Tim Tebow Traded to the NY Jets

[Yavin4]

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Unusually quiet in recent weeks, the New York Jets shattered the calm Wednesday by completing a trade for polarizing quarterback Tim Tebow, the team confirmed.

The Jets will send a fourth-round pick to the Denver Broncos, a source said.

Link: http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/7718133/new-york-jets-acquire-tim-tebow-4th-round-pick

[Renew Deal]

1. That sounds like a terrible move

The fans will want to run Sanchez out the door. Why would the Jets do that to themselves?

[Yavin4]

2. The Jets Are More Interested in Making Headlines

rather than winning games.

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. No offense to my favorite Denver fans here, but I don't think a majority of Jets

fans are going to get all religious-y and start screaming "TEBOW" any time soon. I think they will use him situationally, but what a mess that will be.

[Renew Deal]

16. It's not so much Tebow that's the issue

Sanchez is not very reliable.

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27. The solution to a less-than-reliable quarterback

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is ANOTHER less-than-reliable quarterback -- NOT!!!


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[joeybee12]

4. The only reason I can think of is they want him to pray and have Rex cured

of his foot fetish.

That makes more sense than thinking they'll actually use him.

[a la izquierda]

13. Thanks to you, I just spit soda all over the floor.

Bravo, joey, bravo.

[joeybee12]

17. I aim to please!

[RockaFowler]

5. Cool more wildcat

Sparano is there - he loved it. He'll bring it back and turn him into another Pat White. Cool!!

[bluedigger]

6. Fucking awesome!

Did the Jets throw in the two cases of right wing remainders, as I predicted?

[KamaAina]

7. A fourth-round pick!!

[KamaAina]

8. How did NYC become the fundie capital of the sports world?

St. Timmeh and Lin-sanity can convert people in stereo now.

[Renew Deal]

15. I saw a story a couple days ago about the Jets owner driving Romney around

to fundraisers. I wonder if it's related.

[trumad]

9. 4th round pick---Wow!

1st round to 4th round.

Think about that for a moment...

[Indianademocrat91]

10. I thought and

It just reinforces the fact... Josh McDaniels is a dumbass

[bluedigger]

11. He bet all on a longshot.

You can survive that shit when you're young.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. I guess it's better than 10 maple baseball bats

I guess, in this case, it would be footballs.

[El Supremo]

12. I don't like this.

But if the Donkos make it to the Super Bowl, my opinion will change.

[TZ]

18. Rut roh!

ESPN has just tweeted that there is language in Tebow's contract that MIGHT void the trade.

[trumad]

19. They--the Broncs-- want the Jets to pay them for bonus money they just paid Tebow...

5 mill I think--- the jets might say no thanks but I doubt it.

[El Supremo]

20. More >>

ESPN's Adam Schefter is reporting that a hangup in the language of Tebow's contract could nullify the trade and that if the swap is voided, the Rams -- who reportedly had expressed interest -- could get back into the Tebow sweepstakes.

According to Schefter, "Tebow has $5 million worth of recapture language, meaning Jets would have to pay back money to Denver." The Jets, Schefter writes, might be unwilling to do that.

Apparently, the Jets and Broncos are still wanting to complete the trade, but for now, there are plenty of complications.

Which automatically led nearly everybody on Twitter to make some variation of these two jokes: 1) it must have been the 3.16 clause in his contract that forbade him for playing in a city of sin or 2) jeez, Tebow can't complete ANYTHING!"

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/eye-on-football/17948997/report-language-in-tebows-contract-could-nullify-jets-trade

What is "recapture"?

[TZ]

21. awww

I'm still rooting for the Jets. Tebow+Rex Ryan way more entertaining then Tebow+Jeff Fisher...

[El Supremo]

25. recapture:

Jets' management looked closer at Tebow's contract after agreeing to the deal. The contract says any team acquiring Tebow has to kick back more than $5 million to the Broncos in advanced salaries from the 2012, 2013 and 2014 seasons, according to an NFL source.

Tebow received $6.277 million in salary advance during the 2011 season. The breakdown of that advance: $1,213,750 in 2011 (the Broncos paid); $1,425,000 in 2012; $1,691,250 in 2013; and $1.92 million in 2014.

The Broncos expect the Jets to pay them back those salary advances from 2012-14 per Tebow's contract. The Jets are balking. This deal may die.

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_20216515/tim-tebow-traded-jets-broncos

[El Supremo]

22. Toon >>

[bluedigger]

23. The cartoonist must have had that waiting...

[madinmaryland]

24. Not so fast, El. It appears the Jests didn't read the fine print and may not

be willing to pay all of the money that Tebow's contract calls for.

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26. He's going to be stuck between REX RYAN and MARK SANCHEZ????

Well, now we know what John Elway really thinks of him.

Saint Tebow has literally been sent to hell!


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