Tim Tebow's Draft Day

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Posted on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 04:57:37 PM EST
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The NFL Draft is tomorrow night. Or rather the First Round of the NFL Draft is tomorrow. I'm a sports nut so I watch the NFL draft but honestly, it is amazing that it is being turned into some type of must see event. Watching a bunch of middle aged guys put baseball caps on huge guys in suits can not be compelling television to any normal human being.

The most bizarre part is that one of the biggest stories of this draft is Tim Tebow and whether he will be drafted in the First Round This is a big deal because . . . well, I am not sure why it is a big deal, but whether Tebow will go to the draft tomorrow night is a big story now. (Turns out Tebow said no.) As regular readers know, I live and die with the Gators, but the Gators aren't playing tomorrow night. Other Gator fans see it differently:

Tebow is not drafted in the first round: In terms of his career, this is really no big deal. But this would suck and suck hard. It's one thing for Pillow Soft McCoy to drop into round two, but not Tebow. Every Gator fan wants Tebow drafted in the first round because it will be seen as validating how good Tebow and the Gators are. Also, I'd rather go out for drinks Friday night than live blog the draft. (Hell yes, we're live blogging the first round.) This is almost as bad as Tebow being picked by someone who wants to make him a fullback or tight end.

(Emphasis supplied.) Validate wha? The Gators being "good" is validated during the college football season, not during the NFL Draft. And it certainly is not validated by where Tim Tebow is picked. I happen to think Tebow was a great great college football player and has no chance of being a good QB in the NFL. He just does not have the arm, the motion or the accuracy.But that is not a knock on his greatness as a college football player. It just is a different set of skills.

Anyway, there is no way Tebow should go to the draft. To sit there for hours in the Green Room having people talk crap about him? And then probably not being drafted in the First Round? That would be nuts.

But the NFL really really wants him to be there. It's the one "compelling" story of the event for non-football junkies (if anything is compelling about the draft.)

I wonder if to make it happen, the NFL will privately tell him (Jacksonville is rumored to want him, but not at 10, so they would have to trade down. Also the Vikes at 30 are supposed to be interested) that he is going to be picked in the First Round. Sounds crazy, but the NFL Draft as prime time TV sounds crazy to me.

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Such a dilemma Horton (none / 0) (#2)
by oculus on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 05:23:05 PM EST

Foote play or go to NFL draft on the chance TT shows up.

Can Tebow develope? (none / 0) (#3)
by MKS on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 05:26:25 PM EST

John Huarte a long time ago won the Heisman but just could not compete in the NFL--not enough arm strength....And there have been others like that....

They are only one round tomorrow. I wonder if they will still allow 15 minutes per team in the first round. If so, that could take them well past midnight...

Tebow could sell seats (none / 0) (#4)
by MKS on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 05:27:55 PM EST

in Jacksonville--at least in the pre-season when he could definitely play.....

Seats and Jerseys... (5.00 / 1) (#7)
by kdog on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 05:33:21 PM EST

it is the only spot that makes sense above Round 4, imo...Jacksonville.

Then again, he could be another Flutie, who was never given a fair chance until after many years in the CFL, and all he did was win games for the Bills. Some guys are just football players...size and vertical leap and 40 yard dash and rocket arms are given too much emphasis...sometimes scouts and GM's forget to notice if the guy can play the game or not.

The Hall of Fame is full of guys who were too small, too slow, etc.


: It will make for a good story (none / 0) (#10)
by MKS on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 05:49:04 PM EST

one way or the other.

One thing I'm sure of (none / 0) (#5)
by Natal on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 05:29:04 PM EST

Bryan Bulaga will go early in the 1st round. No controversy about his talent.

Love the link (none / 0) (#6)
by jimakaPPJ on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 05:31:20 PM EST

Tebow to MN to replace Favre in 2011...

A legend replacing a legend.

There is one thing I think too many people are forgetting. Tebow is a winner and a team player.

Coaches love that. Fans love that. Teammates love that.

Maybe he is the David (none / 0) (#8)
by oculus on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 05:33:43 PM EST

Eckstein of the NFL.

