Tim Tebow Kinda Disagrees With The Experts Who Think He'll Suck As A Pro Quarterback

From 'FanIQ':  http://www.faniq.com/blog/Tim-Tebow-Question-Mel-Kiper-About-His-Assessment-Of-Tebows-Ability-To-Play-Quarterback-In-The-NFL-Blog-16391

In what amounts to essentially career suicide, it's becoming more and more apparent that Tim Tebow really wants to try and play quarterback in the NFL. But despite multiple experts making it crystal clear that they think he'll suck at quarterback in the NFL, Tebow is having none of it.

Recently on ESPN Radio, Tebow went right at Mel Kiper Jr. who has suggested that Tebow needs to become a tight end to make it in the NFL.

Here's how the exchange went:

“You tell me this,” Tebow said to Kiper during the radio exchange. “What do you think I need to do to be an NFL quarterback? You tell me that.”

Unfortunately, Kiper didn’t give Tebow a direct answer to his direct question.

“You’re just too good with the ball in your hands not to think, Could he be Frank Wycheck? Could he be Chris Cooley? That’s why,” Kiper said. “You’re too good, doing what you do, Tim, running with the football.”

To which Tebow replied, “The quarterback has the ball in his hands every play.”

Oh burn! Now look, I realize Kiper gave an incredibly stupid response, but the point is he was trying to be polite. Here's what he should have said:

Tim, you take an eternity to throw the ball, your release point is awkward, you've never thrown a tight spiral in your life, you play in an offense that consists of 8 plays that doesn't prepare you for the NFL, you rely on screen passes to Percy Harvin, you almost never get past your first read, and to top it all off, you play in the same system that produced Alex Smith.

What's interesting is that Tebow is apparently so pissed by the doubters - and not winning the Heisman - that he might leave Florida early to I guess prove people wrong. Good luck with that.

Although, in all honesty, it doesn't really matter if he comes out now or after next season. The truth is there's literally nothing about his game that suggests he'll be a decent pro quarterback, and another year at Florida won't do anything to change that. And you also have to remember his running ability won't help him much in the NFL. He doesn't have Mike Vick's speed at all.

Tebow has to move to tight end to have any significant career in the NFL. He's too slow to be a running back or receiver, he's never played defense, and he's not about to become an O-lineman. I do think he has the ability to become a great tight end like Jason Witten or Tony Gonzalez. But then, we'll see how open he is to that suggestion. Doesn't look like he's real warm to it right now. 

Now, I do realize that quarterback is probably the toughest position to assess in the NFL, and who knows, maybe we're all wrong about Tebow. But I doubt it, simply because there are baseline things Tebow just isn't that good at that will become amplified as a pro. He's a great college player, but then again, so was Gino Torretta. If Tebow plans on sticking at QB, expect his career to be about as short and forgetful as Gino's was.

 

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