When Will We Stop Talking About Tim Tebow?

Seriously, it continues to be beyond my understanding why people can't stop talking about him. It was a lot more understandable when he was in Florida, winning national championships and a Heisman trophy, but it's been quite a while since then. It just seems like people are using the memories of those years to try and keep this mania going.

Don't get me wrong, Tebow did some amazing things when he was in college, but let's remember that Tebow wouldn't be the first Heisman trophy winning quarterback that didn't succeed in the pros. Hell, he wouldn't be the first quarterback that had a good college career that hasn't seen success in the pros. They are two completely different worlds, especially at the quarterback position, and to argue that he will automatically be successful as a pro simply because of his college career is just plain ignorant.

I've written about Tebow before, especially when he was in Denver as a part of my beloved Broncos. Back then about how the Tebow-maniacs needed to calm down and be fans of the team and not just Tebow, but now I think it's fair to go ahead and stop talking about him entirely.

I don't think there has ever been so much unnecessary coverage of a backup quarterback. He's a distant memory in Denver thanks to one Peyton Manning, and is already pretty much a memory in New York. Tebow was never promoted to the starting position in New York the way he shamelessly was in Denver, so people (and this includes ESPN) continue to call for him to start in such a shameful manner. Claiming that he's a "bad practice" player but will get the job done when it matters. All I have to ask those people is how many of Tebow's professional games have they actually watched?

They will, naturally, point to his many come back victories in Denver and his one solid game in all of his starts against the Steelers in the playoffs. They will naturally forget the 55 minutes of those games that he couldn't do anything, and also forget the several games where he was terrible the whole 60 minutes and the Broncos were completely blown out. That is the worst part about Tebow, his fans and their selective memories. We get that you like him, he's a likable guy, but be realistic about him for crying out loud. He ran an offense in Denver that was successful in spite of him, not because of him.

Not one of his coaches in the pros has done anything to show that they have any faith in him as a true NFL quarterback. Now be sure you're reading that right. Not a quarterback who is in the NFL, an NFL quarterback. This is a passing league now. Being able to run is a great thing and people will point now to guys like RGIII, Russell Wilson, Colin Kaepernick and even Andrew Luck to a certain extent and say, but those guys run, why is it okay for them? The answer, of course, is not that difficult to anybody but the blind Tebow sheep. Because each and every single one of those guys is also capable of throwing the ball accurately on a consistent basis, and Tim Tebow is not.

So, with Tebow about to be unceremoniously dumped from his second team in as many years, I am now pleading the entire sports world for one simple thing. STOP TALKING ABOUT TIM TEBOW!!! Let him slip into anonymity. Take this giant spotlight off of him for one second and allow him to not be the center of attention, it might be good for him. All around he is being told that he's ready and he doesn't need to learn to become an NFL quarterback by his flock of blind sheep and his inner circle.

The best possible thing that could happen to Tim Tebow is for him to be released from the Jets and not be signed on by a single NFL team. Let him go to the CFL and try to earn his stripes there because if he can't do it there, then it is absolutely and completely clear that he will never, and I mean ever, do it in the NFL. Either that, or he can drop his overly prideful position of only wanting to play quarterback and accept the fact that he'd be better off as a fullback or tight end.

Sadly, neither of those things will happen. Instead, he'll end up in Jacksonville, which is appropriate as well.  A joke player on a joke franchise. Fitting.

Been A Whiile

Hey folks!

It has been quite a while since I've written anything on this blog, but I do want to make sure that I get back to writing here again.

For a long time I've been writing almost all of my hockey related stories over on Bleacher Report. I am taking a bit of a break from writing with them for a while, and will be doing some writing with The Hockey Writers as well.

I have missed being able to write about football or some other sports and would like to jump back on the old Sin Bin once again to write some more on football and others. So thanks for sticking around, and hopefully I'll have some more to write about in the coming days!