Rightwing QB Tim Tebow cut by Jets after proving he stunk bigtime. Thank God!

[graham4anything]

what a LOSERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

(note-this is very big news.)

[Champion Jack]

1. It's a sign!!!! A sign I tell ya!

[hfojvt]

2. yeah, but we will always have this

[Inkfreak]

6. It was a fantastic game..

as a Philly fan, it was especially fun to,see the Steelers go down.

[pipi_k]

10. And this...

it was a miracle, I tell ya!!!

[newsboy]

3. Well it might work out

BREAKING: Knuckleballer free agent Tim Tebow has agreed to sign with the New York Yankees.

[Soundman]

15. Next edition. Breaking,

Tebow cut after it was learned that his application was misread as knuckleballer instead of knuckle dragger.

[MineralMan]

4. With Our Luck, The Minnesota Vikings Will Sign Him.

Another hapless adventure by the team that's getting a huge new palace to play in, funded in a major part by the taxpayers of Minnesota.

Pray for him now, and at the hour of his fumble.

[geek tragedy]

11. "Play Gino!"

Those were the days.

[Inkfreak]

5. Loser?

I think not. And plenty of Gator fans would disagree. To play in the NFL is a tremendous accomplishment. And to say otherwise is silly. His playoff game with the Broncos v Steelers was incredibly exciting. As a football fan I enjoy those types of underdog games. I don't give a shit about his politics. I don't even know them. I thought he was a decent guy. I saw a lot worse from players this past season. A murder/suicide & drunk driving fatality comes to mind. And while he may not be cut out for the NFL after all, I think all can agree the J-E-T-S suck big time! LOL, jk....kinda. Go Philly.

[NCTraveler]

7. The Jets suck big time. No need for a jk after that one.

The only quarterback worse than Tebow on the Jets was their starter. They should have gone straight to the third string.

[pipi_k]

14. So now they have

Geno Smith, who will be competing (probably not having to try very hard) with Sanchez for the starting QB position.

It looks like Smith is already drinking the Rex Ryan Kool-Aid, though...guaranteeing a trip to the playoffs this season.

Unless the whole toxic atmosphere improves in that organization, nobody is going anywhere

[a kennedy]

44. I actually feel bad for Sanchez, Rex Ryan is NOT a coach in my opinion.

and drafting Geno Smith? it's gonna be just another circus....Ryan will be gone next year.

[Separation]

8. +1

Haters are gonna hate.

[sadbear]

20. *footnote

No one's going to give a shit about Tebow in 10 years, at least not as a football player.

[blueamy66]

23. The only reason he played in the NFL is because he WAS a Gator

overrated teamS....basketball and football....every year.....

[nessa]

59. I agree. I also think he will be fine whatever he chooses to do ...

from here.

[Buzz Clik]

9. I generally have no difficulty separating a celebrity's personal life from his professional life.

Tebow made that impossible. His grandstanding "Tebowing" was not subtle or humble; it was a play for the cameras.

His career is in trouble. He may end up playing arena ball.

[rurallib]

17. My first memory of Tebow is those sill eye blacks

with the bible verses. playing to the cameras and promoting himself seemed to me.
Always drew attention to himself - yet football more than any other sport is about team.

[badtoworse]

12. I'll never understand why the Jets didn't try Tebow at fullback

He's big enough and strong enough to play that position. That whole season is a bad memory.

[NoGOPZone]

24. because they're the Jets, that's why

I've always felt Tebow would have been a better fullback or maybe tight end than QB

[badtoworse]

25. What other explanation could there be?

[Ikonoklast]

30. He throws the ball pretty well for a TE.

Would make a good pitch-to-and-pass guy.

But he looks like a train wreck throwing out of the QB spot, Tebow's mechanics are horrible.

[madinmaryland]

40. +1000

[Captain Stern]

32. Or Tight End

Tebow's a great athlete, and with the TE revival going on the NFL, I thought he'd at least get a look there.

