(05-16-2021, 08:21 AM)WingerDinger Wrote: Let's face it.. People are going to whine if he's signed, people are going to whine if he isn't.. Either way, whining will ensue..

This.

But almost all the passion on this subject is coming from the Tebow haters.  I don't know if I've seen a single Tebow cultist post on this.

Two self-evident fallacies:

1.  Signing Tebow would hurt team chemistry/FA buy-in/lose the locker room.  Balderdash.  Lageman said it well.  If he is signed and can play, the players will be okay with it.  If he is signed and makes the 53 but can't play, they won't be okay with it.

2.  Hypothetical others deserve the tryout more than Tebow does.  This defies logic.  No one deserves a tryout.  The fact that you're having to try out shows that your skills are minimal/decayed or you have not produced any outstanding tape for the position you want.  Getting a tryout is the product of many things, one of which is having someone convince the team to offer the tryout.  Call it nepotism if you want.  Tebow making the 53 if he does not earn it would be nepotism.  Getting a tryout and invite to camp is not.  It's called networking.  People help people they know.   It's how the world works.  Rage against reality it you like.  But it's not evil or wrong or team destroying.  Can anyone make a case based on fact rather than bias that Tebow is worse than the hypothetical 93rd player that would have been invited to camp?

I still stand by my original post.  I don't think he makes the 53.  The odds are stacked heavily against it.  If he does, it's a feel good story that many fans will like.  If he doesn't, most of us will shrug our shoulders and give it no more thought.

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