Jacksonville General Manager Does Not See Tim Tebow as a Jaguar, Career Over?
Last month, there were reports, obviously leaked from Tebow sources, that Tebow was likely to be a Jaguar in 2013. The team has an uncertain quarterback situation, was the only other team interested in a trade for Tebow last year, and is his hometown. The team also had no general manager at the time, so the rumors obviously weren’t coming from anyone who might be making the decision for the team.
Well, the new general manager, David Caldwell, came out today to put Tebow to Jacksonville to rest. The team’s official Twitter account had the following:
Caldwell: I can’t imagine a scenario where Tim Tebow would be Jacksonville Jaguar.
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@jaguars) January 10, 2013
That leaves the Jets or bust, unless there is some other team out there wanting to bring in a quarterback who cannot throw, wants to play quarterback, does not want to switch positions, and will grouse about being used as a gimmick. If people mention the Canadian Football League, laugh at them. He’s not going to go to a league that requires more passing on a wide open field.
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January 10th, 2013 at 4:53 PM
If people mention the Canadian Football League, laugh at them.
I can see going to the bar tonight and some guy says, “Send him to the CFL!” And then I pull out Jason Lisk Laugh card and laugh in his face.
January 10th, 2013 at 4:54 PM
Recruiting news is far more interesting.
The Brian Kelly interview fallout has begun. Anzalone has bolted and joined Florida.
January 10th, 2013 at 4:57 PM
Are the Jags allowed to comment on another player like that? I suppose it’s not direct tampering, but I was under the impression you can’t talk about stuff like that.
January 10th, 2013 at 5:01 PM
I was going to say ass kicking fallout, but then remembered Florida looked like dog shit themselves against Louisville
January 10th, 2013 at 5:11 PM
sounds like a prescription drug.
that’s a good question. I’d imagine it would be ok to say there is no way in hell we want this guy.
January 10th, 2013 at 5:13 PM
Anzalone
sounds like a prescription drug.
For anal warts.
January 10th, 2013 at 5:15 PM
Whoever that was that posted the Angry Nerd review of Superman 64, thank you. I laughed my ass off.
January 10th, 2013 at 5:16 PM
Anyone else read this as Analzone?
January 10th, 2013 at 5:19 PM
I thought Sicilian city abutting Corleone
January 10th, 2013 at 5:41 PM
What am I missing? Tebow is the guy who took over in Denver when their season was shot in the ass, and he led them to the playoffs. Can’t blame Denver for trading him away when they picked up Payton, but just the same, he deserves some respect. And Jacksonville, a team with major attendance problems which would instantly be solved with Tebow, doesn’t want him? There’s no franchise QB’s in this years draft, so what the hell is their plan? Tebow would be a major upgrade for them, and the price wouldn’t be high. Stupid is as stupid does.
January 10th, 2013 at 5:43 PM
Eyes? Brain? cool trolling though
January 10th, 2013 at 5:45 PM
An ability to properly correlate cause and effect.
January 10th, 2013 at 5:47 PM
Tebow is the guy who took over in Denver when their season was shot in the ass, and he led them to the playoffs
Tebow did? I swore it was their insanely good defense.
January 10th, 2013 at 5:51 PM
Anzalone
sounds like a prescription drug
Anyone else read this as Analzone?
Yo!
he deserves some respect.
For what?
I’m not anti-Tebow, but he’s achieved nothing in the NFL and there’s no indication that that will change anytime soon. And to bring him to your team is to bring all sorts of drama, scrutiny and second-guessing by his army of Tebowites.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:10 PM
No. I remember last season when Prater made that 62 yarder to win it for Denver, a bunch of people in Buffalo Wild Wings started chanting Tebow’s name. After Prater made a 62 yard field goal. They chanted Tebow’s name. I bet you were one of them.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:18 PM
“Tebow did? I swore it was their insanely good defense.” Come on, now. Be fair. If the “insanely good defense” was so good, how did they get in the toilet in the first place? You’ve forgotten all those crazy games where Tebow seemed to find a way to pull it out of his ass? About as much fun as football has ever been. The drama, the scrutiny…that’s New Yawk stuff. Ain’t gonna happen is Jacksonville. And what about it, no great QB in the draft, Gabbart ain’t got it, the stand are half full, if Tebow does flop, Jacksonville will be in good shape to draft Johnnie Football. And the town will love the team for bringing him in.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:20 PM
I remember a lot of bad quarterback play and not many points scored…also that those games were against bad teams, and needed Marion Barber to get stupid in order to beat the Bears
You must really like punting
January 10th, 2013 at 6:22 PM
If the “insanely good defense” was so good, how did they get in the toilet in the first place?
