RayClay
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Like Aaron Hernandez, Randy Moss, Albert Haynesworth? Couldn't resist.
...and i used to feel bad about your untimely death.
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Like Aaron Hernandez, Randy Moss, Albert Haynesworth? Couldn't resist.
You ever hear the saying "excuses are for failures"?
He has had 12 practices, and he participated in the mandatory organized team activities. Tebow has had more live game action than 50% of the current roster in is career.
But I really was going to make a pot for you. lol...and i used to feel bad about your untimely death.
Yeah, I've heard the saying. Good thing you weren't my football coach the last year I played. I hurt my foot the day before spring tryouts and I didn't do all that well. Was in the last 1/3rd of the group in the mile run and didn't do all that well in the wind sprints or gassers.
Next day, I returned to camp with my foot in a cast. Seems that I had broken 4 metatarsals the day before camp. Luckily for me I guess, my coach saw that as a reason for not doing to well the day before, as opposed to an "excuse".
He's had 12 days of camp. Pretty sure that actual practices didn't start until day 3. It would be different if we were talking about a few years ago before the new CBA rules.
Yeah, I've heard the saying. Good thing you weren't my football coach the last year I played. I hurt my foot the day before spring tryouts and I didn't do all that well. Was in the last 1/3rd of the group in the mile run and didn't do all that well in the wind sprints or gassers.
Next day, I returned to camp with my foot in a cast. Seems that I had broken 4 metatarsals the day before camp. Luckily for me I guess, my coach saw that as a reason for not doing to well the day before, as opposed to an "excuse".
He's had 12 days of camp. Pretty sure that actual practices didn't start until day 3. It would be different if we were talking about a few years ago before the new CBA rules.
Couldn't Edelman fill this emergency 3rd string QB role without tying up a roster spot? His throwing ability and accuracy couldn't be that much worse than Tebow's, though he lacks height.
I believe your post is on the right track but drawing the wrong conclusion.
I don't think there's a mystery here. I think we want a "mobile" guy running the scout team given how the league as a whole is trending. (Heck, even how our own division is trending.) When we wanted this in practice previously, we used Edelman as the "mobile" QB on the scout team. But Edelman is injury prone and clearly needs to focus more on his role as a receiver now that we have no AHern, Welker, etc.
I think we got Tebow to run the scout team and I think that's why we'll keep him too.
How many roster spots are we reserving for scout team simulators?
Given how many good players played some QB in high school or college we might have other candidates that can actually help the team during games and given what we saw last nigh, have better mechanics and decision making.
I believe your post is on the right track but drawing the wrong conclusion.
I don't think there's a mystery here. I think we want a "mobile" guy running the scout team given how the league as a whole is trending. (Heck, even how our own division is trending.) When we wanted this in practice previously, we used Edelman as the "mobile" QB on the scout team. But Edelman is injury prone and clearly needs to focus more on his role as a receiver now that we have no AHern, Welker, etc.
I think we got Tebow to run the scout team and I think that's why we'll keep him too.
I agree, but OTOH, if we do get bit by an injury bug, Tebow could definitely add value in a few spots. He's not as good as a backup at any of them (maybe even bad by NFL standards) but it might be like having a 3rd stringer at more than one position.
And I really do think as fans we underrate scout team QB. I suspect the value of that in practice is higher than we know. This is a team that practices with tennis rackets to simulate long armed defense players.
Or maybe not. Maybe he gets cut. But seeing how the NFL is going I think a "mobile" guy might be worth a roster spot even if it's not exciting for us on Sundays due to having the GOAT at QB.
I agree, but OTOH, if we do get bit by an injury bug, Tebow could definitely add value in a few spots. He's not as good as a backup at any of them (maybe even bad by NFL standards) but it might be like having a 3rd stringer at more than one position.
And I really do think as fans we underrate scout team QB. I suspect the value of that in practice is higher than we know. This is a team that practices with tennis rackets to simulate long armed defense players.
Or maybe not. Maybe he gets cut. But seeing how the NFL is going I think a "mobile" guy might be worth a roster spot even if it's not exciting for us on Sundays due to having the GOAT at QB.
Personally, I thought Mallet looked OK last night.
I see room for improvement, but he seemed to be aware, reasonably accurate and made good decisions.
Add value? More than a waiver wire player who has played whatever position you're talking about for an NFL team?
I'm not downplaying character, versatility or heart, but it's a business. There are few positions for special teams guys, so he needs to be either a QB or something else, and he isn't anything else, that i know of.