Merged - Tebow/Sanchez

[Spider-Dan]

Maybe, maybe not.  He and Belichick had a long meeting before the draft.  Tebow didn't meet with BB with the expectation that BB was looking to bench Brady. 

Before the draft, Tebow was being projected as a third-rounder.  He had no idea whether he would receive the Eric Crouch "You aren't going to be allowed to play QB" treatment, so it makes sense that he would talk to coaches to see what kind of role he might be able to fill on their team.  (Of course, that all went out the window when McDaniels drafted him in the first.)  But there's plenty of teams in the NFL that would have loved to have Tebow as a TE or FB.  He is definitely a weapon... just not in the role he insists on playing.

In fact, once Tebow gets the QB thing out of his system in JAX, I would not be at all surprised to see several teams make a play for him in a non-QB role.

[MikeO]

I could see a team like Dallas and an owner like Jerry Jones make a play for him too. Jones would love the attention and media spotlight it would bring.

UPDATE: And so it begins. Tebow to Jax almost a lock to happen
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/22/report-tim-tebow-playing-next-year-for-jaguars-a-virtual-certainty/

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I could see a team like Dallas and an owner like Jerry Jones make a play for him too. Jones would love the attention and media spotlight it would bring.

Zero chance he goes to Dallas.  JJ said he wouldn't draft Tebow if he fell to the 7th round.

[MikeO]

Tebow QUIT on the Jets. Told coaches he wouldn't do any Wildcat packages after he didn't get the starting job and they handed it to McElroy. So much for Tebow being that "great team player"

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/8776088/tim-tebow-new-york-jets-asked-left-wildcat-sources-say

[TonyB0D]

Tebow QUIT on the Jets. Told coaches he wouldn't do any Wildcat packages after he didn't get the starting job and they handed it to McElroy. So much for Tebow being that "great team player"

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/8776088/tim-tebow-new-york-jets-asked-left-wildcat-sources-say

tebow made the right move.  he didn't quit on the jets, they slapped him in the face.  what was he supposed to do?  this a team that traded for him and held a press conference for him. 

he was listed as the #2 all year long, and then when the team implodes, the coach tries to save his ass by naming a guy WHO DIDNT EVEN SUIT UP MOST OF THE SEASON as the starting QB, and you say tebow "quit" on the team?  they wouldn't even give him a fair shot at playing when he clearly deserved it more than mcelroy.

quite the opposite...sometimes you gotta stand you for yourself and say NO MORE BULLSHIT.

[Jim Gray]

I was wondering what type of owner Shad Khan would be, and now I think I know.  Jacksonville will be handicapped with Tebow there.  He may win more games than that stable of garbage they currently have, but he's nothing more than a gimmick, and I think defenses are becoming more savvy about dealing with read option quarterbacks.

It's not often I get to say this, but I feel lucky to be a Dolphins fan.

[MikeO]

tebow made the right move.  he didn't quit on the jets, they slapped him in the face.  what was he supposed to do?  this a team that traded for him and held a press conference for him. 

he was listed as the #2 all year long, and then when the team implodes, the coach tries to save his ass by naming a guy WHO DIDNT EVEN SUIT UP MOST OF THE SEASON as the starting QB, and you say tebow "quit" on the team?  they wouldn't even give him a fair shot at playing when he clearly deserved it more than mcelroy.

quite the opposite...sometimes you gotta stand you for yourself and say NO MORE BULLSHIT.

When you refuse to play ...you quit. Tebow is a quitter!

[TonyB0D]

When you refuse to play ...you quit. Tebow is a quitter!

so if you were recruited by a company, had a great resume, were promised a fair shot at a promotion, worked your ass off, then saw some janitor hired into the spot you were supposed to have you would still show up the next day?  i'd consider the person who still shows up a grade A sucker with no spine.

[phinphan]

hey I'm tired of hearing how he brought Denver to the playoffs. Denver Defense brought them to the playoffs. Tbore was the captain of three and out. Yes he got lucky but he still spent three and a half quarters going three and out. If he refuses to change positions I am going to think he can not catch... (I know he cant throw)..I seen a few games where he lined up and ran routes with the jets and was wide open and was ignored by both the defense and the QB. The D let him go by...Do you really believe that the jets coaches had a secret weapon in him but was saving him for the next coach......Come on man   I would take sanchez over him any day too. With that said I think he should be the QB for pats.

[Spider-Dan]

so if you were recruited by a company, had a great resume, were promised a fair shot at a promotion, worked your ass off, then saw some janitor hired into the spot you were supposed to have you would still show up the next day?

They asked Tebow to do exactly what they had been asking him to do all year.  No different.

And hasn't Tebow been spouting some nonsense this whole season about, "I do what the coaches ask, whatever the team needs"?  Obvious lie exposed.

[TonyB0D]

They asked Tebow to do exactly what they had been asking him to do all year.  No different.

And hasn't Tebow been spouting some nonsense this whole season about, "I do what the coaches ask, whatever the team needs"?  Obvious lie exposed.

but it's different now in week 16 than it was the rest of the year.

sanchez was finally benched, and tebow was passed over.  if he's clearly not in their long-term plans, why should he play for them? 

[Spider-Dan]

Because he is under contract to play.  Why should Matt Moore have played against the Jets?

The thing that makes it worse is that the entire time, Tebow was playing that fake "I'm a team player and do whatever they need of me" BS.  He didn't believe a word of it; he was only interested in being a team player if it meant that he would become the starting QB.

[MikeO]

  if he's clearly not in their long-term plans, why should he play for them? 

I don't know, because they are paying him MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!!!!!!!!

[MikeO]

They asked Tebow to do exactly what they had been asking him to do all year.  No different.

And hasn't Tebow been spouting some nonsense this whole season about, "I do what the coaches ask, whatever the team needs"?  Obvious lie exposed.

Tebow is a total phony! His true colors were exposed!

[MikeO]

Just want to point out how some people are hypocrites on this issue. (NOBODY ON THIS BOARD SPECIFICALLY so don't anyone get their panties in a bunch)

Last year this time people were killing Santonio Holmes for quitting in the Dolphins game. And those same people are now defending Tebow for quitting yesterday? Makes no sense

Can't have it both ways! Tebow is a QUITTER just like Holmes was last year!

And the NY Post headline calling him "ME-bow" is great!