It's happening: Jaguars sign Tim Tebow to one-year deal to play TE

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It's happening: Jaguars sign Tim Tebow to one-year deal to play TE

May 20, 2021, 8:35 AM

For three weeks it's been all about potential. Now, it's real.

The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow to a one-year deal, the team announced Thursday. Tebow, who will reportedly join the Jaguars in offseason workouts on Thursday, will switch from quarterback to tight end.

Tebow said in a statement through the Jaguars:

"I want to thank the Jaguars for the opportunity to compete and earn the chance to be part of this team. I know it will be a challenge, but it is a challenge I embrace.

"I am dedicated to taking the direction of our coaching staff and learning from my teammates. I appreciate everyone's support as I embark on this new journey."

The football-turned-baseball-turned-football-again star will be reunited with head coach Urban Meyer, his coach at Florida where he won the Heisman.

Everyone got their first look at Tebow at Jaguars workouts on Thursday courtesy of News4Jax:


Tebow requested TE tryout from Meyer

It was reported on April 29 that Tebow was attempting to make a football comeback and had reached out to Meyer. He reportedly requested the tryout at tight end.

Tebow, who turns 34 in August, hasn't played in the NFL since the 2015 preseason with the Philadelphia Eagles. His last regular season games were in 2012, when he made two starts for the New York Jets. He spent his first two seasons with the Denver Broncos, who drafted him with the 25th overall pick in 2010. His best campaign came in 2011 with 11 starts, 1,729 passing yards, 12 touchdowns and six interceptions. He's also been on the New England Patriots roster.

Tebow was adamant during that six-year stretch that he would stay at the quarterback position. He now joins a TE corps that already consists of Chris Manhertz, James O'Shaughnessy, Luke Farrell, Ben Ellefson and Tyler Davis.

Tebow's comeback tour through baseball, broadcasting

After his NFL career appeared to come to a close when the Eagles cut him ahead of the 2015 season, Tebow turned to baseball.

The New York Mets signed him in September 2016, and he drew fans to their minor league squads during four seasons. He never made it to the big leagues, but did play in Triple-A in 2019. The minor leagues didn't play in 2020.

At the same time, he spent six years in the broadcast booth as an SEC Network studio analyst.
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Former NFL teammate says Tim Tebow 'wasn't good' as TE, says Tebow joining Jaguars would be 'stupid'
Tebow continues to face scrutiny as he awaits the Jaguars' decision

By Bryan DeArdo
21 hrs ago


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Tim Tebow and Greg McElroy have quite a bit in common. Both were former SEC quarterbacks who led their respective college teams to national championships. Both played quarterback for a brief time in the NFL, and were even teammates for a brief time with the New York Jets. Both have gone on to enjoy success as TV analysts.

There is one distinct difference between Tebow and McElroy. McElroy hasn't looked back after taking his last NFL snap in 2012. Tebow, on the other hand, has continued to flirt with the idea of keeping his athletic career alive. After several years in the Mets minor league system, Tebow recently had two workouts with the Jaguars as a tight end and officially signed on Thursday. And while Urban Meyer has yet to sign his former college quarterback, McElroy feels that the Jaguars would be better off without Tebow.

"[The Jets] tried switching him to tight end, and he wasn't good," McElroy recently said on SiriusXM. "That's what people don't acknowledge."

McElroy said it's a mistake to compare Tebow to Taysom Hill, who spent the past several years as a hybrid player within Sean Payton's offense. Furthermore, McElroy does not think that adding Tebow to the roster would be a good move for Meyer in his first season in Jacksonville.

"Tim ran a 4.8 (40-yard dash), Taysom Hill runs a 4.4," McElroy said. "They're just two totally different players. Tim is a good dude and I hope the best for him. But it's a sideshow, and that's what it will be come training camp time. And I think it kind of undermines what Urban Meyer is trying to build. Maybe he makes the team, maybe he doesn't, I don't know. But it's going to take away from the task at hand, which is trying to put together the most competitive roster in camp.

"And I bet you there's going to be players, as someone who went to training camp with Tim, there are going to be players who are rolling their eyes at the amount of attention the fourth-string, fifth-string tight end gets, and it's going to piss people off. As a result, it's going to affect locker room chemistry, just like it did for us with the Jets. Not because anyone had any animosity toward Tim, they just have animosity with the coverage Tim receives. So, I think it's a stupid move."

McElroy isn't the first former NFL teammate of Tebow to publicly dismiss his current NFL ambition. Former Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich, four years retired, still feels that he would more than hold his own against Tebow, who was his teammate for a brief time in New England.

"If you threw a helmet and shoulder pads on me, and I haven't played in four years, I would be able to throw around Tim Tebow as a tight end," Ninkovich said on Get Up!, via Sam Marsdale of 247Sports.

While there's been more than a few nonbelievers as it relates to Tebow's prospects as a tight end, Tebow does have a few notable supporters in his corner. One of those supporters is Mike Ditka, a Hall of Fame tight end who won three Super Bowls as a player, head coach and assistant.

"The tight end today, they don't call on them to do a whole heck of a lot of blocking anymore," Ditka recently told USA Today's Jarrett Bell. "He's basically a receiver. So I think Tebow would be very, very capable and will probably do a good job in that area. I don't see any problem with it.

"Now, if it was the tight end of 20 years ago where you had to block defensive ends, I think it's a bit different. But they don't have to do that anymore. They flank 'em out there, split 'em out five yards and they run routes. He's a good enough athlete where he can beat those guys in the secondary. And I think he'll be a darned good one."
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Yakuda said:
Right. Fuck kapernick or whatever the fuck it is.
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It's tough to give up the NFL cold turkey. But I mostly have. Those jerks have shat on America and don't deserve any fandom. But Tim Tebow is someone I will always root for. And any team that has him will likely benefit on the field, in the locker room and at the box office by getting the support of patriots like myself.

I would deport kaperprick if I could. And let his supporters learn an important lesson from the regrets he would send to all his misguided fans about what the conditions actually are in his 'beloved' Communist utopia called Cuba!

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Drummie123 said:
It's tough to give up the NFL cold turkey. But I mostly have. Those jerks have shat on America and don't deserve any fandom. But Tim Tebow is someone I will always root for. And any team that has him will likely benefit on the field, in the locker room and at the box office by getting the support of patriots like myself.

I would deport kaperprick if I could. And let his supporters learn an important lesson from the regrets he would send to all his misguided fans about what the conditions actually are in his 'beloved' Communist utopia called Cuba!

Everything You've Ever Seen About Cuba Is A Lie


Turning Point USA
389K subscribers
60 years ago, Communists seized power in Cuba and all private business and industry were nationalized and the Cuban people have lived under Socialism ever since.
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I didn't watch last year and won't watch next year. Basketball is shit and that LeBron asshole is the king all right king retard. Fuck them all. I love baseball but haven't watched but I admit I am watching hockey.
 
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