(08-17-2021, 08:59 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(08-16-2021, 10:32 PM)Pendragon Wrote: Trevor was playing QB last year, and the year before, and the year before.  Tebow was NOT playing tight end last year, nor the year before, nor the year before.  He is a rookie tight end.  I trotted out the rookie card when you trotted it out to justify Trevor.  I could have just pointed out that Justin Fields is also a rookie and blew Lawrence away...

I haven't defended anything about the play (or plays).  But you, the Trevor cultist... the Trevor sycophant, are sure jumping on the grenade to defend him.

Pathetic.

yes, because that is EXACTLY how "rookie" works in the NFL. Not a single player we have ever drafted has been a rookie, I suppose, since they all have functional experience at the position we selected them to play. They are just 0-year veterans, right?

Tebow is not a rookie. He has been on many a pro field in his day, the speed of the game is not a surprise to him. He's been there in the playoffs, so he's even tasted high-stakes games as a player. I think the word you are looking for is he is INEXPERIENCED at the position. We'd be saying the same thing if we had signed Bortles, Gabbert, or even TLaw to play TE.

On top of that, Tebow had at least NINE (9) years from the end of his time with the Jets to hone his craft and develop his skills if he had any thought to switching positions in a comeback attempt.  Either he didn't bother to try until now, or he did try and couldn't develop his skills sufficiently over that period to look competent at the position.

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