Posted on 05/09/2013 2:04:09 PM PDT by slumber1
As a journalist who has consistently experienced the wrath of Tebow Nation — mostly for passing along the slings and arrows voiced by various NFL players, coaches and talent-evaluators — I'm well aware that many devotees of the world's most celebrated unemployed quarterback carry a heavy persecution complex.
Yet as Tim Tebow's career wheezes to an underwhelming halt, with less apparent interest in his services than Massachusetts funeral parlors have in Tamerlan Tsarnaev's remains, something strange is happening. Against all odds, I'm starting to wonder whether the man who helped the Denver Broncos become one of the league's most stunning success stories in 2011 is getting unjustly blackballed.
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Bingo...totally agree.
Quarterback of the #1 college football team.It is about GOD.
Performance in college is not a predictor of performance in the NFL. The vast majority of Heisman winners fail in the NFL, especially the QBs. He’s not out of the league because of his religion, he’s out of the league because in over half his games as a starter (even the wins) he completed 10 or fewer passes and he’s got a completion percentage of 47. Add to that the crazy fans who insist everything bad that happens to him is bigotry (while of course completely ignoring the dozens of openly Christian players in the league) and he’s just a headache no sane coach or GM wants.
Teams that win consistently in the NFL have good lines (Both sides of the ball)
If you don't have a Good Line to protect the QB then there is no reason to pay big bucks for one. The Teams that have Big Buck QBs didn't need to draft any and the Teams that don't still haven't got good lines to guard one.
That is why more and more Linemen go early in the draft. Left Tackles are starting to command contracts that equal and many times surpass the so-called "skill positions".
The NFL has always been about winning in the trenches but now they have it honed down to a science and the draft is starting to reveal that philosophy. This year I think we went to number 7 in the second round before a Running back was picked. And there was only One QB picked in the first Round. 9 offensive Linemen and 9 Defensive linemen were taken in the first round.
Years ago I was out in Vegas in the big betting room at Caesar's Palace. It was late February and they already had Odds on the Next Super Bowl. I was curious on how they figured such and the Guy at the sports desk said one of the factors used was how much each team paid their offensive line. The teams with the higher paid lineman had better odds at winning the Big Game.
Yeah it’s amazing how little excitement this crop generated. Though that might actually mean they’re good, most of the great QBs, especially in today’s game, come on unexpectedly.
I totally agree. I was really pleased the Broncos picked a lineman with their No. 1. The point was also made well by the movie, The Blind Side.
He does have a noticeable hitch in his throwing motion that makes him vulnerable to fumbles. I remember watching videos of him working on changing that motion after college and just before the NFL draft -- but I don't think he was successful in doing so.
Doug Flutie actually reinforces my point. That guy was a great college QB who spent his career in the NFL mostly as a backup.
But, if he were gay, he’d get a call from the head gay guy in the Pink House in D.C. and be signed to a multi year contract, otherwise the head gay guy in the Pink House in D.C. would have the justice department sue the NFL.
Tom Brady = sixth round compensatory pick.
Took losing pro team to the playoffs.It definitely is all about GOD.
Because they’re a badly run team. Same reason they picked up 2 more QB in free agency, AND drafted another. They’ve got 5 QBs on the roster right now, and none of them are any good. Last year they had the theory of resurrecting the wild cat, so they brought in Sporano and Tebow, and then somewhere in pre-season they got cold feet about the whole thing. It’s amazing to think just a couple years ago they made back to back conference finals, now they make Jerry Jones look like a great GM.
Took a 1-4 and, with the help of the defense cutting 15 points off their average allowed, got them to 8-8 which needed a tie-breaker to win a bad division, with a 5 game streak (all wins oddly) of 10 or fewer completions per game, one game with TWO completions. It’s all about inability. If it was all about God then you have to explain how Troy Polamalu, Kurt Warner, Tony Dungy and Reggie White all have storied NFL carriers.
Some of the "skill" positions have lost a lot of their value in the NFL draft simply because of the way players move all over the NFL in the era of the salary cap and free agency. Nowadays, it's just as easy for a GM to fill a spot on his roster through free agency as it is to draft a player. At the QB position, for example, there is a huge risk in using a high draft pick for a college player who isn't a "can't-miss" prospect. You're better off finding someone who has a decent track record on another NFL team and signing him as a free agent.
For a position like running back, there's no reason to draft a superstar if you don't have the offensive line to block for him. In the NFL you're better off with a C+ player behind a solid offensive line than an A+ running back with no line in front of him.
Offensive linemen are highly prized in the NFL draft because with free agency there's no way to spend time developing these players -- so it's important to get them playing together as a unit right from the start of their careers. Defensive linemen are highly prized because the NFL has gone so far towards practically "legislating" record-breaking passing statistics into the game that a strong pass rush is one of the few effective tools a team has to defend against a strong passing attack.
Here's a recent article claiming Tebow's fixed his footwork and is throwing much better now.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/29/testaverde-disappointed-tebow-didnt-get-a-chance/
I should have added that he will probably always be relegated to the role of backup QB.
Brady was an unusual case because he played at Michigan at a time when other QBs were seen to be stronger NFL prospects (Brian Griese and Drew Henson). Brady did start for his last two years, but wasn’t highly regarded and didn’t make anyone’s All-America teams.
That sure explains it. LOL.
-PJ
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