I've always been a Payton Manning fan. Even though I hate Ole Miss, and the Mannings are royalty there, Payton went to Tennessee and I like to root for him. But, of course, I love Tebow. So, I had mixed emotions when I found out Manning would sign with Denver, forcing Tebow out.
But I thought, hey, this is a chance for Tebow to go to a place like Jacksonville where they can sell a ton of tickets and embrace him because of his Florida roots. But the Jets end up acquiring him for a 4th round pick. Seriously, the Jags couldn't give up a 3rd round pick for this guy? He would have raked in a ton of money via season tickets, jersey sales, etc.
Maybe Jacksonville is solidly behind Blaine Gabbert. That's a joke to me, but if they've invested a lot into him that could certainly be the case. But what about the Miami Dolphins? They have nothing. No future QB, nothing on the horizon. They couldn't give up a 3rd round pick for Tebow? That is absurd. It's still Florida, it would have been a great fit. Tebow has even had some of his most storied games at the Dolphin's stadium in high school, college and the NFL.
In the end, Tebow is headed to New York behind Mark Sanchez. Now the Jets have two QBs who put up awful stat lines but seem to win more times than not. Fans will be pissed at Sanchez and cry for Tebow, then they'll be pissed at Tebow and cry for Sanchez. It will be interesting. Especially since the Jets are such a mess half the time, and Tebow is about as clean cut as you can get.
It would be a shame for Tebow to end up riding the bench all year except for a few running plays here and there. After taking the Broncos out of the pine box and into the playoffs, then leading them to a playoff win, he gets booted to a place where he's 2nd string. But we'll see what happens. He's like Kurt Warner, people keep stacking the deck against him and he keeps coming through.
JB
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