Tim Tebow

[declansdad]

So, you don't agree with his faith or his politics. Its the vehemence that always surprises me. Why do you think he's an egotistical a**? I'm not picking on you in particular. Your post is just an example of the strong feelings this man brings out in people. Even Michael Vick doesn't bring out as much hatred as Tebow seems to. (Or at least it seems that way to me).

You may want to go back and re-read those Vick threads.

 

[kimmar067]

....why is everyone so against Tim Tebow going to the Jets?

 

[kimmar067]

Not even freakin close. I don't agree with most of what he has said or some particular commercials hes done....add that to the fact that he cant play football and I think he is an egotistical a**.....yes I really don't like him....has nothing to do with jealousy, I don't like him

I'm allowed to not like someone and I have no desire to watch him play football

.....Michael Ervine - egotistical. T.O. - egotistical. Ochocinco - egotistical. Tebow? Not so much....

 

[LisaR]

....why is everyone so against Tim Tebow going to the Jets?

I'm not!

 

[kimblebee]

....why is everyone so against Tim Tebow going to the Jets?

Simply because I don't like him and the Jets are my team.

 

[Art 1]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I know this damn state is going to end up with him again. UGH!

What disadvantage would it be to the state of Florida to have this man play on one of it's 3 teams?

 

[kimmar067]

Simply because I don't like him and the Jets are my team.

......sooooooo, what you're REALLY sayin' is, you're fearing Mark Sanchez' future......

 

[kimmar067]

The anti-Tebow bias isn't about football
by Larry Taunton

How often do self-righteous football commentators have occasion to lament the behavior of modern players: Chad Johnson's reality show and "Ocho-Cinco" publicity stunt; Adam "Pac-Man" Jones' nightclub incidents; Michael Vick's dog-fighting hobby; and the never-ending soap opera that is Brett Favre. The modern athlete is, they say, selfish, all about the money, and looking for any opportunity to promote himself.

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Riding a Bronco to the rescue is former college football superstar Tim Tebow. Here is a young man of whom we can all be proud. He is clean-cut, articulate, humble, gracious in victory, hard-working, and, if that weren't enough, he's a humanitarian. No, not one of those "humanitarians" who does his giving in the public eye, but a humanitarian who gives quietly in the orphanages of the Philippines.

There is only one problem. Many in the news media don't approve. Yes, these same commentators who bemoan the decline of football civilization continually tell us that Tebow isn't good enough to be in the NFL. That alone is not unusual. The list of Tebow-hating commentators is long: Boomer Esiason, Colin Cowherd, and Merril Hoge to name only a few. Of course, we expect our sports jocks to give us their opinions, and sometimes that means evaluating the prospective talent of players coming up from the collegiate ranks. Tebow is no exception to this and, while still a quarterback at Florida, there was some question about his ability to play that same position at the professional level.

Only here's the thing: The current wave of criticism leveled at Tebow isn't about football. Not really. Oh, they will all swear that it is. Tebow's shortcomings as a football player are expounded upon every week: He lacks accuracy, experience, and football I.Q. (we all know that you must be an intellectual to play this game); the offense he is best suited for will never work in the NFL; he can't adapt to the professional game, etc., etc.

Our cue, however, that Tebow's numerous critics aren't motivated by a desire to protect the integrity of the sport from unworthies is revealed in the manner of their critique. To say that they have reserved a special kind of venom for Tim Tebow is an understatement. Indeed, to hear them speak, one imagines the Denver Broncos are quarterbacked by Betty White.

Only here's another thing: Tim Tebow's football credentials are impeccable. A Florida Gator pedigree, a Heisman Trophy winner, twice a BCS national champion, and one of the greatest college football players of all time, he possesses a collegiate resume that Tom Brady could only dream of. Granted, none of the aforementioned means automatic success in the NFL, but it seems a bit premature to write him off.

Tebow isn't, to be sure, playing at the level of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, but who is? Do we hear lengthy discourses on Curtis Painter's or Tyler Palko's ability to play in the NFL? Not outside of Indianapolis or Kansas City. Exacerbating matters still further, Tebow is winning. How dare he. Who does he think he is? Now 5-1 as a starter, Tebow's critics are indignant that the Gainesville upstart didn't pack his cleats and go home the moment they declared him inadequate. The simple fact is, they want him to fail. And now, after so much ink and vitriol predicting just that, they need him to fail.

So what gives? Why does even Tebow's own coaching staff and management offer so little public support?

