Player Signing Why did this team sign Tebow?

[ausbacker]

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

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.

How?

10 char.

 

[reflexblue]

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

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I don't think TT situation has been discussed enough :behindsofa:

 

[ATippett56]

He was signed as a project and not some guy to be cut in only three preseason games.

Correction: four

 

[ATippett56]

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

Maybe they prefer to be called "Heaven's Gate" instead.

 

[ATippett56]

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

I don't think TT situation has been discussed enough :behindsofa:

Are you hiding behind the couch in fear of an errant football thrown by a certain third string quarterback?

If so, hide the fine china as well!

 

[reflexblue]

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

Are you hiding behind the couch in fear of an errant football thrown by a certain third string quarterback?

If so, hide the fine china as well!

I don't think he could hit me if he tried. And its not just the china its everything.

Fox Sports 1 show unveils 'Tebow Jar'

Fox Sports 1 show unveils 'Tebow Jar'

Maybe they should have on here. Every time someone post 'Tebow' they have to donate a nickle, then after he gets cut its donated to charity.

 

[RobAllan]

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

That's odd, I think his lack of playtime is a strong indication he makes the team, not the other way around.

 

[DarrylS]

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.

When has BB ever cared about justifying anything to the fans and media??

If he makes the team, it is because he earned it, not to avoid media or fan scrutiny... anything else is delusional thought.

You do not keep a guy on the roster because he is a positive influence in the locker room...

 

[reflexblue]

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

That's odd, I think his lack of playtime is a strong indication he makes the team, not the other way around.

As what the ball boy?..... If Brady, VW,Mayo,Ninko, etc are out there shouldn't TT.

 

[grux]

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.

Why not offer him a coaching position?

 

[Julius]

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

Mallet had a grand total of 4 whole drives iirc ? Our 2nd/3rd string defense couldn't stop a damned thing and Detroit controlled the clock for most the second half.

That's why Tebow didn't play.

Also, you need an apostrophe in "Tebow's career."

 

[Wrath Mania]

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

Word was BB lost some of the locker room last season.

Source? 10char

 

[MassPats38]

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

Not sure where reports that BB lost the locker room came from in the posts above (see the Lawyer Milloy cut stories in early 2003 and the associated "lost the team" claim before a season ending with a Super Bowl win if there is a legitimate story saying that somewhere). An actual link to a story would be helpful with such a claim, or most will believe that it is simply fiction to support a poor argument.

As for the story associated with the OP, the third game has historically been for the starters, not necessarily the whole 53 on the roster. If there are trends in the third preseason game with regard to the appearance of 3rd string QBs in that game, which would appear to have limited opportunities and therefore fewer opportunities given the time for starters, it isn't offered in the story.

The not so impressive revelation from this game would appear to be Brady, not Tebow, is the starting QB. Whether Tebow makes the roster or not, his non-appearance in the third game would appear to be a non-story in regard to his roster status. Another Tebow story - another million clicks.

 

[stcjones]

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

Believe me....if he LOST Welker last year...there's a good chance he lost some other guys in there...probably why Lloyd and some others are gone Doubt you'll find any direct sources on this one...other than welker tho


QUOTE=Wrath Mania;3527332]Source? 10char[/QUOTE]

 

[50-yard-line]

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

At first I thought they had brought Tebow in to get creative. Can he play the H-back role? Things like that - heck, long-snapper, whatever.

They'd work him at QB, too, but he'd have to find another way to contribute, as I don't see them keeping three STRICTLY QB's. The NFL rosters are too thin to keep three these days, and you can pick a JAG off the street if need be.

With one preseason game left, the only thing Tebow's done other than be be absolutely miserable at QB, is protect the punter. If they had other plans for him, they would have to have tried it out, right?

I don't see it. And I don't see cutting someone with the upside of a Bolden, or someone you really might need in short order like Hooman or Fells, to keep a project who's really showing little.

When he came here, I was hoping he'd find a way to stick. I like Tebow's attitude and perspective (not the proselytizing crap, but the rest of it).

