Peyton Manning is a Bronco. Tim Tebow might be a Jet. In other words, how’s the rock you’ve been living under?
Manning picked Denver over other options such as the Tennessee Titans, Arizona Cardinals and Dark Horse X.
Tebow meanwhile has solidified himself as an asset for Denver. Before the Manning arrival, Tebow was their QB. Everyone had Tebowmania. (That was all the rage until something called Linsanity showed up, which has also faded into the rear view mirror it seems.) He was more of an asset in the sense that he not only sold tickets, but also played well in the fourth quarter.
Now he has moved on to “trade asset”, and it seems that the Broncos leaped at, what they felt, was the best offer: a trade of the former Gator and a seventh rounder to the Jets for a fourth and sixth rounder.
Or at least that’s the word on the street.
The word on the street has shifted to something that reads like this- “Jet-Broncos swap hits something of a snag.”
After presumably being displaced by Manning, where then is Tebow a good fit?
In the past, Tebow thrived at Florida in a 2 QB offense, as well as an offense that was tailored to him and his style of play. The same tailoring happened in Denver.
Tebow is a good fit somewhere where the team will commit to him and run an offense designed for him.
Would anyone make that big of a commitment?
Here are the teams in the offseason who, according to media outlets, looked into quarterbacks. Or teams who in fact signed one-
Seattle Seahawks
Arizona Cardinals
Tennessee Titans
Denver Broncos
Washington Redskins
Indianapolis Colts
San Francisco 49ers
Miami Dolphins
Now, let’s re-examine the list again. Seattle signed Matt Flynn to compete with Tavaris Jackson. Arizona made a substantial financial commitment to Kevin Kolb. Tennessee wouldn’t go from the present-future duo of Matt Hasselbeck and Jake Locker to Tebow. Denver picked up Manning. Some combination of RG3 and Andrew Luck will go to Indianapolis and our nation’s capitol. The 49ers re-upped Alex Smith’s contract.
And then there’s Miami. Tim Tebow back in Florida? Tebow in the same town as LeBron James?
Now throw all that out. From a purely football standpoint, it might make sense for the Dolphins.
The current situation at signal caller for Miami is, pending any moves, Matt Moore, David Garrard, JP Losman and Pat Devlin.
(Read- Tebow is an obvious choice.)
Miami’s previous “future” QB was one Chad Henne, who stayed in Florida after signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Which is my corny transition to… the Jaguars.
There were rumors about the Jags trading to get him on draft night when he was a rookie. Obviously that didn’t happen, and the Broncos (under previous leadership) moved up to get him.
The Jaguars currently have recent-lottery-pick Blaine Gabbert at QB as well as established backup Luke McCown.
The Gabbert-Tebow conundrum would certainly be an interesting one. But either way, should the situation come to pass, a recent first-round pick is going to be kicked to the curb.
Now to address the Jets rumors/failed deal. Tebow in New York would certainly be a coo from an advertisement/branding standpoint, but from a football standpoint, it’s a mess.
Tebow isn’t starting in the Big Apple. The Jets wiped out any long-term issues they had with current QB Mark Sanchez by dropping a 40 million contract in his lap. So because of that, the Jets aren’t going to have a QB controversy/competition. Maybe if Sanchez was playing on a cheaper contract, then maybe it’s a battle between the two, but that’s not the case.