Why did this team sign Tebow?

[supafly]

re: Tebow's NFL career may be coming to a sad end.

Like it or not, Tebow is here to stay. Reason he didn't play against the Lions, another poor showing would be very hard to justify keeping him to the fans and media.

I think there may be some truth to that thinking. It's at least a very reasonable possibility.

 

[manxman2601]

re: Tebow's NFL career may be coming to a sad end.

Belichick has had his mind made up long ago that Tebow will be on this 53 man roster.

What does he bring??? Great attitude, leadership, hard worker, just an all around great positive locker room guy who will be a great example to the rookies and everyone else for that matter. Word was BB lost some of the locker room last season, Timmy brings it back with being a good example.

Like it or not, Tebow is here to stay. Reason he didn't play against the Lions, another poor showing would be very hard to justify keeping him to the fans and media.

I'd suggest that when it comes to planning a game, the last thing on BB's mind is "the fans and media". I think it was nothing more complicated than getting a decent look at Mallett in probably the most competitive game he'll see in pre-season.

 

[Claremonster]

re: Tebow's NFL career may be coming to a sad end.

Belichick has had his mind made up long ago that Tebow will be on this 53 man roster.

What does he bring??? Great attitude, leadership, hard worker, just an all around great positive locker room guy who will be a great example to the rookies and everyone else for that matter. Word was BB lost some of the locker room last season, Timmy brings it back with being a good example.

Like it or not, Tebow is here to stay. Reason he didn't play against the Lions, another poor showing would be very hard to justify keeping him to the fans and media.

BB made Tebow the team chaplain...makes sense.

 

[Christiancat]

re: Tebow's NFL career may be coming to a sad end.

Belichick has had his mind made up long ago that Tebow will be on this 53 man roster.

What does he bring??? Great attitude, leadership, hard worker, just an all around great positive locker room guy who will be a great example to the rookies and everyone else for that matter. Word was BB lost some of the locker room last season, Timmy brings it back with being a good example.

Like it or not, Tebow is here to stay. Reason he didn't play against the Lions, another poor showing would be very hard to justify keeping him to the fans and media.

Not only is he a great leader, but he's also a good role model, lots of people love him, sells lots of jersey, and he can help the team. Anyways I hope you're right about him making the final 53.

 

[Joker]

re: Tebow's NFL career may be coming to a sad end.

I'm ****OO for CC Puffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[PatsFanInVa]

I really don't understand all this talk about "Win Now Mode" or "WIN NOW MODE," regardless of who we think is on the back 9. The reason Kraft had such a woody about BB was he understood the business of football and agreed with the Kraft approach. I don't think that approach is to run around screaming "the sky is falling."

In the last 13-14 years, there have been no fire sales, and no unaffordable free-agent binges. People with casual football interest would say "yeah how about Corey Dillon! How about Randy Moss! How about Wes Welker!" Every one of those guys came relatively cheap, especially when you count the "prove-it" years for Moss and Dillon.

Of course, that's all "before." "Now," Brady is 35, and everybody is suddenly a panicky little b1tch somehow... yet I see no signs of it.

I don't know what this "mode" is. I do know that in one sense, I have not seen a Pats team that didn't challenge for the title for a while. I guess they've been in WIN NOW MODE so long that it gets hard for me to tell when they REALLY MEAN IT.

They picked a guy up, he doesn't look like he's panning out. There might be a longer plan that I don't get... I don't know what I don't know, and September 1 I'll know more.

We only really have 1 question, is this a project about which they say "meh, it was worth a shot" after one preseason, or do they have a deeper commitment to the project.

What's the damn crisis? BB/Josh McD might want to take a while. They might have just said "he's got to show something by September." I honestly think he's gone 8/31 too. But the key is...

We. Do. Not. Know.

 

[manxman2601]

I really don't understand all this talk about "Win Now Mode" or "WIN NOW MODE," regardless of who we think is on the back 9. The reason Kraft had such a woody about BB was he understood the business of football and agreed with the Kraft approach. I don't think that approach is to run around screaming "the sky is falling."

In the last 13-14 years, there have been no fire sales, and no unaffordable free-agent binges. People with casual football interest would say "yeah how about Corey Dillon! How about Randy Moss! How about Wes Welker!" Every one of those guys came relatively cheap, especially when you count the "prove-it" years for Moss and Dillon.