What's the worst thing that could have happened....the Jets would have lost?

[Iggo]

66. Because they have fullbacks who already know how to play fullback.

Same with WR. Same with TE. Same with any other position.

Whatever position you switch him to, he's gonna be the worst one you have.

[badtoworse]

69. I'm sure he'll get picked up by some team. We'll see.

[FarCenter]

13. Team owners should not interfere in personnel decisions.

[graham4anything]

16. Team owners shouldn't have messed with their star (Sanchez') mind in the first place.

[Bake]

36. Ha! Sanchez is a third rate QB at best!

No wonder the Jets suck so bad.

Bake

[Dorian Gray]

68. That may be true

but the owners really didn't do anything by picking up Tebow. They should have tried to get a first rate QB in place of Sanchez.

[Recovered Repug]

38. "Star"?

The main thing that messed with Sanchez's mind was his lineman's butt.

[sadbear]

21. That's why he'll probably end up with the Cowboys.

Just do it, Jerry!!!

[one_voice]

29. Oh. Dear. God.

Don't give him any ideas.

I'm so disgusted with the Cowboys right now.

[sadbear]

47. Lots of Cowboy fans are worried that Jerry might pull the trigger on this one.

[OriginalGeek]

48. GOod god, thanks a lot

for putting that terrifying thought into my head.


I'm madder at Jerry than most but even I never thought he'd do THAT. Until now.


my stomach hurts.

[sadbear]

54. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

I just like messing with Cowboys fans.

I don't think that even Jerry Jones has any use for Tebow.

[OriginalGeek]

55. lol, I wouldn't put it past Jerry

to sign Tebow just as an FU to all the fans who keep screaming that Romo needs to go.


"Y'all want a new QB? Well all right then - here ya go!"

[premium]

61. I have always said that I have 2 favorite teams,

the SF 49'ers and anyone playing the Cowboys.

Just kidding.

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. I read somewhere it was discovered he owned a gun.

And... gasp... he has bullets for it.

Some people say Meek Mike is behind this.

[Buzz Clik]

19. Guns

Glistening, flexing ... guns.

[cherokeeprogressive]

28. Not fair. Lots of posters will be very confused by this picture.

I have read a hundred times here that glistening guns result in stiff shafts. Anyone can see that while the guns may be glistening the shaft is rather, well, limp.

This is contrary to the belief of many gun haters. They will look at the picture and get dizzy but not understand why.

[arely staircase]

22. awesome news

i can start liking the jets again, even more so now. and how many of us were saying this guy wasn't nfl material from the beginning?

lots, that is how many

[Walk away]

26. Poor Tim Tebow is just a wacko who thinks he talks to God....

And the Jets are not God or even close.

[Johonny]

27. Word is God wants him to play full back but Tim doesn't want to convert

[dawg]

31. Tebow seems like a nice man to me.

Everyone doesn't have to agree with me on political issues.

[Captain Stern]

35. Same for me. He seems like a decent guy.

I'm not a fan of all the religious stuff, but to each his own.

As far as I can tell, he hasn't done anything to make anybody else's life worse.

[kentuck]

42. I like Tim Tebow also...

...although I do not agree with his religious exhibitionism, I think he is a decent human being.

[LostOne4Ever]

50. I dont see the reason for the hate either

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Im a non-believer, but I haven't seen him do anything that really bothers me.

He's pretty open about his beliefs, but as far as im concerned that means its perfectly okay for me to be open to him about my thoughts on those "beliefs" should I ever meet him.

[kentuck]

56. I think he is mostly a young man that is a product of his environment...

Just like most of us. However, his environment, from the Philippines forward, has been much different than the average person or athlete. But I am not ready to judge someone on their religious beliefs alone. He seems like a decent enough person to me.

[lpbk2713]

33. You can only ride a wave for just so long.

His time was up.

Oh well. He can always be a missionary.

