There have been some onlookers who believed Tim Tebow being brought to Philadelphia to workout was part of a stunt by Chip Kelly and the Eagles. They were proven wrong last week, when the Eagles decided to sign Tebow last week.
Today they got even more of a shocker, when Eagles Director of Player Personnel Ed Marynowitz let us know today that the Birds “saw a great deal of improvement from the time they had their last exposure to him two years ago”. At that time, Tebow was trying out for the New England Patriots and they were practicing with the Birds at the Nova Care Complex.
Marynowitz make it clear that Tebow will be competing at the quarterback position. He called him “1 of 68” on current roster.
During today’s news conference, Marynowitz was asked whether Tebow would be used in two point conversions, if PAT changes are made. He didn’t say yes but he didn’t rule it out. . And Tebow will compete here as a quarterback, he confirmed.
In my opinion, I think Tim Tebow will make this football team if he can show that he’s able to throw the football effectively enough to run the pass offense. He doesn’t have to be a great passer, but a sufficient passer will be good enough.
I think Chip Kelly wants to use Tebow’s running ability from the quarterback position as a threat for opposing defensive coordinators to be forced to work on. His running ability will be a change up from the other quarterbacks on the roster and it will force those defensive coordinators to use up valuable practice time preparing for Tebow, even if he only plays five plays.
If a player could steal ten minutes of practice time a day from the opposing team would you want them on the team? Sure you would, especially if that team runs an unorthodox offense like Chip Kelly does. Defensive coordinators didn’t enjoy preparing for Kelly’s offense in the past and the addition of Tebow will add another complexity.
Tebow for President..
I read where Hillary Clinton is going to offer Tim Tebow the VP Position
Excellent point G! you have to try and squeeze out any advantage you can get…! Let Tebow compete for the #3 job…and see how it works out
Tebow will make the cut. He will then be the starting qb.
He’s perfect for kelly and his offense
He’s big, he’s strong, he can run, and he fits the culture
Let’s see about his arm and his transformation under guru Tom House
If he can throw, we have our qb
Kool fool stop with the exclamations.
You come across as a school girl pussy