Originally Posted by JD10367
(Post 9743682)
This place is ****ing hilarious. You all are freaking out about how people all freak out about Tebow.
Here's the situation, plain and simple: absolutely no risk. A two-year contract with no guaranteed money. If it works out, great. If it doesn't, whatever.
Belichick has always appreciated and liked Tim Tebow. He also had always appreciated and liked Chad Johnson. He also had always appreciated and liked Randy Moss. Darth Hoodie has one object in mind: improve the team, and get as much as he can out of someone before wiping his dick on the sheet, slapping a 20 on the bureau, and telling them they have five minutes to wash off and get the **** out.
Belichick did not bring Tebow in to be the starter. He didn't bring him in to be the backup. He didn't bring him in to use on short yardage (he's not taking one of the best QBs in the history of the NFL out of the game for a gimmick player on the goal line). He didn't bring him in to convert him to a tight end. He brought him in for one simple reason: to see if Tebow can play QB and maybe make the team as the third QB.
If Tebow makes the team as the third QB, good for him. If Belichick then tells Tebow to get his ass on the field for the occasional special teams play or sub as a TE, good for him. He MIGHT even use Tebow once or twice on the goal line, IF Brady is hobbled or something. That's. It.
No one can forecast the NFL season. Brady could get popped in Game One again and Tebow could suddenly be the backup. Or maybe Tebow shows enough to let the Pats trade Ryan Mallett in the coming offseason, who knows. Again, no risk, all reward. If Tebow sucks like a Filipino hooker then he joins the ranks of Albert Haynesworth and the other retreads who didn't work out in New England.
This is the absolute best situation for Tebow. He gets a chance to be a QB again, because if Belichick and Brady can't do it then no one can. It's not Tebow's last chance, but it's definitely his best chance.
As for the media circus, not only does Belichick not give a ****, he probably actually enjoys it. For every minute the media is circling Tebow, it's one less minute they're circling Brady asking him how upset he was that Welker left, or circling Gronk and asking him if he's injury-prone and if his off-field antics are too much. Belichick loves when the media ignores the Patriots and, paradoxically, this will actually make them ignore the Patriots as a team because the entire sports media world will be whacking off during Tebow talk.
Most actual fans realize Tebow probably won't make any impact on the field. If he does, it'll only be because things have gone in the shitter. But if that happens, who's a better possible third-string QB? Tebow, under the guidance of Belichick and Brady and surrounded by a ton of talent, or whatever schmuck the Pats could throw out there? As for the pink-hatters and religious nuts, who cares if they all get stiffies over Tebow being in New England. As long as Tebow shuts his yap and talks nothing but football he'll be fine.
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