Quote:If Tebow was better than Henne... he'd have a job by now.

Not necessarily; there's a lot more to being selected for as prestigious a job as an NFL quarterback than mere physical ability. A good deal of the anxiety surrounding Tebow had less to do with his ability as a quarterback than it did with all the hype and media glitz that was surrounding him. Most teams just don't want that kind of focus on their backup quarterback.

 

You really don't have to look very hard to see many backup quarterbacks who don't have Tebow's athletic ability (just look at Henne, for instance). Plus consider the fact that he led an NFL team to at least one play off; not all backup's can say that either. The rub with him locally is that he was the darling of the UF crowd and it was felt that his presence here would detract from support for the starting quarterback. Can you imagine how bad it would be in a game where the Jags were struggling (a common enough occurrence as we all know) and a bunch of UF supporters started chanting 'Tebow...Tebow'? You could almost certainly count on it that if he were here it would happen. That's the reason he isn't and will probably never be here as a backup.

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