(05-12-2021, 01:59 PM)rfc17 Wrote:

(05-12-2021, 11:54 AM)SamusAranX Wrote: God help us if he makes the roster. This forum will melt down worse then Chernobyl

Tebow Derangement Syndrome!  Dude is so polarizing for some reason.  I don't get it.  Lots of good college QBs got a chance to start in the NFL and didnt work out.  Many were far worse in the NFL than he was.  Many actually stuck around the league as backups longer than he did.  But none of them got nearly the amount of hate he did while in the league.  Maybe it's the religious stuff.  Maybe people got turned off by the crazy Tebow fans.  

Sticking with the Florida theme, remember when Jeff Driskel who was 6'4 and 235+ ran a 4.5 40.  Dude clearly isnt an NFL QB but gave it a shot.  Imagine him taking some time off, staying in good shape, and some team in the league with a coach that likes him giving him a shot in training camp as a backup TE/H-back.  Yea I'm sure a few people in that team's local media would laugh and fans would call him nothing more than a camp body.  But would you even hear about it outside of that market?  I've been getting texts from friends all of the country with links to espn clips, fox sports, etc... who are talking about it constantly.  It's crazy.  And people can argue all they want about why but the reason is because his name is Tebow.  People are obsessed with TEBOW!  It's like Trump.  Just say the word and people lose their minds... fans and haters alike.

Not sure Urban understood how crazy people are over Tebow.  And I don't think the circus is worth whatever slim chance Urban thinks he could actually help the team or whatever favor Urban is doing for him.  One last chance for athletic glory.  I would like to say this will be my last post about it as I don't particularly care about this storyline in the slightest but I feel the need to vent a little as I'm getting bombarded from people at work, text messages, etc...  I don't think this needs to be nearly as big a story as it is.  Ya gotta think his odds of making the team are so slim barring him actually being halfway decent.

I have softened my stance on Tebow over time. I don't care for his beliefs, but plenty of athletes have intense religious beliefs.

I think the sensitivity is MUCH stronger for Jags fans. I believe it is 100% caused by an obnoxious segment of Gator fans.

I had to hear for years that we needed to sign this college QB to come in and save us. Not because he is such a generational talent, but because we had such pitiful fan support. That at least he would sell tickets. We needed him to keep the team from moving to LA. We needed to kiss the ring of Gator nation to bail us out. It wears you out, eventually makes you annoyed, and then angry. At some point you focus that anger on the player and not his unbelievably annoying advocates since he is a more visible target.

So sure, I will admit to being anti-Tebow by default.

At the same time, I feel this is an objectively poor football decision. Roster spots are precious. Opportunities for players are precious. The likelihood of Tebow actually learning the position in one off season and executing at an NFL level is nearly zero.
He is not 26 with a year or two of development ahead of him. If he was going to succeed at converting, it should have started years ago.

Wasting an opportunity to actually improve your team for what appears to be nepotism, is a bad decision. I think this will be a distraction and I think some players will lose respect for Meyer's ability to make unbiased roster decisions.

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