Jags release Tim Tebow; haters rejoice

[soflagator]

Boy, look at Circle, just givin it to Ox.

 

[NovaGator]

This:

Should Tebow have realized long ago that the kind of breakthrough to stardom he wanted wasn’t coming and given it up for a full-time television gig? Why? If the chance is there, however slim, why not try?

Say what you like about Tebow, but he was never frightened to make the attempt, never put off by the harsh words, the scoffing doubters or the mean tweets.

Barring a new beginning in curling or dodgeball or lacrosse or whatever, Tebow departs the field of play as a guy who gave it every chance. Not everyone can say that, though everyone would like to. The internet humor will keep on coming at Tebow, and it’s OK to laugh along with the funny ones, but whatever social media says, the joke’s not on him.

Martin Rogers is a columnist for FOX Sports and the author of the FOX Sports Insider Newsletter. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

Probably not going to happen anytime soon. ESPN pays Tebow three times what Savage makes at Florida.

I thought about this...He made more at SEC/ESPN then the FAGS Jags would have paid him.

 

[GatorJB]

He tried, it didn't work out, but there are plenty of other things that have worked out well for him. That's life. We all have successes and failures. And while I wished it would have worked out for him, I think the world more so needs an example of someone man enough to take a risk of public ridicule and then managing the failure and ridicule gracefully after it didn't work out.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

Seriously? You're so predictable. You take anything short of adoration (for Tebow or you) as hatred. At this point, I can't tell if you're truly that blind or if this is just performance art.

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[NOLAGATOR]

He tried, it didn't work out, but there are plenty of other things that have worked out well for him. That's life. We all have successes and failures. And while I wished it would have worked out for him, I think the world more so needs an example of someone man enough to take a risk of public ridicule and then managing the failure and ridicule gracefully after it didn't work out.

THIS

 

[gatormandan]

Tim is in tip top shape and has a nice wife and home and makes good money doing everything he does and has given more to charity and a bunch of other meaningful causes than most. He practices what he preaches and never waivers. He stands tall thru all the criticism and lets it roll off while using it to grow stronger. He has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of and his haters simply continue to show their ignorance each time they speak. Tim will always be a success in life no matter what he decides to do. Any one that takes shots at him are either flat out jealous or they hate his faith. No surprise there.

 

[Gatorup!]

He went out with class. No reason to knock him for not making it.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

Tim is in tip top shape and has a nice wife and home and makes good money doing everything he does and has given more to charity and a bunch of other meaningful causes than most. He practices what he preaches and never waivers. He stands tall thru all the criticism and lets it roll off while using it to grow stronger. He has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of and his haters simply continue to show their ignorance each time they speak. Tim will always be a success in life no matter what he decides to do. Any one that takes shots at him are either flat out jealous or they hate his faith. No surprise there.

AMEN

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

He'll return to his cushy SEC Network gig.

He sleeps with and bangs the hell out of a Miss Universe every night.

He helps the less fortunate.

Human debris like Colin Cowherd and Steven A(sshole) Smith can **** off.

 

[rogdochar]

Now Tim can continue to really be an All-American example of zero pretenses. Thank Goodness we have him and that Goodness is why he has us. Tim feared no failure because failure could not intrude on his mind - a state of mind so few can understand. The least to understand are driven to ridicule. All the while Tim understands them.

Of all sports stars, Tim has spent & sent more wealth to others. One of those very rare celebrities who gave & shared wealth before he had it made. Always make a note of that about Tim Tebow.

He will stride most helpfully into continued future Goodness for others. He is that leader that follows the greatest guide. Many sports fans will be added to by many, many more helping disciples this spiritual man will continue to recruit. Tim has kept his true calling and that's the field he still excels upon. Many seasons to come.

 

[Scott512]

He'll return to his cushy SEC Network gig.

He sleeps with and bangs the hell out of a Miss Universe every night.

He helps the less fortunate.

Human debris like Colin Cowherd and Steven A(sshole) Smith can **** off.

It's Colin Cowturd a nobody who sits on his ass for a living. I keep hoping the ratings for the shows on FS1 and bspn keep getting lower and lower and then these idiot owners and management keep paying the talent more and more. Just like the nba does. NFL too.

 

[Scott512]

Does anyone remember why the Tim Tebow Denver to Jacksonville trade did not go through in 2012 or 2013? Was that Tim's fault was it his agent's fault? Where did Tebow end up the Jets? That's where NFL players go to die.

I remember being at the other board then and there was a headline and their sports forum that Tebow was traded to the jaguars and I was elated. Of course it really didn't happen and Tim's NFL career went downhill from there. He could have gone to abjaguars front office position with the if he had been traded to them 9 years ago.

Maybe it's for the best for his life that Tebow got cut by Urban. He can get on with his life and not have to worry about an injury specifically a brain injury because running over the middle catching passes he would not know how to evade hard charging safeties and linebackers as a tight end..