[Jamaal510]

34. I think it kinda shows how bad

the Jets were instead because at least the Broncos were able to make good usage out of him and win some games with him a couple of seasons ago. They were able to keep defenses off-guard with the threat of the wildcat, and a QB who is very agile and not afraid to use his legs.

[RZM]

37. Geno didn't exactly get off to a good start with his toddler fit

Over not going in the first round.

It remains to be seen how well all of this will work out for the Jets.

[Buzz Clik]

39. Serious question: If you dislike Tebow, is it because he is a Christian?

If so, would you be okay with his religious openness if he were a Hindu? Shinto? Wiccan? Druid?

(EDIT: I notice that very few posters here object to Tebow at all. To answer my own question: Tebow's religion is not the issue for me; it's his expression of it with the "Hey! Look at me! I'm praying!!!" I'd hate that if he threw on a Druid's robe, lit a candle, and started chanting -- whenever he knew the camera was on him.)

[Buzz Clik]

45. The result of my poll are in... ;)

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So, I just counted the responses. If someone said something bad about him and made any comment about anything that could be even slightly construed as having religious overtones, I marked it as "Hates Tebow for being Christian"

If the poster didn't like Tebow but made only football related comments, that's a "Hates Tebow -- other"

If the poster praised Tebow, that's "Likes Tebow"

By the way, I put my comment in the first category; I don't dislike Tebow for being Christian, but I dislike his very public and camera-hogging prayers. Here are the results:

Hates Tebow for being Christian: 8
Hates Tebow --other: 12
Likes Tebow: 10

Looks like this sampling of DU has a 33% favorable rating for Tebow, 40% unfavorable rating because he sucks at football, and 27% "Christian jackass" rating.

SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT EDITS: updated voting.

[OriginalGeek]

49. I object to him more for his Gatorness

I was born in Tallahassee.

[Buzz Clik]

53. noted and updated.

[graham4anything]

63. I dislike him because HE STINKS and is NOT a QB

[Buzz Clik]

64. got it. thx.

[ileus]

41. Go Geno!!!

[mnhtnbb]

43. Obviously God has other plans for him.

[Initech]

46. Definitely one of the single most overrated NFL players in history.

[hrmjustin]

51. I don't like him at all. Always seemed like a sneaky individual.

[KinMd]

52. But was he a big a hypocrite as Ray Lewis

..with the whole "be fruitful and multiply " thing going on...not to mention the unpleasantness in Atlanta awhile back

[Ter]

57. Why thank God? Because of his politics?

I'd be willing to bet 85% of white male American sports athletes from the four major sports are right-wing. Doesn't bother me, what bothers me is how they play. Now, that's a whole different story...

[Aristus]

58. Thank God? This is probably God's way of saying:

"I TOLD YOU TO DO THAT IN PRIVATE, YOU HAM-HOCK!"

[Purrfessor]

60. Tim Tebow is no loser...

Forget the many awards he has won and the fact that he is a very humble young man. The concern he has for kids, and particularly kids with cancer and other terrible illnesses, and the efforts he has made to help them through his foundation and inviting many sick kids and their families to attend sporting events and paying for their trips, is not the sign of a loser.

You may not like him for whatever reason you choose, but he is no loser.

[graham4anything]

62. The Super Bowl will return to NY/NJ next January, and Thank God Tim Tebow won't be there.

we won't miss him or his viewpoints and self-promotion when the Super Bowl comes to New Jersey in Jan. 2014.

[Safetykitten]

65. God knows and sees all, and has a plan for you...unless...

you are wanting to date another Christian, or play football.

[Dorian Gray]

67. As a Giants fan

I think the Jets picking him up was a joke. They never used him. Then they cut him in a humiliating way post draft when all teams are done. They treated him really poorly. Perhaps behind the scenes he was a total douchebag; I guess it's possible. I don't agree with his politics, but the Jets look like morons and made a total circus out of him, then they unceremoniously dump him at a terrible time ensuring difficulty in finding any other job.