(08-06-2021, 06:45 PM)Kane Wrote:

(08-06-2021, 04:59 PM)RicoTx Wrote: There's been very little discussion about Tebow and the position he is going out for...period.  Well, at least from one 'side'.

Yeah... It's really not surprising that the thread gets derailed by the usual suspects but I wonder why the mods don't keep it in check better.

To stay on topic myself, IF Tebow makes the roster, and I am doubtful he does at this point, who cares really? I mean the dude will be 4th string or whatever and won't be preventing us from rostering some great tight end currently unemployed.

People just love to [BLEEP] and argue about the guy. It's laughable really.

If our TE group is Manhertz, James O, Ertz (fresh rumors), and any combination of Tebow or other fringe guys what's the problem? What's the debate? That he and Urban are conspiring to keep Kap unemployed? He's gonna take reps from TLaw? That the next Kittle is going to be relegated to our PS?
Give me a break. Tebow or not, our TE group won't be "great".

We literally have 100+ pages of banter supposedly centered on a guy who will maybe be #45-53 on the roster.

What a joke.

Actually we have spoken quite substantively about Tebow. To the extent he had a career, it has been at QB. and his staunchest supporters continue to defend the indefensible with Tebow's career to date.  He is now at 5th string TE.  He caught TDs in minicamp back in June before the pass came on.  Since then, he got blanked in padded practices by Wingard and Cisco.  What is left to discuss of Tebow at TE?

His actual qualifications for the job?

That subject was tackled several pages back.  Considering he played QB all his career, sat out of football for nine years only to switch to the position now, and he is considerably smaller  than the typical TE, the discussion was predictably short.

I suppose I could post a clip from Undisputed from a day or so ago where they discuss Tebow's chances of making the roster, and former LB Lavar Arrington trashed Tebow's route running here.  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5yGqq3GRDBM

But how much mileage would we really get out of that?

For me the question is when else in team history  has anyone on this board clamored to talk about a 5th string anything two weeks into camp?!?  What has Tebow done at the position to warrant such a lengthy discourse before the first preseason game?

If any other QB NOT named Tebow was brought to the Jaguars in June under similaar circumstances, what would be the extent of the discussion?

He's a camp arm...period.

A kicker or punter?

A Campe leg...full stop.

Any other position? Camp fodder.

There would be no demand for substantive discussion on that player unless all of the reports from camp showed him to make play after play and that continued when the games were played.

Why in the hell should Tebow be any different?

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