Keyshawn Johnson, former NFLer who's ego had always out-shined his playing ability, takes
exception to Urban's interest in his former qb star. Check out his little rant:
Keyshawn Johnson rants against Tim Tebow signing
By Riley GatesFri May 14 2021
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"Urban Meyer and the Jacksonville Jaguars have been negatively in the headlines over the last few weeks with the reports that the team is bringing in the former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and current ESPN analyst
Tim Tebow as a tight end for the Jaguars. While there are countless people who have criticized Meyer for the reported move, ESPN Radio host and former NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson went on a lengthy rant on Friday afternoon’s edition of
The Paul Finebaum Show.
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Urban Meyer decides he’s going to reach out, or whatever, his quarterback reached out to him from college in
Tim Tebow, who was a fabulous college quarterback, not so well in the pros, eight years removed,” Johnson began. “The theory or the thought is, ‘We’re going to work him out and possibly sign him.’ You know how many players are removed from the NFL in one, two, three years that could still play and not 34 years old, 33 years old, that can’t get a workout, can’t get a sniff because people just assume they don’t want to deal with them, for whatever reason? And
Tim Tebow gets the opportunity eight years removed, could get the opportunity, eight years removed. And not only at the position he was drafted at, (but) at another position he never played.
“It’s like me all of a sudden coming out of retirement and saying, ‘I want to play outside linebacker. I want to play safety.’ Something I’ve never done before. Now, all of a sudden,
Bill Belichick signs me, and I’ve never done it before, just because he knows me and I played for him with the New York Jets. It’s not right, it’s not fair, it’s not — and that’s why the stink. It has nothing to do with
Tim Tebow being polarizing. I think they would say this to anybody that was removed from the NFL for eight years, sitting on the sidelines that did not have an NFL career, and then all of a sudden, he gets another bite at the apple.
“Now, if you told me that Brett Favre wanted to come back and play, people would go, ‘Oh, he’s old, he probably can’t get away from anybody, but he’s Brett Favre and he can throw the football. Let’s take a look.’ Different. Big difference."
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Ah, poor Keyshawn! I remember one sports show where Keyshawn was quoted as seeing himself as the premier pass catcher in the league. Sports caster Deion Sanders then quipped, "Now let me tell you, Keyshawn isn't all that. Why, I could come out of this suit right now and cover Keyshawn". Not much longer after that, Sanders was back in the league, while Keyshawn's career flagged.
247Sports’ Nick Kosko contributed to this report
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