One of the many things that I love about sports is the fact that most things sports related are always open to discussions. Who is the best team of all time? Best player of all time? Which team is truly the better team? There are so many factors that go into sports that even when one team beats another, it does not necessarily give us an answer. Let me give you an example, Alabama beat Texas to claim this years National Championship in college football. Does that mean that Alabama is better than Texas just because they won the ballgame? "Of course it does." Texas lost the all time leader in wins in NCAA history on the 5th play of the game. The new quarterback was a true freshman. Does that change your opinion at all? That is neither here nor there because Alabama was the best team over the course of the season (don't try arguing this, I m trying to get to a point). So as you see there are many discussions to made on sports that will never be answered.
THIS ONE THING I KNOW!!!
Tim Tebow will not be a successful NFL quarterback. In fact, drafting Tim Tebow before the third round of the NFL Draft this April should be grounds for IMMEDIATE TERMINATION for any GM (I am really hoping he does great, we need more good guys in positions where they can use their fame to do good). But what a minute, "He is a winner, He knows how to win" you are all saying. Good point, he did win more than he lost while at Florida, however, he was playing with the best of the best athletes in the country, and he was often doing it against guys who were not qualified to be the 2nd string on the team for which he played. Most weeks, the best team Tim Tebow saw was the scout team he worked against in practice.
"But what about the stats he put up in college? Any GM would be crazy to pass on that." Interesting you mention that. Very impressive numbers, he owns the SEC record for most career td's. Scoring touchdowns is what the game is about. However, he was a 67% passer in an offense that was built on short timing routes. His yards are misleading b/c for 2 years he had Percy Harvin and Luis Murphy making short 3 yard slants go for 60 and 70 yards. His senior year, without the explosive play makers, He had his lowest QB Rating, Fewest Interceptions, and Most sacks of his Florida career. But "what about the running ability, He can make things happen with his legs." His numbers look great, but in the NFL there are no Charleston Southern, Troy, or Florida Internationals to play. You will be playing against Ray Lewis, Lamar Woodley, and Patrick Willis...let's just say the punishment he will take week in and week out is a little different at the next level.
Go ahead, I know what you are thinking "He will be HUGE for Ticket sales. You have to sale tickets man." (BTW...thank you to all of you Tebow homers for helping with the research for this column, you know who you are). Tim Tebow has never played in a situation where he has had to take snaps under center, how easy is that to learn? He has never had to deal with making reads while taking a 5 step drop? How easy is that to learn? He has never had to deal with failure CONSISTENTLY, how will he respond? All of these things tell me he will not be very good early on, and if that is the case, Why would people come and watch? He's Tim Tebow. After the 3rd game where he has 3 fumbles b/c he cant take the exchange with the center, 3 sacks b/c he can't find the open guy while he is moving, and a 3 game losing streak, the fans will be calling for whoever the fortunate soul is to be his back up for the 1st few years. "But it's a project you say. We are building towards the future." That is why your teams GM will be fired on Thursday April 22 (draft day as I like to call it). YOU CAN NOT DRAFT A PROJECT IN ROUND ONE!!! You are telling your fans, we expect to not make the playoffs this year. We are accepting failure this year, but wait til next year we will get them then. Great, I will wait til next year to buy my tickets.
Unfortunately, some poor soul will think they are smarter than me (and they are, that's why they are running an NFL Team and I am typing away on a keyboard). However, MARK MY WORDS, whoever ends up making this mistake, the Browns', the Jags, the Lions )why not they took WR's 3 years in a row), or someone else who is destined to fail, will have a MEDIOCRE DRAFT AT BEST!!!
Until next time...
BTW...Next week will be an entire week dedicated to the best of the Super Bowl. Please check back and feel free to post your comments. I look forward to hearing from you.
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