Tim Tebow's Day Off? (none / 0) (#9)
by oculus on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 05:46:49 PM EST

Yes I am drinking.

: Drinking? (5.00 / 1) (#11)
by kdog on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 05:49:19 PM EST

What would Tebow say? Repent!...:)

Shades of Brady Quinn (none / 0) (#12)
by caseyOR on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 05:55:49 PM EST

I'm not a Tebow fan, but I hope his handlers recall the humiliation Quinn suffered at the NFL draft, and keep Tebow away from the cameras and hoopla.

I suspect Tebow, like Quinn, will turn out to be much less than the hype would lead one to believe. Let him at least preserve his dignity.

and here i thought (none / 0) (#13)
by cpinva on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 06:21:58 PM EST

the compelling question on everyone's mind, for the first round, would be who washington would pick, given their recent signing of mcnabb? myself, i think they should go for a good offensive lineman, but there is speculation that they'll go for another qb, to learn under donovon, and take over 3-4 years down the road.

i do hope they resist the urge to sign T.O., the single most toxic player currently active.

McNabb had the best season of his (none / 0) (#19)
by coast on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 08:55:32 PM EST

career with T.O. If you can get him for practically nothing, which is likely, why not give it a shot?


because you have to (none / 0) (#22)
by cpinva on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 10:55:04 PM EST

offset that with the high potential for damage T.O. creates, in any locker room he sets foot in. if you could guarantee they'd put a muzzle on him, then i'd think about it.


: He usually behaves himself in Year One, (none / 0) (#25)
by Anne on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 06:51:30 AM EST

so if he were signed to a one-year deal, I don't think Washington would have anything to lose; if he acts up, you cut him.
He might be so grateful to have a job at all that he'd be on his best behavior.

I would thnk (none / 0) (#14)
by CoralGables on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 07:16:58 PM EST

Tebow goes somewhere in the first two rounds. I'd set the over/under at pick #48 and I'd take the under as I don't expect him to last that long.

I said it before... (none / 0) (#15)
by MileHi Hawkeye on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 07:23:53 PM EST

...and I'll say it again. Tebow is Eric Crouch all over again.

Only EC didn't manage to get eye black messaging outlawed before he left Nebraska. Or turn-off Front Office folks.

Crouch (none / 0) (#17)
by CoralGables on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 07:51:57 PM EST

went with the 92nd pick and quit before his first game. If Tebow isn't taken before #92 and never suits up for a game I'll agree with you.


: Actually (none / 0) (#18)
by CoralGables on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 08:02:10 PM EST

the 95th. I just put my glasses on.

Who cares about Tebow? (none / 0) (#16)
by cymro on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 07:25:30 PM EST

It's the one "compelling" story of the event for non-football junkies (if anything is compelling about the draft.)

This comment misses the point that most of us (i.e. people who are not rabid Gator fans) are already sick and tired of hearing endless hype about Tim Tebow during the regular season, and even more bored with this entire discussion.

Yawn! Yawn! Yawn! Honestly, who really cares what round he's drafted in?

: Well he is the most celebrated collegiate (none / 0) (#20)
by Socraticsilence on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 09:13:55 PM EST

athlete since Staubach in terms of appeal to the general public.

one question (none / 0) (#21)
by pitachips on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 09:59:56 PM EST

i'm assuming that pro scouts have been making a fuss about tebow's throwing motion and skill set for quite a while now - it's not like it's coming as a big surprise. was there a concerted effort (and why not) to address these issues earlier on, rather than trying to change everything mechanically during the draft period?

Third round (none / 0) (#23)
by Makarov on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 02:37:00 AM EST

in my opinion. That's the highest someone who needs 2-3 years of work to be QB or 1-2 years to be a TE is ever going to be worth.

Another Paul Hornung? (none / 0) (#24)
by Gerald USN Ret on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 03:07:12 AM EST

My Uncle who is a Green Bay fan says that Tebow could be another Paul Hornung. Hornung was from Notre Dame and played at Green Bay. He said that Hornung wasn't that smooth but he got the job done.