NFL, New York Jets, Tim Tebow
No one knows exactly how many times Tim Tebow has to make it painfully clear that he's not fit to be an NFL quarterback, but throw last night's game into the pile of examples of his utter ineptitude throwing the football.Tebow threw 14 passes, only 4 of which were caught. That gives him a total of 13 completions in 36 passing attempts over the course of 3 preseason games.
Of course, preseason games aren't completely indicative of what will happen in the regular season, but individual performances can usually be evaluated pretty well.
There's no way about it... Tebow has been an awful passer. This is nothing new, for anyone who has been paying attention. He was a poor passer in Denver, even when the team was winning games.
At this point, the Jets' insistence on giving him the ball is to their own detriment. Fellow backup QBs Greg McElroy and Matt Simms might be viable options to be the Jets' 2nd QB behind Mark Sanchez, but they haven't been given a real opportunity to show their skills.
If Sanchez goes down at some point, the Jets will be in serious trouble. It might be some people's dream, but the Tim Tebow era in New York would result in one of the most atrocious offenses in league history.
Guyism summed it up pretty well, with the following two GIFs, which demonstrate the best and worst of Tebow against the Panthers:
In the first one, you can see Tebow doing what he does best: making something out of nothing, and running for a 1st down on 3rd and 16.
In the second one, you can see what Tebow does worst: Throwing the football.
There were no Jets receivers in sight. He just threw it straight to the defender. His accuracy is obviously an issues, but this was more than that. This was horrible decision making.
When you look at these two plays, along with the rest of his NFL career, it's clear that Tim Tebow simply isn't cut out to be a starting quarterback.
Maybe he can play tight end, running back, H-back, or something else. But this guy just isn't a quarterback.
We'll see how long it takes the Jets to realize that.
8/27/12 | jaysinw | 4678 respect
1) Sure, he was playing with backups. But he was playing AGAINST 3rd string players too. If he's as good as people think, he should have excelled. And he didn't. Let's not pretend that he's some sort of precision passer, and just the victim of drops and bad routes. Even YOU know that's not the case.
2) His numbers sucked EVERY game. He (and the Jets as a whole) can't seem to get into the end zone at all. There hasn't been any game where you could reasonably say he did "pretty good," unless you're holding him to a far lower standard than other players.
3) His skills are far more suited to other positions. That much is obvious.
4) The Jets are making a mistake by not giving McElroy and Simms a legitimate chance to show what they can do.
Ok first by watching the Panthers game you would have seen Epps as the intended target and was in the area Tebow was throwing. LOL I had to laugh first, but he we go is Tebow the most precised passer, no he is not. Victim of bad routes and drop passes, I am not going to make excuses and say he is this spring, look at every game last year and see that the Broncos lead the league in drop passes did not help a QB who was not called upon to throw much. Arron rogers had a game where his receivers dropped 6 passes and every one wanted to say hey he is a victim if they would have caught those he would not have force the others. Funny that Tebow had four games like that and everyone what to say it is Tebow because he is not a precision passer.
2) against the Giants he did not play primary against the 3rd string instead it was a mix of 1st and 2nd most times he had the ball and even in the Panthers game he faced their starters and 2nd string.
3) No I look at what the teams are trying to do and who a QB has to work with. Pre-season is more then looking at numbers and saying he has it. Looking at the numbers and also looking at how the O line 16 sacks in 3 games in not good. Giving up that many sacks number for the QBs will not be really good... for the record in the first game Tebow did look good and when he had TEs to throw to it helped. That was the only game he played with 1st string Dustin Keller.
4) The Jets are not making a mistake by giving Tebow a chance to actual play the game, Josh McDaniel's did that and he shown he could throw. Was he the most precised no, but he could move the chains by throwing and by the threat of running open it up more.
5) So saying his skills are more suited for another position is no different then what was said about Kordell Stewart how he should be a receiver instead. Stewart was not great but he got the job done.
With this all said I know you cannot stand to see Tebow out there as a QB which is fine. I have said since he was drafted let him play back up for 3-4 years and learn from a solid QB and he will be able to play within a west coast system.
8/27/12 |
Pat
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4515 respect
Against the Giants he played with most guys who are 3rd string or lower so the drop passes and miss routes would add make up many of those incompletions. The one game he played with the 2nd string and 1st string he did pretty good, amazing how that works.
I'll admit that I only watched the Panthers game, but you have to take a few more things into account as well:
1) Sure, he was playing with backups. But he was playing AGAINST 3rd string players too. If he's as good as people think, he should have excelled. And he didn't. Let's not pretend that he's some sort of precision passer, and just the victim of drops and bad routes. Even YOU know that's not the case.
2) His numbers sucked EVERY game. He (and the Jets as a whole) can't seem to get into the end zone at all. There hasn't been any game where you could reasonably say he did "pretty good," unless you're holding him to a far lower standard than other players.
3) His skills are far more suited to other positions. That much is obvious.
4) The Jets are making a mistake by not giving McElroy and Simms a legitimate chance to show what they can do.
8/27/12 | jaysinw | 4678 respect
Pat you really must watch the games or at least watch the whole play with more then one view. There was a Jets receiver in view and that is were the pass was intended. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kaWL1VkGrc&feature=player_embedded This one shows not even 4th string TE Derick Epps then intended target there and all Tebow had to do was throw without jumping and the pass would have been there.
Against the Giants he played with most guys who are 3rd string or lower so the drop passes and miss routes would add make up many of those incompletions. The one game he played with the 2nd string and 1st string he did pretty good, amazing how that works.