Can someone explain how Tim Tebow won Heisman and why he sucks now?

None of those guys were terrible either with the exception of Salaam and Dayne; Rozier was a 2 time Pro Bowler, White a 1 time Pro Bowler, Cappeletti played for 10 years in the NFL, and Griffin played 7.

I think the thing with Tebow is that he looks really terrible; there’s an article on bleacherreport.com this morning about how he’s actually declined in skill over the past few years somehow.

It’s not like he’s a competent backup QB a-la Steve DeBerg or Jon Kitna, he’s just some guy who has a lot of hype and not so much in the skills department.

That bleacherrrport.com article is brutal. Scouts are now saying that they don’t recognize him as the Tebow who came out of Florida. He is not even being considered fit for CFL or AFL. That is a sad decline. The speculation is that there may be undisclosed physical issues from his playing days in Florida and Denver.

A friend has a video rental place; he’ll pay a tad over minimum wage if he’s willing to sign autographs and do midnights every other. Pass it on.

This bears repeating. He has no business taking snaps, but I still loved watching Timmy run for Denver.

As a Chefs fan, that draft pick brought me a tremendous amount of joy. It was sad seeing Denver come to their senses and get rid of both Tebow *and *McDaniels. They couldn’t have kept at least one of them?!

Warren Moon, who knows a thing or two about the CFL, was one of the few people saying all along that Tebow couldn’t cut it in Canadian football. He’s always said that, contrary to widespread belief in the USA, the CFL is all about passing, and Tebow doesn’t throw nearly well enough to make it there.

It’s not too surprising. He hasn’t played, for one.

But other than that, he’s been working on changing his throwing motion. Not that his natural throw is anything but ugly, but his new motion is this unnatural mutant combination of his natural motion and a prototypical QB motion.

For better or worse, he would have been better off as a QB sticking with his ingrained mechanics. Not that it would have made him even an average NFL QB, but it wouldn’t be quite as painful to watch. I guess he didn’t have much choice. His old throwing mechanic gets eaten alive by pass rushers, and he’d have an incredible number of strip sacks.

At least he can still run.

Give us a break, eh? We’re only halfway through preseason and we’re running out of starters. I love Bailey, for instance, but we need to stop depending on him–the guy’s awesome, but he’s a dinosaur. Losing Dumerville should have cost someone their job.

Its God’s Will.
“Thou Shalt Sucketh So Mucheth that drunken maids who’d raise green shirts to flash derelicts peeing on hubcaps in the parking lots while chanting “Jets Jets Jets” Shalt Turn Their Backs On Thee!!!

Of course to be fair, the jury is still out on Cam Newton and Robert Griffin III, both of whom are very good NFL starting QBs who have active chances to win playoff games.

As for the subject in question, there is no doubt whatsoever that Tebow deserved the Heisman. Just look at his college stats: Link. At times he looked like a man among boys. Now in the NFL all the others are as big and strong as him, so technique determines success, and Tim’s techniques need a lot of work.

It’s starting to sound like Tebow’s career is in hospice…

Thank you, USA Today for the breaking news alert that the Patriots released their 3rd string quarterback. Tebow can now start a mega church or get involved in far right wing politics, he has no business in the NFL

It’s time for Tebow to get a job in broadcasting. I can’t imagine any other team signing him now.

I hear the Jets need a QB :eek:

Have you heard him speak? He has a squeaky voice and he is not a smart or funny person. His broadcasting career would be as big a disaster as his NFL career.

It says sad things about our prospects for this season, but the Buffalo Bills should probably sign Tebow at this point.

If God wants to give the world a sign, getting the Bills into the playoffs would certainly be seen as an indisputable miracle.

He did, the Giants in 2007. :smiley:

Isn’t there any team that still focuses on the run? That’s where Tebow could shine. Either handing off or running the ball himself. He does ok on short screen passes too.

He just needs to get plugged into that run style of offense.

Not a single one. It’s not a winning strategy.

Even if it were, there are better players, i.e. ones who can run AND pass better, like RGIII, Russell Wilson, Colin Kaepernick, Cam Newton, etc.

At this point, trying to get Tebow to fit as a QB means building a team around him and also coming up with excuses for why college QBs with better skills shouldn’t be taken in the draft to replace him in a year.

It doesn’t make sense unless the goal of your team is “give Tebow an excuse to be in the NFL, despite skill or desire to win”.

He was a legend in college because he was legitimately that good. By any objective criteria, he’s one of the 5 most successful college football players ever; he did more – WAY more – as a collegian than all of those guys. He was the most popular player on a national championship team as a true freshman, and went on from there; he was a nationally known for all four years, which is extremely rare. THAT was what started the hype machine.

What made it go nuts was both the people who loved him (Evangelicals, but also lots of Skip Bayless “he’s a winner!” types) AND the people who hated him. Conflict drives TV ratings, and takes both sides.

Yeah, i saw the play. It wasn’t clear to me whether his timing was off or Sanchez’ … but in any event taking a guy who’s never run patterns in a game in his life, giving him a few reps, and then expecting him and the QB to successfully execute a sideline timing route is a coaching mistake more than anything.