(05-29-2021, 08:35 PM)Race Bannon Wrote:

(05-29-2021, 07:41 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Okay...let's add a few twists to the dialogue.

Tebow was good at running with the football not so good at passing the ball.  The statistics prove both.  But the overall consensus is that mobile QBs who can not function consistently or proficiently from the pocket are not good QBs (Akili Smith, Christian Ponder, Cade McNown among others).

Given this, why doesn't that conclusion apply to Tebow?  Why should a guy who can't complete 50% of his passes over the course of his career be given the benefit of the doubt when it comes to being a good QB?

At what point do his numbers and the opinions of countless GMs and head coaches over ten years (and counting considering his current tryout at TE, not QB) start to shape your opinion on Tebow's QB performance/potential?

I don't understand your point.  Tebow  washed out years ago.  He couldn't make a roster.  "Competent NFL quarterback" doesn't entitle you to a job.  It makes you one af about 300 people applying for 32 jobs.

He's trying put as a TE.  Why can't you just have fun and root for the guy?  He's never going to QB.  

It seems like people are determined for him to fail in every sense.   Just enjoy it.  He was and is a great athlete that might be able to help.

People are still defending his performance as a QB and attribute any criticism of Tebow to hatred or jealousy or bias for his religious views.  These same people scarcely even acknowledge his challenges converting to TE after eight years away from the game.  

Even in your post, you tacitly assert I am rooting for him to fail.  I never said I am rooting for him to fail.  If I thought his failure would lead the Tebow cultists to finally give up their vigil, I might root for his failure, but I have found over the years no amount of fact will ever dampen the enthusiasm or devotion people have for Tebow.  I do believe, however, given the totality of the circumstances, he is more likely to fail at making the switch to TE than not, if the measure of success is developing enough competence in the position to:  a.  make the team and; B actually upgrade a position of dire need to objective observers, not merely to the satisfaction of Tebow sycophants.

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