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According to Greg McElroy, former Jets quarterback and teammate of Tim Tebow, Tim signing in Jacksonville as a tight end is a “sideshow.” The former Alabama quarterback claims to like Tebow, but doesn’t think he was all that good.
Some friend.
Tim Tebow’s former Greg McElroy blasts the Jags for signing Tebow https://t.co/2VU3zLPvHG
— Brotips (@brotips) May 15, 2021
“Everyone saying, ‘Oh, he’s finally doing what he should’ve done 10 years ago by switching to tight end,'” McElroy said. “Y’all, we were with him on the Jets. They tried to switch him to tight end, he wasn’t good. That’s what people don’t acknowledge. Oh, they’ll just use him as a Taysom Hill player. Tim ran a 4.8, Taysom Hill runs a 4.4. I mean, they’re just two totally different players. Tim is a good dude and I hope the best for him, but it’s a sideshow.”
Doesn’t sound too fond of Tebow, despite what he claims. If you “wish the best” for him, then wouldn’t you let the process play out organically? He goes on to explain that the Tebow experiment will hit the fan early:
“It’s going to become a sideshow at training camp,” he said. “I think it kind of undercuts, undermines a little bit of what Urban Meyer is trying to build. Maybe he makes the team, maybe he doesn’t, but it’s going to take away from the task at hand, which is trying to put together the most competitive roster in camp.”
Holy haterade
If Tim Tebow is a friend and you have no ill wishes for his future in the NFL, then keep your mouth shut. I’m not here arguing that Tebow will be some massive success as a tight end in Jacksonville, but McElroy doesn’t have the guts to pick a side either.
Saying a player may or may not make the team? You really nailed it there, bud. Perhaps the former quarterback has potential for an NFL front office gig someday? Real crystal ball work here.
The big takeaway is that Tim Tebow is extraordinarily popular. He isn’t the most talented player we’ve ever seen, so he’ll look to snag a final roster spot. When did a 53rd player on any NFL roster ever make or break a team? Any player who loses his job to Tim Tebow isn’t changing the division anyway. And spare us the “Tebow is a distraction” nonsense. The Dallas Cowboys broadcast a year round TV show in 4K for their cheerleading squad — I’m positive a bunch of grown men can handle a few questions about a quarterback looking to make a comeback.
Sounds like someone from Alabama is bitter from Florida kicking their ass when Tebow / Meyer were there………….Bitter, party of one.
Totally agree 25…makes Roll Tide look very bad. SMH
You’d be wrong, see reply above
Boom I like it!
Like it wrong I guess
I hate to break it to ya junior, but McElroy and Bama beat Tebow in his senior year in the SEC championship game on their way to Saban’s first NC at Bama. Now, I don’t agree with Greg here, but that game was the famous Tebow crying on sideline in the waiting moments of the loss.
Oh, and Meyer took the ass whooping like a champ…retiring the first time because of health. Saban made him queasy.
Hate to break it to you Dennis, but close the yearbook no one cares about what happened a decade ago. It’s 2021.
How do you know
Excellently put Sir!
Enjoyed that breath of fresh air Gary!
He’s ESPN. ESPN is inherently TRASH and every single person they employ is TRASH.
Other than Tebow, of course :o) the one exception
Lol…McElroy is a NC winning qb at Bama, beat Tebow in the SEC championship, and i believe he’s in the college hall of fame as a scholar athlete and applied but didn’t get the Rhodes scholarship. So calling him trash is a bit much. Love Tebow, but that was the famous Tebow crying on sideline in waining moments of loss. Being clueless doesn’t make you smart.
Wow. That’s a bad look on GregMc. Guess it’s easy to jump on board with the hate.
Another great article.
At least GregMc is pulling for him…”He SUCKS! But, best of luck to him.”
very sincere and believable
Tebow was just one in the long line of Jets mistakes that former players and management now try to blame on Tebow rather than themselves. They never even attempted to use the guy. Pre-season we were led to believe by Rex Ryan and the rest of the clown show in NY that Tebow would be on special teams, special offensive packages, blah blah blah. They never used the guy. I think one time they threw him in there on the punt team and ran an option. That was it. Totally agree with GSjr here.
Well Greg McElroy did after all through 31 NFL passes in his illustrious career, so he would know how to spot mediocrity. Coming in with the cheap shot on your “friend”? Nice friend. Wonder what he does to enemies?
Tebow ran a 4.71, not a 4.8, and it was at 236 lbs. McElroy conveniently overlooked the fact that Tebow ran the shuttle faster than Antonio Brown, and had one of the fastest three con drills of the entire combine. His combine workout was widely described as phenomenal. McElroy is obviously harboring some resentment and should talk to a therapist.
No slight to Hill, he’s clearly a great athlete, but he did run his 40 at a pro day and not the combine like Tebow. The 40s at the combine are way more stringent. They aren’t hand timed like a pro day, so you commonly get faster times at pro days than the combine. I would say if Tebow ran the 40 at the pro day he would probably be in the 4.6s and Hill in the 4.5s. So at the end of the day not a ton of difference worth spouting off about.
It’s so funny that so many losers are so jealous of Tim Tebow. The hate is unexplainable.
Greg looks old enough (but not big enough or good looking enough) to be Tebow’s dad.
A decade later, people are still talking about Tebow, while we had to be reminded that this other guy existed.