Monday, March 26, 2012

He's Tebowing on a Jet plane!

Wow as if the free agent frenzy wasn't chaotic enough, now Tim Tebow is heading to the Big Apple and will be a New York Jet. Denver was open to trading Tebow after they landed the big fish that is Peyton Manning but nobody really knew if teams would be seriously interested in the unconventional Quarterback considering the changes that Denver made to better suit Tebow’s strengths. Of course there was interest, especially with teams who have QB problems already but right when teams started surfacing they quickly retracted their interest as if they were embarrassed to admit it publicly.
But the Jets?! As if that team doesn’t have enough drama off the field with Mark Sanchez complaining about teammates, teammates complaining about Mark Sanchez, Rex Ryan crying Superbowl every year and always missing the big dance adding Tim Tebow will only make Mark’s whining worse. Now luckily, Tim is a peaceful, team player and will not cause any drama in the locker room, he might even be able to bring it down some but besides playing peacemaker, what is he going to do there and what does this mean for the Jets current QB?
First of all, I think bringing in Tebow will make matters worse before they get better for the Jets. Mark Sanchez isn’t one to take adding another QB lightly, especially one that brings so much attention to himself and his team. Whatever role Tebow plays, whether it be the wildcat QB or even the starter as Skip Bayless so emphatically declared he will be at the middle of the season, this puts the majority of the pressure on Sanchez to perform. Even though Sanchez has driven the Jets to two AFC Championship games, last season proved that he has weaknesses as a quarterback and as an individual that could prove detrimental to his starting job. He knows what “Tebowmania” caused in Denver and understands that the same will ring true if he fails to play at the highest level in the Meadowlands.
Secondly, Tim Tebow comes from a good place. Moving from Denver to New York was ultimately not his call and to be bashed for the trade is unfair and unprofessional on behalf of the Jets. He avoids controversy and honestly tries to answer the better side of a controversial question.
I’m unsure about what will happen to that locker room come the beginning of the season. I see Tim Tebow being the new kid in school that gets bullied by the big kids until it exhausts them because he isn’t going to breakdown. Now, I do not think Tebow is a starting quarterback in the NFL but I think Tebow is better under pressure than Sanchez is and could win the close football games that I guarantee Mark Sanchez would lose. 

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