I just don't see it. Especially with the emergence of Sudfeld and the quality of the five backs.

Washington, Bolden, Blount, Hooman, Fells, Ballard - one of these guys is possibly gone, even if you cut Tebow. If you keep him, almost surely one of them gets cut.

Which? How do you justify that?

That said, it's BB's team and his is the only voice that matters.

 

[Remarker]

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

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DETROIT – Tim Tebow spent most of this Thursday night – perhaps one of his fleeting few remaining as an NFL quarterback – standing near the 50-yard line of the New England Patriots sideline.

When the Pats were on defense, he'd sometimes casually flip a ball around by himself. When they were on offense, he'd put his helmet on, ready to go in – whether at QB or any other position the coaching staff might request.

"You just prepare yourself and be ready for whenever your number is called," Tebow said.

Tebow's number was never called.

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

Mine are:

--The author of the article, Dan Wetzel, the proclaimed 'Yahoo Expert' is using the name of a popular 3rd string QB in an article so his 'posted on the net' work (cough cough, I'd call it drivel) will get viewer hits.

--That many of the same ole Tim trashers are in this thread making sure that no opportunity to trash Tim goes ignored.

--That some of the commenters in this thread that speculate as to what BB is doing didn't read BB's 'posted on Patriots.com' conference call transcript or they would likely have a better understanding of why the game went the way it did.

That transcript contains information like:

--Q: For those of us who weren’t there last night, can you update us on why Vince Wifork didn’t play?
BB: We just didn’t put him in. That's why.
Q: Because?
BB: Because there were other players who played.

--Q: Unless I'm mistaken, Shane Vereen and Brandon Bolden didn’t play in the first half after fumbling. Was that sending them a message?
BB: Was it sending them a message? Our message has been the same here from day one that ball security is of the highest priority for anybody that handles the ball – that’s a message from day one. I think that message has been delivered on a daily basis since we started practicing back in May. I don’t think there are any new revelations about that message. Ball security is very important to anybody who handles the ball in any situation. There can be no mistake about the importance of it. There can be no mistake about that message. That message has been delivered ad nauseam.

 

[sb1]

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.

Right.

And why haven't you seen a Pats team not contend this century (2008 notwithstanding)? We have #12 and his coach. The bar for success is nothing less than rings with those two. So it's all about giving us the team the best chance to win TODAY. Not next year. Not when a certain QB project becomes Steve Young....lolololol. Today.

Spin it, slice it, dice it, mix it up all ya want.. this is a win now team with Brady and BB. While the bar is at "rings"... winning now is what it's all about. Period. That is not an opinion, that is a fact. There really isn't any point trying to argue against what is fact.

Now about this so called "panic" and why some like me think it's important to try and WIN NOW... First of all Brady is 36 not 35. I know we all want Brady to be here forever but that just won't happen. Joe Montana's last season in the NFL was when he was 38. John Elway's last season was when he was 37. So was Marino's. So was Steve Young's. So was Jim Kelly's. Aikman and Bledsoe were only 34 (although they could have stuck around). The decline is inevitable, it happens to all the greats. Father Time spares nobody. Brady can talk as much as he wants about playing till he's in his 40's, and I certainly hope he does if he keeps playing at this level... but I don't think he wants to end his career looking like a horse that needs to be taken behind the barn. He's a competitor, with nothing left to prove.

I don't want to know what this team will look like with no QB after Brady goes.
The future looks ugly in that area. So while #12 and the coach is here and #12 is playing at a high level for however longer that lasts, I wanna see them have the best team possible to get at least one more ring.

Translation: Win now, please.

Yup.

 

[sb1]

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.

I believe the term was "Brady's ladies" when the whole Brady-Bledsoe debate was going on....

 

[sb1]

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

Word was BB lost some of the locker room last season

Word from who? Source please.

 

[sb1]

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

Mallett needed the work.

There was no point putting the QB3 in the game.