Of course, that's all "before." "Now," Brady is 35, and everybody is suddenly a panicky little b1tch somehow... yet I see no signs of it.

I don't know what this "mode" is. I do know that in one sense, I have not seen a Pats team that didn't challenge for the title for a while. I guess they've been in WIN NOW MODE so long that it gets hard for me to tell when they REALLY MEAN IT.

They picked a guy up, he doesn't look like he's panning out. There might be a longer plan that I don't get... I don't know what I don't know, and September 1 I'll know more.

We only really have 1 question, is this a project about which they say "meh, it was worth a shot" after one preseason, or do they have a deeper commitment to the project.

What's the damn crisis? BB/Josh McD might want to take a while. They might have just said "he's got to show something by September." I honestly think he's gone 8/31 too. But the key is...

We. Do. Not. Know.

Close the thread. Best balanced analysis we've had in the last few weeks.

 

[ATippett56]

The Pats are getting very good players at good values. THAT is how you run an organization that wins REPEATEDLY over time. It's the recipe for SUSTAINED success.

The most popular single word Bill Belichick, during his tenure with the New England Patriots, has emphasized is VALUE. Whether that pertains to the draft or contracts, it does not matter.

If the Miami Dolphins are idiots to pay wide receiver Mike Wallace an exhorbitant contract at the expense of a starting left tackle, that does not mean the other 31 teams should do so for the remaining unrestricted free agent wide receivers. In the meantime, Tannehill will either run for his life on the majority of pass plays or end up in a body cast at a local Miami hospital.

Sebastian Vollmer's new contract is the epitome of highway robbery for the New England Patriots organization. Sebastian Vollmer is now the eighth highest paid right tackle in the NFL on an APY basis for who some consider the best right tackle in the NFL.

» Over the Cap- Top NFL Contracts: Right Tackle

Bill Belichick is more concerned about roster depth than doling the highest paid contracts for players at their respective positions. You don't always get what you pay for in unrestricted free agency, refer to the Washington Redskins on that topic.

However to state that "Bill Belichick is the walking antithesis of 'win now' mentality" is blatantly false when following offensive players are still on their rookie contracts:

Wendell - 2008 UDFA (two years practice squad)
Solder - 2011 Draft
Vereen - 2011 Draft
Ridley - 2011 Draft
Mallett - 2011 Draft (backup quarterback)
Cannon - 2011 Draft (backup right offensive guard/tackle)
Bolden - 2012 UDFA

Dobson - 2013 Draft
Boyce - 2013 Draft
Sudfeld - 2013 UDFA
Thompkins - 2013 UDFA

 

[manxman2601]

The most popular single word Bill Belichick, during his tenure with the New England Patriots, has emphasized is VALUE. Whether that pertains to the draft or contracts, it does not matter.

If the Miami Dolphins are idiots to pay wide receiver Mike Wallace an exhorbitant contract at the expense of a starting left tackle, that does not mean the other 31 teams should do so for the remaining unrestricted free agent wide receivers. In the meantime, Tannehill will either run for his life on the majority of pass plays or end up in a body cast at a local Miami hospital.

Sebastian Vollmer's new contract is the epitome of highway robbery for the New England Patriots organization. Sebastian Vollmer is now the eighth highest paid right tackle in the NFL on an APY basis for who some consider the best right tackle in the NFL.

» Over the Cap- Top NFL Contracts: Right Tackle

Bill Belichick is more concerned about roster depth than doling the highest paid contracts for players at their respective positions. You don't always get what you pay for in unrestricted free agency, refer to the Washington Redskins on that topic.

However to state that "Bill Belichick is the walking antithesis of 'win now' mentality" is blatantly false when following offensive players are still on their rookie contracts:

Wendell - 2008 UDFA (two years practice squad)
Solder - 2011 Draft
Vereen - 2011 Draft
Ridley - 2011 Draft
Mallett - 2011 Draft (backup quarterback)
Cannon - 2011 Draft (backup right offensive guard/tackle)
Bolden - 2012 UDFA

Dobson - 2013 Draft
Boyce - 2013 Draft
Sudfeld - 2013 UDFA
Thompkins - 2013 UDFA

I'd suggest that you both agree on a definition to "win now" before you go any further because it looks as though you both have very different ones.

