All this crap I keep reading about Tim Tebow and how he had a bad Senior Bowl week and this is just going to prove all his critics correct that he isn’t going to be a successful at the NFL level is making me want to punch that sissy Todd McShay in the face. The analysts and scouts sometimes out-think their own shit (see: Jackson, Tyson – Round 1, Pick 3, 2009).
You can go ahead and pick apart things like slow release, not taking snaps under center, locking on receivers, being too badass, whatever, but fact is at some point people start nitpicking.
Obviously a great skill set is required to compete at the NFL level and often successful college QBs never make it to the NFL (see: Harrell, Graham) but everything in Tebow’s skill set aside don’t you want a winner first and foremost? At the root Tebow is a winner (same with Colt McCoy) and always has been. Two National Championships, a Heisman Trophy, and a body of work that puts every other player in history to shame, what else would you need to see from him to know he’ll be successful? He has an unmatched intensity and passion for the game and not to mention you don’t have to worry about any off the field issues with him.
Now some will say, “Well look at the talent he had around him at Florida.” Say all you want about him being surrounded by all this talent, but it’s really not true. More offensive talent has come out of places like USC, Georgia, hell, even Ohio State. This is what type of pro material the greatest college QB of all time had around him.
2007
Dallas Baker – 7th Round
DeShawn Wynn – 7th Round
2008
0 offensive draft picks
2009
Percy Harvin – 1st Round
Louis Murphy – 4th Round
Cornelius Ingram – 5th Round
2010 Draft Senior draft prospects according to Kiper:
QB: Tebow
2010 Draft Junior draft prospects according to Kiper:
TE: Aaron Hernandez (#1 ranked TE)
G: Mike Pouncey (#3)
C: Maurkice Pouncey (#2)
Now just like any other college QB Tebow won’t fit into just any NFL system, he needs to be put in the proper setting. Ideally somewhere like Arizona or even playing for a hard-nosed coach like Samurai Mike in San Francisco would suite Tebow very well and allow him to have success at the NFL level. If you give this guy a chance to succeed he is going to win you some football games because unlike college he won’t have to do it all for his team to win. The guy has succeeded against the best college players in the country for four straight years, why all the sudden won’t he be able to continue that success at the next level? Flat and simple the guy in a winner and a competitor and if you ask me I’d take him on my team any day of the week.
Finally, if that doesn’t convince you that Tebow has just as good of a shot to be successful, hell, Joe friggin Montana was a third round pick.
*Huge thanks to Jim Cook for his contributions to this post.
Is he worth a first round pick as a QB? Absolutely not.
I’d take him if he’s sitting there in round 3 or 4 and I need a Peyton Hillis, or better yet, Chris Cooley. The kid is a winner, but there’s no spot on my team for him to be a starting QB some day. If I can make it work for him to run wildcat, that’s an option too if he’s there later.
Look for the Jaguars to get a lot of public/media pressure to draft the hometown kid and sell tickets
Of course Cook wrote this post. I was about ready to get on a plane.