Are you for real?
January 10th, 2013 at 6:23 PM
Follow up question: why hasn’t anyone mentioned Magic?
January 10th, 2013 at 6:26 PM
The Bears playing prevent defense the last half of a meaningful game allowed the Broncos into the playoffs last year. Dick Lebeau not being able to draw up a scheme anymore and Ike Taylor being one of the most overrated players in the league allowed them to win a game.
Tebow had moments. But so many football people have looked at him and not seen anything worthwhile there.
Also unless I’m missing something, Chad Henne is ahead of Gabbert right now isn’t he? Gabbert is worse than Tebow I will give you that, but Henne is a much better option.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:27 PM
I’m usually okay with your Jets views but this is crazy. They brought Tebow in. Let’s not pretend the staff was stuck with him from a previous regime, and hid him on the bench. They traded an asset to make him the backup QB. That’s a Jets failure… Tebow was far from a ‘bad soldier’ in that mess. By your favorite metric, he’s a winning QB, and I’m not going to judge him by his lack of performance in the fucktastrophe of a Jets organization.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:28 PM
Theoretically, Tebow’s greatest strength should be low turnovers, but he fumbled the ball 13 times last season. I was surprised by such a high number.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:29 PM
This would worry me more than anything as GM. Not anything to do with Tebow, but the coverage of him. Hopefully that will go away. But ‘career over’ strikes me as insane.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:30 PM
Well, he did hang 300 passing yards on the Texans……..
January 10th, 2013 at 6:30 PM
The biggest insult I can hurl at Lisk: I really thought this was a bitter TBL post.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:30 PM
Lisk wrote this.
And if Tebow did refuse to play as it was reported, then yes, he’s a bad soldier.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:31 PM
I remember him completing 2 passes against the Chiefs, and they won that game. Now, one of those passes was a TD, but the point remains that he completed 2 passes in a game that he played the whole way. The Bears/Marion Barber debacle has been brought up, but seriously. Are you Skip Bayless?
January 10th, 2013 at 6:33 PM
A ref gave the Steelers a Superbowl. Asante Samuel’s hands gave Eli one. Settle down on the hypotheticals. I really don’t want to become a Tebow defender, but Joe Webb started a playoff game this year. I don’t think Tebow is unredeemable as a backup/situational QB, if it’s on a team with a strong front office/coaching staff with an ability to develop QBs.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:35 PM
Yeah I don’t pay attention to ESPN or the Jets, so I really paid little attention to this story. The Jets really did fuck with him though.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:36 PM
The Steelers defense couldn’t react to the Denver offense the entire game and Taylor blew the coverage on the game winning TD, that’s not a stretch. Nor is it a hypothetical as it is something that happened.
Tebow doesn’t want to be a situational QB and again, bringing in a backup who causes problems amongst the fans and the media is just dumb.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:36 PM
CAREER.OVER.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:37 PM
FWIW Den ran for 244 yds. Further evidence why it can’t work is that Den only attempted 8 passes. That’ll beat terrible teams who you can hold to ten pts, but nobody else.
http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=311113012
January 10th, 2013 at 6:38 PM
Nine months passed from when Tebow was acquired by the Jets and when they decided to not promote him to starter. Yeah they screwed up, but it’s clear the reason he didn’t get the job is that he did not show them anything to suggest he should.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:38 PM
Touche. Though you are suggesting he would have lost had ‘x’ not happened. Bad coaching and mistakes happen all the time.
If Tebow will only be a starting QB, then yeah, his career is over. I have a hard time seeing it right now.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:38 PM
Bullshit.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:39 PM
I’m not saying they would have lost, I’m saying that’s why they won.
Steelers would have lost that game anyway. Tebow was part of the offense that they couldn’t adjust to.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:40 PM
Why did they trade for him? Solely PR? It’s clear Ryan doesn’t like him as a qb
January 10th, 2013 at 6:42 PM
Well, the guy that traded him got shitcanned…if that helps solve this riddle.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:43 PM
Fuck if I know, that’s the screwup part obviously.
But they’re not obligated to play him. If they traded for him the day before the season starts and say listen you’re starting tomorrow, then cut him, yeah they fucked him over. But for the majority of the season he was the backup QB, I don’t feel bad for him at all.