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Close the thread. Best balanced analysis we've had in the last few weeks.

Thank you but this thread can never close. I want it to stay up years after Tebow is gone, assuming he goes... this grab-bag of screaming pro/anti-Tebow passion is just too damn entertaining.

If he's gone 8/31, I'll miss the guy LOL... As everybody's noted about 100 times, all of this on the 3rd string QB. It's fun. The signing's a head-scratcher... I think all this back and forth is just a communal cry of "Really?"

The mind fills in the missing pieces, the biggest one being "What were they thinking?"

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives...

 

[Joker]

oh ...don't worry...this thread will live on at least until the Florida Dept. Of Corrections goes over the computer records from their facility in Lake County ,Fla. and determines that one of their employees has been using state resources to threaten people on internet sports boards and engaging in fraudulent business activity with a known internet plagiarist.

This will be legendary.

 

[manxman2601]

Thank you but this thread can never close. I want it to stay up years after Tebow is gone, assuming he goes... this grab-bag of screaming pro/anti-Tebow passion is just too damn entertaining.

If he's gone 8/31, I'll miss the guy LOL... As everybody's noted about 100 times, all of this on the 3rd string QB. It's fun. The signing's a head-scratcher... I think all this back and forth is just a communal cry of "Really?"

The mind fills in the missing pieces, the biggest one being "What were they thinking?"

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives...

Do you think the NSA share this thread about the office for a good laugh?

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Manx, are you actually from the Isle of Man? I never considered it until the "about" rather than "around" in the last post. I thought you just had a cat with no tail.

 

[ATippett56]

re: Tebow's NFL career may be coming to a sad end.

Tebow's number was never called.

Thoughts............ .... Discuss

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[manxman2601]

Manx, are you actually from the Isle of Man? I never considered it until the "about" rather than "around" in the last post. I thought you just had a cat with no tail.

"Whichever way you throw me, I shall stand".

I'm half Manx but it's my better half

Just a cat with no tail! How very dare you.

Oldest permanently running parliament in the world and the best bike race in the world.

As you can tell, I'm very proud of my Manx heritage

 

[Batman]

re: Tebow's NFL career may be coming to a sad end.

BB has had a hard on over Tebow since he was coming into the draft but McDaniels took him so early meaning BB couldn't get him at decent value. This team normally only carries 2 QB's I think there is a plan for using Tebow other than QB and preseason has been smoke and mirrors by BB et al. If Tebow makes the 53 expect to see him all over the place. I don't see him making the team as 3rd QB so if he is here its for something else and I don't think bb will use a spot on a kid who is not in the teams plans.

 

[ATippett56]

Now the real reason Tim Tebow was signed by the New England Patriots:

There exists a "varment" issue at the practice fields!

 

[Afam]

There was no mention whatsoever in any media report that the New England Patriots placed a formal offer to Mike Wallace or Dwayne Bowe.

So once again, yet another arrogant Tebowite interjects in a thread that does not provide one shred of evidence contrary to pure speculation based upon a pathetic hypothetical scenario without any consideration whatsoever to the salary cap.

Why can't we just call tebow fans tebow supporters instead of tebowites. What's next, we are going to call Brady fans Bradybunch's or something for corny like that. Also tebow is making this team. He was signed as a project and not some guy to be cut in only three preseason games.

 

[Awesomo 3000]

oh ...don't worry...this thread will live on at least until the Florida Dept. Of Corrections goes over the computer records from their facility in Lake County ,Fla. and determines that one of their employees has been using state resources to threaten people on internet sports boards and engaging in fraudulent business activity with a known internet plagiarist.

This will be legendary.

You should be alright, as long as these people don't get involved.

I've heard that they're pretty good at dealing with Jets fans' condition, though. You'll be in good hands if they get ahold of ya.

heh heh...crazy Jet fan

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[reflexblue]

Why can't we just call tebow fans tebow supporters instead of tebowites. What's next, we are going to call Brady fans Bradybunch's or something for corny like that. Also tebow is making this team. He was signed as a project and not some guy to be cut in only three preseason games.

Why does this term make you feel like your in a Cult?