Jake Plummer, the latest to take pot shots at the embattled Denver quarterback, might have been speaking for anti-Tebowites everywhere when he said in an interview on a Phoenix radio station that he would like Tebow more if he would "shut up" about his faith in Jesus Christ.

And with that little comment, the cat, as they say, was out of the bag.

Plummer said what the commentators wouldn't say. Their dislike for Tim Tebow is not, as they would have us believe, about his throwing motion or his completion percentage; it's all about his open professions of faith and his goody-two shoes image. When it comes right down to it, we don't want heroes who are truly good. We want them to fail the occasional drug test or start a bar fight from time to time. It makes us feel better about ourselves. Tebow, however, doesn't make us feel better about ourselves. People like him make us feel a little convicted about the things we say and do. So we find a reason to dislike them. Or, when Tebow says that glory goes to God and the credit for a victory goes to his teammates, coaches, and family, we are suspicious. An increasingly jaded culture, we don't believe that anyone can say such things and really mean them.

So we wait.

We wait for evidence that he really isn't that good. We hope to see him kick a player on the ground, drop an F-bomb on television, or Tweet pictures of his privates. In the meantime, we always have Penn State's Jerry Sandusky to make us feel better about ourselves.

Larry Taunton is the director of Fixed Point Foundation and author of The Grace Effect: How the Power of One Life Can Reverse the Corruption of Unbelief.

 

[jsmith]

Im actually rather sad the Broncos are trading him-a couple of years of being mentored by both Peyton and John Elway might turn him into an NFL quarterback... Tim is an extraordinary young man and has great leadership skills. He projects the image that most owners probably wish their teams would project. Unforunately, despite the Broncos rally last season he is not and NFL caliber quarterback. Option offense is a high school or college offense-not an NFL offense. The reason the Broncos were willing to trade him for a 4th round pick was because thats what his stats say he is worth as a player. the 5 million dollars is a problem the Jets had reading the fine print. Denver should keep him-theres no shame in being Payton's back up-and he might learn somethings.

 

[lillygator]

What disadvantage would it be to the state of Florida to have this man play on one of it's 3 teams?

he's money, had the #1 selling jersey before taking a snap!! we'd extend our gator game weekends to include jax if he goes there....not sure where the best place for him to be is right now.

 

[LisaR]

What disadvantage would it be to the state of Florida to have this man play on one of it's 3 teams?

Because some of us have no desire to hear about him day in and day out and if he returns to FL, which many people are praying for, it will be all Tebow all the time.

 

[LuvinLucifer]

The trade is back on!

 

[Missy1961]

The trade is back on!

Yep, going to the Jets.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/sto...-broncos-complete-tim-tebow-trade-source-says

 

[Art 1]

Because some of us have no desire to hear about him day in and day out and if he returns to FL, which many people are praying for, it will be all Tebow all the time.

Were you upset about his playing at the University of Florida? I have yet to hear of anyone praying for his coming to a Florida team to play. Where did you hear this and how many people was it?

 

[RadioNate]

Because some of us have no desire to hear about him day in and day out and if he returns to FL, which many people are praying for, it will be all Tebow all the time.

My problem with Tebow has never been the man himself. It is his obnoxious fans. Living in Florida it was never ending...then in Denver, forget about it.

The Jets deal is done so we will see what NY does to him.

 

[LuvinLucifer]

His brother just tweeted about it. Looks like it's for real this time:

http://twitter.com/#!/petertebow

 

[LisaR]

Were you upset about his playing at the University of Florida? I have yet to hear of anyone praying for his coming to a Florida team to play. Where did you hear this and how many people was it?

To quote one mom on FB (and there were others):
I prayed long and hard that Tim would end up in Jacksonville where he belongs but the Lord had other plans for him. I will follow him wherever he goes because he is my hero.

I've said before that I happen to know and spend a great deal of time with very religious people (I homeschool and that is the makeup of this community). I likely experience the over the top Tebow love that many miss. For me, it would have been a giant puke fest of Tebow worshiping if he came back to FL.

I don't blame Tebow for this. It is his fans and the media that have driven it to this point. Have fun Jets fans!

 

[lillygator]

ugh, ny...oh well!

 

[Buckalew11]

Timmy, Timmy, Timmy and Jets!!

Sorry, could not resist.

 

[cornflake]

I am currently repulsed by my own Jets tshirts.

I ... WHY!?

Football-wise, because we need two qbs with issues getting a ball where it's supposed to go?

What exactly will this do for Sanchez that's positive?

Not football-wise, is this city really the best fit for that insufferable tool?

Currently hoping he was just bait for some better deal.... or that someone will sack him into next season in a preseason game, because I can't see what good would come of this.