I think it was a mistake to try out as a third string tight end instead of a third string quarterback and short yardage specialist. But whatever it's done and good luck to Tim. As others have pointed out he is married to a Miss Universe.

I hope Tim goes back to the SEC network and does analysts work there I don't really want him at bspn anymore because I despise the so-called talent at that Network especially Smith and kellerman and to a lesser extent Molly Rose. I think I despise the bspn people even more than the FS1 talking heads like Turd, Sharpe Skip etc. It's sad but sports talk shows have turned into. I truly hope all those shows keep tanking just like the ratings in the NBA.

 

[Bullag8r]

In this clip of Skip and Shannon starting at the 8:00 minute mark Skip says Meyer knew that Tim would have a steep learning curve and that the early cut shows that Meyer was never willing to give Tim a chance to learn the position. Based on reliable inside information Tim was shocked to be cut so soon. Skip says that if Meyer wasn't willing to give him more time to learn the position or try to use him in a special offensive package and that Tim was not used on special teams shows that Meyer never really gave Tim a chance and should not have signed him. Watch and come to your own conclusions.

 

[TheDouglas78]

Does anyone remember why the Tim Tebow Denver to Jacksonville trade did not go through in 2012 or 2013? Was that Tim's fault was it his agent's fault? Where did Tebow end up the Jets? That's where NFL players go to die.

I remember being at the other board then and there was a headline and their sports forum that Tebow was traded to the jaguars and I was elated. Of course it really didn't happen and Tim's NFL career went downhill from there. He could have gone to abjaguars front office position with the if he had been traded to them 9 years ago.

Because Rex Ryan promised Tim a real shot at being the backup quarterback. No other team according to interviews Tim did, was really willing to give him the shot to be the #2 guy.

 

[oxrageous]

In this clip of Skip and Shannon starting at the 8:00 minute mark Skip says Meyer knew that Tim would have a steep learning curve and that the early cut shows that Meyer was never willing to give Tim a chance to learn the position. Based on reliable inside information Tim was shocked to be cut so soon. Skip says that if Meyer wasn't willing to give him more time to learn the position or try to use him in a special offensive package and that Tim was not used on special teams shows that Meyer never really gave Tim a chance and should not have signed him. Watch and come to your own conclusions.

Meyer didn't have to give Tim a spot in camp at all. Certainly no one else would have.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Seriously? You're so predictable. You take anything short of adoration (for Tebow or you) as hatred. At this point, I can't tell if you're truly that blind or if this is just performance art.

This is just so typical of you - you look at this board and think you're the universe. Frankly, I suspect most of the people here aren't sufficiently emotionally invested in other members to despise, or have feelings at all, about them. That's just you, who think your personal fiefdom should come with obsequious fealty. There is little about you other than your constant threats to ban people who don't pretend they love you that puts you in a position to tell anybody how other people feel.

It may be time to acknowledge message boards just aren't for you.

 

[soflagator]

It may be time to acknowledge message boards just aren't for you.

Who are you to suggest what's good or bad for him? You don't even know him!

 

[G. Gordon Gator]

In this clip of Skip and Shannon starting at the 8:00 minute mark Skip says Meyer knew that Tim would have a steep learning curve and that the early cut shows that Meyer was never willing to give Tim a chance to learn the position. Based on reliable inside information Tim was shocked to be cut so soon. Skip says that if Meyer wasn't willing to give him more time to learn the position or try to use him in a special offensive package and that Tim was not used on special teams shows that Meyer never really gave Tim a chance and should not have signed him. Watch and come to your own conclusions.

I agree with Skip's take on that. I too felt that the whole "tight end" thing was basically an excuse to sign him to use as a gadget player. "Surely if any NFL coach could get any use out of him it would be Urban Meyer," was Skip's thinking and mine as well. I figured Urban might use Tim in a way similar to how he used him in his freshman year, with Chris Leak.

So in that context it makes no sense to cut him after just one preseason game because he supposedly wasn't performing well at the TE position, which wasn't really going to be his position anyway. Like Skip I am now confused about why Urban signed Tim in the first place.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

I agree with Skip's take on that. I too felt that the whole "tight end" thing was basically an excuse to sign him to use as a gadget player. "Surely if any NFL coach could get any use out of him it would be Urban Meyer," was Skip's thinking and mine as well. I figured Urban might use Tim in a way similar to how he used him in his freshman year, with Chris Leak.

So in that context it makes no sense to cut him after just one preseason game because he supposedly wasn't performing well at the TE position, which wasn't really going to be his position anyway. Like Skip I am now confused about why Urban signed Tim in the first place.

Agree GGG...it worked well in N.O.

I think Urban got WOKED. Too much pressure. I could not believe how many were against the move.

And the giddiness when he failed really caught me off guard.

I think Urban caved under pressure. MSM was intense.