugh at the whole thing.
By the underdog, I mean Tebow.
On SB Sunday between Kap and him, I hope Tebow throws 5 interceptions. He can do it, I’ve watched the film.
Just want him to do well is all. Like Nate Davis in Texas. Play the game and have fun.
T E B O W !
No matter what the hell you think, I hove no bone to pick with Tebow, Except for the stupid ass fucking commercial he and his mom did before he played a down in the NFL. Since then? Yeah, he’s God’s gift to quarterbacking. NoFear, you need to ratchet down your obvious animosity for anyone who:
a) bad-mouths Tebow, and
b) thinks Smith didn’t have a shitty situation of his own.
Seeing as some of you guys are so wont to shit on Alex Smith, they’ve both won the same amount of playoff games (along with Tony Promo), and both have had their share of shitty situations. My point being, if Smith was as Glory-In-God-on-highest as Tebow is, would that change YOUR opinion of him? Based on your past 1500 posts, it would.
Bullshit. You can’t make a comment about the man without slandering his religion and his God. Don’t paint me with your weaknesses.
I ratchet up my animosity for hypocrites who create straw men to argue with. Especialy the middle of the road pushers of the popular opinion through unending twists and turns and claim some sort of delusional moral superiority for it.
Try an original opinion for a change.
Why Chuck. you’re getting emotional. I think I’ll cry a tear.
I believe in giving everyone a chance, and if they work three times as hard as anybody else, two chances.
Ask the New England Patriots, Chuck. You smarter than them?
“Woman of the Year” on now on TCM. Katie Hepburn’s first movie with Spencer Tracy.
RTF, it’s fucking preseason. They have 90 man rosters. If they carry Tebow’s ass all year, I’ll be a bit surprised. Mainly because Tebow isn’t better than Brady or Mallet. If not as a QB, what is his value? It’s like Nate on the Niners. With 90 man rosters, it’s fine. Come cut-down day, I don’t see them sticking around. I have no ill will toward either of them. I just don’t believe they’ll stick. Call me a fucking devil worshipper if you must, I’m simply basing this on the fact that I don’t think either one is capable of holding a roster spot on an NFL team. If you don’t agree, fine. Can I have the opinion that I don’t think he’s a capable QB? Chances? Great. When he is on the roster come game 1, I’ll kiss your feet.
My point with the post is EXACTLY that. If Tebow went to the arena league and had some success, paid his dues, and earned a tryout with a team, bully. Great. His signing with NE and becoming the 3rd stringer gains him what? His ONLY hope is the guys in front of him get hurt, because he isn’t going to pass up the guys in front of him. Will God step in and smite the QBs in front of him?
My entire point, RTF, is that by Timmy signing with the Pats, he’s NOT ‘working three times hard as anyone else’. He’s taking the easy way out by becoming a 3rd string QB with little chance of starting. To what end? Ryan Mallett’s successor? In 8 years? It ain’t gonna happen.
Glad I got your goat, Chuck, but it’s nothing personal.
Tebow was well known in Denver as a 1 man strength and conditioning coach.
I care naught about his preaching. Nor his QBing. But I wish the young man well.
Shit, I was raised Catholic to the fucking hilt. Anyone who wears his religion like a shield or an avatar pisses me off to no end when the intent appears to aggrandize one’s self. Mainly because in my opinion, if he WASN’T so outspoken about his religiosity, he’d be Geno Toretta. Tommy Dorsey. Vinnie Testaverde. A guy who had fair to middling impact on the NFL. He wouldn’t be GETTING these opportunities in the first place. Yeah, Tebow won a playoff game. He’s had some good things happen. But so did Tim Couch. No one rails endlessly for guys like that. I just don’t get it.
Chuck, you’re letting HIS religious beliefs get in your way. I used to run away and hide so I didn’t have to go to Church.
I just look for QB skills and he has plenty. I was bored to death when the weather cooked up and there was nothing to do but listen to the Broncs on the radio.
You’re crazy. I never write a guy like that off until you have Peyton.
Even then the story hasn’t ended.
Well, I don’t see it. A 47% completion percentage doesn’t do it for me. Nor his pedestrian numbers. 8-6 as a starter. Nor the hit or miss aspect of all his game. I’m not letting his religion get in the way of what I feel about him. I think his religion has given him more opportunities than he otherwise would have had. That’s it.
Shit, Chuck, it’s just so funny.
I’ve been watching lots of film on Joe Montana, getting ready for the season.
At least Tebow tries. I respect that.
He gives the appearance of trying. How will he get anywhere being a 3rd stringer? It’s the Hot Tub Matt Leinart syndrome.
Hell, HoodyMan may have signed Teblow as a backup backup to Gronk, given all his surgeries on his arm. That does not sound good at all. I had a neighbor who broke his leg, and the bone got infected. Took over 2 years to get rid of the infection, and 3 surgeries, I think. He was on IV antibiotics for months while at home. What I have read about Gronk and his arm is not a good scenario…
Right. A slow white guy with no hands. I don’t get it at all. Bellichick wouldn’t even say what position they planned to use Tebow for. All in all, he’ll likely get cut before the 1st preseason game.
Hey NoFear, where in my thread at the top do I mention religion? I don’t. You bring it up in your 2:30 post. Take off your bile-colored glasses and read what is there.
Giving away roster spots? Seriously, NoFear, it’s June, not September. You think Montana sticks with the Niners? Do they really think he’s going to somehow catch on? No. It’s a flier. A shot in the dark. A whim.
Bullit said that Montana has already been cut.
A whim is what dreams are made of. He didn’t have it.