I am so tired of the Tebow bashing in the media, from some of his new Jet team members, and by the Jets fans in general. I was listening on satellite radio this morning and heard more junk said about the man than I can stand. Let me go on record again about how stupid people will look when he wins the starting job and takes the Jets (Yuk! Not a Jet fan!) to the Super Bowl in the next few years. Folks in Miami and Jacksonville are going to continue to look like losers because even with new ownership they still think like losers. Oh yes, and all the experts are going to be scratching their heads saying to themselves, "Man, we're we wrong or what!"
Again, I guess I'm the only one that remembers what was said about Steve Young in his first and second year in the league. Regardless of what people say today about his Hall of Fame career he may have been worse than Tim in his early years. Tampa Bay gave up on Steve and said he would never be a successful NFL quarterback just like the Broncos did on Tim. But thankfully a coach like Bill Walsh saw something in him that others didn't, coached him up, and the rest is history. I'm not sure if Rex Ryan can do that, but we will see.
I wrote a blog about all this before last season because the comparisons between the two in their early years is rather unique.
-The mechanics for both early their careers are about the same, along with all of the skeptics that doubted them. The difference is in Tebow's second pro year he wins a division and goes to the playoffs. It took Steve about 4.
-The intangibles that both Young and Tebow have made them winners throughout their careers in football. And guess what-Tebow will be a winner again even with the NYJ!
-The press nearly devoured Bill Walsh and the 49ers when they traded for Young just like they are doing the management and coaching staff of the Jets for the past two days.
-Every skeptic in the book has come out against Tim for his faith, his passing ability, and his clean lifestyle. Very few have backed him for his work ethic and desire to get better as an NFL player. It just seems like so many are waiting for a scandal to attack him that they are on the verge of creating one.
So listen closely-please just leave Tim Tebow alone. He is a Christian and has the right to be so because the last time I checked this was still America. If he were a Muslim or he were Jewish the backlash wouldn't be nearly so loud, and if you read this blog you know that is true. If he was an alcoholic, drug user, or womanizer it would accepted and okay because he was an NFL player. Yet because he uses his platform as an opportunity to testify of his faith he is unjustly and unfairly criticised by those who disagree with his beliefs.
If you will let him he can become the pro quarterback he desires to be. It's going to be much harder in Jet country than it would have been in Denver, because of the pressure of the media, but I believe in Tim. I know he can do what many seem to think he can't- be a successful starter in the NFL and win a Super Bowl. If Steve Young can do it so can Tim Tebow. Just shut up and give him a chance!
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