Awful franchise, awful front office, awful QBs. No big surprise.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:43 PM
Rex has say on all personnel decisions. Tannenbaum got scapegoated
January 10th, 2013 at 6:43 PM
*traded for him
January 10th, 2013 at 6:44 PM
Of course not. Just typical dumb Jets wasting draft picks
January 10th, 2013 at 6:44 PM
Uh huh, and if I can obtain for you these animals?
January 10th, 2013 at 6:45 PM
Which they would have continued to waste on defense by drafting offensive players.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:45 PM
The games afoot, Trebek!
You know what though, count me in on the “Tebow deserves another chance” bandwagon. You really going to tell me he’d be worse than anyone Arizona, Jax, or KC tried to throw out there this year? Someone named Thaddeus Lewis played an entire NFL game this year, but Tim Tebow doesn’t deserve to go to a team that won’t try to just use him as media distraction/front office power play?
January 10th, 2013 at 6:46 PM
Well how about this…
They had feces at the QB position…took a chance on a guy for a low round draft pick as a possible replacement. Turns out he was just a bigger steamer than they already had…so they played Bama Bangs instead.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:47 PM
Hypothetical: RGIII is injured, and Jets offer Washington a first rounder + Tebow for Cousins.
With a good running game, a coach who actually coach, and an offensive coordinator who can actually coordinate an offense, could Tebow hold down the fort (say, 3-4) in the first two months of the year till RGIII is back?
January 10th, 2013 at 6:49 PM
This implies the Jets have some ability to develop and evaluate QBs. I refuse to accept this premise by you and moleman.
I’m basically saying that if this was 2001, they would have passed over Tom Brady to alternate Sanchez/McElroy, before Brady moved on to win Superbowls or whatever. So whether or not Tebow is any good, I’m not trusting the Jets’ opinion on the matter.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:51 PM
That’s basically a 1st rounder for Cousins. If I were WSH, I’d do it, w/o Teebz, and pick up some different QB scraps for 3-4 games.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:52 PM
You don’t have to. You’ve seen him play…so has every other front office in the league. He’s not good.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:53 PM
Too bad Al Davis is dead…
January 10th, 2013 at 6:54 PM
How poor was their scouting if they couldn’t assess that they’d never start him at qb? It was clear Tebow requires a reformatted offense to be effective. They had just extended Sanchez’s contract too. It never made sense.
Also, 4th round isn’t a low pick. There’s quality there.
January 10th, 2013 at 6:57 PM
not sure which is worse, bringing in Tebow in the first place or your trade proposition
January 10th, 2013 at 6:59 PM
Bad enough to get people fired.
Reformatted mechanics would be better.
January 10th, 2013 at 7:05 PM
/McGahee wide open in the flat 7 yards downfield
/Tebow overthrows him by 10 yards
January 10th, 2013 at 7:16 PM
So I’ve pointed out that Jacksonvile has empty seats, lousy QBs, and a lousy draft for QB’s this year. All true. And hometown hero Tebow, who deserves some credit for his efforts in Denver would be a good fix, maybe short term, but even that could lead to good thing for Jacksonville. Some problem with facts? For this someone thinks I’m Skip Bayless, another wants to know if I’m for real. Nice way to handle disagreement. And BTW didn’t SMU become a girl’s college after Dandy Don left?
January 10th, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Someone said that last years Broncos defense was insanely good last year? They were the most overrated defense in football.
January 10th, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Against the Vikings with no AP and a rookie QB, gave up 32
Against the Pats, gave up 41
Against the Lions, gave up 38
Against the Packers, gave up 49
Yean, insanely good Bronco defense!
January 10th, 2013 at 7:31 PM
Craig James killed five hookers. He bored them to death with stories about Tebow.
January 10th, 2013 at 7:32 PM
January 10th, 2013 at 7:36 PM
All the Tebowites blame everyone else instead of holding Tebow accountable for demanding to play QB/refusing to learn other positions. Fuck them.
January 10th, 2013 at 7:36 PM
Broncos 2011 Defense.
-Ranked 20th in yards allowed per game
-9th worst in points allowed per game
-18th in rushing yards allowed per game
-15th in passing yards allowed per game
January 10th, 2013 at 7:36 PM
I get what you’re saying, but during “Tebow’s” winning games, the defense gave up 24 to Oakland, 10 to Kansas City, 13 to NYJ, 13 to San Diego, 32 to Minnesota and 10 to Chicago. So while it probably is a mistake to say the Broncos defense is great, the Broncos did not win those games because Tebow was exactly lighting it up.
