(05-23-2021, 05:16 PM)WingerDinger Wrote: I don't think I've seen anyone here attack Tebow the man, (as far as I've seen, I could be wrong), but I have seen him attacked as a player. We all have our reservations about his playing ability, I think we can all pretty much share in that aspect. How he handles himself on and off the field should be admired and respected.. How he plays is a different story. That's the main problem here. We all know that he's an upstanding individual but being an upstanding individual isn't going to help this team win football games. Honestly, I hope he pulls it off and gives us some depth on the TE front, will it happen? Probably not. Just have to wait and see..

The overwhelming majority of the attacks against Tebow have zero to do with him as a man or his religious beliefs and everything to do with him as a football player.

NFL history is replete with great players and coaches who were devout Christians who were often outspoken in their beliefs that did not elicit anywhere near the revulsion that Tebow has incurred over the years.  Famous Christian coaches include Tom Landry and Joe Gibbs.  I hated Gibbs because before I was a Jaguars fan, I was a Dallas fan, and Washington was Dallas' biggest rival.  Many people hated Landry because he was Dallas' head coach.  Famous Christian players included Reggie White,  who had the nickname of "Minister of Defense" because of his outspoken religious beliefs and his status as a dominant defensive end.  Darrell Greene, Aeneas Williams, and Troy Polamalu are other famous Christians.  Notable Christian Jaguars include two of the most popular players in team history in Mark Brunell and Tony Boselli, and the player in whom every Jaguars fan has placed their hopes is Trevor Lawrence, who reportedly holds very strong Christian beliefs.  I have never in life attacked any of them for their Christian faith.  I have very rarely attacked any of them for their play on the field because for the most part, they have all played well.  
I have read the occasional post that asserted Tebow had various character flaws over the years.  I've read that he was a bit of a womanizer, that he wasn't overly smart, and more recently that he was a smoker.  Even assuming the last two criticisms could somehow be construed as character flaws, I never indulged them because:  

A.  I had never heard them until reading it on the various boards;
B.  I did not know them to be true;
C.  Even if true, they were of dubious relevance at best on a football message board; and
D.  even if true, I am incapable of throwing stones at anyone.

If you go back at any of my posts regarding Tebow, they all criticize him as a football player, and attack those who are so insistent and vehement in overrating him to the point of being overbearing.

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