January 10th, 2013 at 7:37 PM
if you think the stadium would sell out solely due to Tebow being on the team, you’re smoking some awesome rock.
January 10th, 2013 at 7:37 PM
Tebow sucks. He just isnt very good and doesnt seem to want to learn to fix his mechanical issues.
That said, that Bronco defense was highly overrated last year.
January 10th, 2013 at 7:38 PM
Tebow’s season high passing game was 236 yards against the Bears, and that game went to OT. Against the 2011 Chiefs, he COMBINED for 129 passing yards in 2 full games. Yeah, he’ll solve the Jaguars offensive problems, no doubt.
January 10th, 2013 at 7:38 PM
Tebow deserves a ton of credit for them backing into the playoffs in the worst division in football. If he was so great, why couldn’t he beat a Pats team that had a worse defense than Denver? oh that’s right, Bill belichick isn’t a fucking moronic head coach like so many in the NFL
January 10th, 2013 at 7:40 PM
because noone ever had the balls to tell him otherwise, especially Urban who doesn’t actually care about the QB position
January 10th, 2013 at 7:40 PM
Maurice Jones-Drew would put a shiv in him during training camp
January 10th, 2013 at 7:41 PM
And then proceed to throw more accurate passes with a better delivery.
January 10th, 2013 at 7:43 PM
As a Bills fan, I would rather suffer with Ryan Fitzpatrick than have tebow on the team.
January 10th, 2013 at 7:47 PM
It would cause nothing but an unnecessary distraction. Tebow had a fantastic college career, just isn’t meant to be an NFL starting quarterback, and because of all the hype?ESPN slurping I don’t see why any team would want to bring him in as a backup.
January 10th, 2013 at 7:51 PM
i just don’t think he has worked hard enough in the pros. Tim is a nice guy but when he got to NY, he was more concerned with the publicity, etc. Perhaps that is partially the fault of his agent and his inner circle, but I feel TT knows exactly what he is doing. If he really cared about playing football, he would have improved his skills over the years.
January 10th, 2013 at 8:02 PM
That’s probably true. And if it’s correct that he said he didn’t want to be used in the wildcat anymore, there goes the whole “he’s the greatest leader/teammate ever!!” b.s.
January 10th, 2013 at 8:45 PM
Bodacious is either a 13 year old kid or an 85 year old man.
January 10th, 2013 at 9:03 PM
Who’s to say Tebow won’t come back faster, stronger, and better than Adrian Peterson?
January 10th, 2013 at 9:29 PM
The dude put on 20lbs of muscle in the off season to be more durable in the running game. At Florida ESPN had a segment about him working with a QB guru too clean up his mechanics. Hard work has never been the kids problem. Sometimes mechanics can’t be fixed no matter how hard you work. Nobody could change Vince Young or Byron Leftwich. I haven’t seen any progress from Braxton Miller or countless other uber athlete arm punters. Hell neither the Broncos or mighty Shannahan could ever teach Elway proper mechanics or the ability to throw a football with any semblance of touch. In fact the only two positive examples I can think of are Vick and RGIII and both of those guys had a natural throwing motion where the change came from footwork improvement. This isn’t just a QB issue either. How many flame throwing pitchers never pan out because they never learn to locate? Two years ago Derek Jeter tried to tweak his swing to quicken up and compensate for his declining natural skills. Dude worked all off season only to abandon that shit and go back to what was natural a couple weeks into the season. Undoing decades of muscle memory is insanely difficult, even for the hardest workers. Tebow just doesn’t have the skill set necessary to play in he NFL and no amount of hard work is going to change that.
January 10th, 2013 at 10:15 PM
Someone please take Codename Duchess’ comment and save it for whenever a Tebow post goes up and the Tebowites come out. That perfectly sums it up.
January 11th, 2013 at 1:33 AM
So Tim Tebow will never be a starting QB in the NFL. There are greater tragedies in life. I’d almost prefer the whole “will Favre retire” melodrama over the whole TT coverage… almost.
January 11th, 2013 at 8:38 AM
2013 prediction: Tebow doesn’t make an NFL roster so he does Dancing With the Stars. He can’t not being in the spotlight.
January 11th, 2013 at 8:54 AM
Nice kid. Throws like Naamah though, and that’s not good. A little too preachy, even for me.