Well, it’s pretty much official now. The Jaguars are “planning to” sign Tim Tebow as the former star quarterback makes his NFL return as a tight end, sources told Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL Network (Twitter link).
Rapsheet writes that the deal “could be official in the next week or so.” He also reports it’ll be a one-year contract, unsurprisingly. Things have been trending in this direction for a while, with Tony Khan (son of Jaguars owner Shad Khan) recently saying Urban Meyer wanted him on the team.
Meyer, of course, coached Tebow during their glory days together at Florida. Pelissero tweets that Tebow is still “a long shot to make the team,” but it sounds like he’ll have his chance at training camp. It’s not like the Jaguars have a ton at tight end right now, as Meyer recently highlighted when discussing the team’s interest.
Tebow hasn’t played in a real NFL game since the 2012 season. His last pro football stint was with the Eagles during the 2015 preseason. He’s since attempted a pro baseball career, spending time in the minor leagues with the Mets, which he just recently retired from.
If nothing else, you’ve got to admire his resiliency and work ethic. Teams had wanted Tebow to try out at tight end in the past, but he always refused. Turning 34 in August, it’s unclear how much he’ll have left in the tank physically, but it’ll be a fun storyline to monitor this summer no matter what
Urban is putting the band back together
Now he just has to rename it The Grateful Dead.
Awesome. Intrigued by what it will entail.
He will end up a coach
I wonder if the Pouncey twins want to come to Jax, maybe Harvin and Hernandez too…Oh wait..
Ouchie
To soon on Hernandez
Not too soon, but he’ll be replaced by Terrell Pryer, running the 2 TE set with former QBs as bookends.
I heard Bret Favre might want to try out w/jags too. Lol. Come on Tebow, you tried once in NFL, no luck, then MLB, no luck, now NFL again? Face it Timmy,time to face the facts, you’re not a pro athlete and you’ll need to make your money at a real job, as scary as that may be. Give it a rest before people think of you as more than a joke than they already do. Use your education instead of your name. Come on man, it’s not in the cards brother. Time to walk away before they tell you to go away and they laugh as you leave.
Jags would be a fun team for hard knocks this year
They’re exempt from being forced to do hard knocks this year, but you’d think that they would volunteer as a great way to build their national brand
So much for the climb back to respectability.
Right, signing Tebow to a one year deal, likely for the veteran minimum is going to wreck the franchise. What a stupid take.
That’s your opinion. In a vacuum, the signing of a TE to a one-year deal as a flyer isn’t terrible. What’s terrible is that it’s Tebow. You’ve got a 34 year old guy who hasn’t been in the league for 9 years, has NEVER played TE, is only getting a contract because he’s the new coach’s binkie, AND he brings a media circus with him wherever he goes. It’s really counterproductive to trying to establish a professional atmosphere at training camp as they start the climb back from the worst record in the league. Maybe it’s a genius move as an attempt to take the focus off Trevor Lawrence, but I doubt it.
Better to sign him than the wife beaters, druggies, and other such criminals that keep getting resigned over and over by various NFL teams. His media circus is a GOOD circus, and it actually might take a little pressure off Lawrence and Ettiene. In addition, he is known by all teammates as being a consummate professional and will likely be a good influence over a bad one.
As a blocking TE, Tebow could be a beast right out of the blocks and his football IQ is high enough that learning one of the lowest football IQ positions should be doable. I am not certain if he will do much in the receiving game, but he will certainly help in short yardage situations, where Jax failed miserably last year.
To me, this is not a bad signing at all. The only problem with it is that it pisses off a lot of people who just like to hate on Tebow. I used to be one of them as he destroyed UGA, but a decade can dull the pain.
Boston2AZ The article even says he’s a long shot to make the team. Can’t hurt to give him a chance If Urban thinks there might be something there. It’s a no risk move. They aren’t signing him with the intent to rely on him in any way.
He will be the team’s next head coach when Urban Meyer gets the axe or resigns.
What in the world?
I don’t follow the NFL very closely, so on how many occasions has something like this happened? A QB to TE switch seems weird af, so I’m not surprised that Tim Tebow is the first person I’m seeing this from.
Right, signing Tebow to a one year deal, likely for the veteran minimum is going to wreck the franchise. What a stupid take.
Tom Tupa once transitioned from a QB to a Pro Bowl punter for the Cards.
Logan Thomas was a top 8-10 TE last year.
Logan Thomas of the WFT made the switch from qb to te. He’s a solid player now, took him a few years to acclimate
I once went from Center to WR. Try that.
Basketball players transition to football all the time.
Oh wait….
Positive he’s talking football, but it depends what level he was playing at. In his pre-pro-wrestling days, I believe John Cena was a D-III All-American at Springfield College (MA). Playing the O-line at 250 works at that level but not at FBS or FCS. It’d be easier to drop weight to play at WR if you’re starting at that weight.
Blake Bell transitioned from QB to TE, I think in his last year of college ball. He got a Super Bowl ring with the Chiefs two years ago.
Good luck Tim, rooting for ya to be successful!
Gotta do anything you can to boost ticket sales and TV sets.
Lawrence jersey sales must be lagging.
Urban Meyer already a joke. Good for this lousy franchise. Tebow and Meyer can have a good time acting holier than thou while losing 80% of their games.
When does Tebow act this way? What a bizarre comment.
Tebow in the league in any capacity is only a good thing. Seems gimmicky at this point, but I’m certainly rooting for him.
Most likely, he’ll be credited with three years of service and get a $920,000 contract. The year the Eagles cut him, the date of his cut was September 5th. If that was a roster move after “final” cuts, it’s possible he’d get credit for the fourth year and get a contract of $990,000. I’m sure the money is not the top concern here for anyone involved.
It’s a leadership signing. He’ll help set the tempo in the locker room where sometimes coaches can’t.
It’s also a good hedge after what the Broncos went through last season with their entire QB room being ruled out for a game. With protocols in place, they couldn’t bring anyone from outside the organization to the team without quarantine. The NFL turned down their request to be allowed to sign two of their young assistant coaches with college QB experience to play that weekend due to CBA rules against stashing potential players on your coaching staff. So, they were forced to start practice squad WR who played some QB at Wake Forest. That was a disaster.
Former QBs have been playing in the league at other positions for many years. I’d think other teams might want to have potential emergency QBs on their rosters. I believe Edelman retired, but I could see the practice of signing converted QBs grow.
I’m rooting for the guy.
Laughing at the Jaguars for not finding a decent TE security blanket for their new QB.
I can easily admire his resiliency and work ethic, while at the same time wondering if he knows that tight ends are NOT afforded the same kind of physical protection that quarterbacks get…
always root for the guy. gets a lot of garbage for the religion/position/bust stuff, but overall his professional sports credentials are impressive. obviously not amazing, but better then 99% of the world’s population.
Tebow is going to play to key rolls if he makes the team. That is what is going to be in the contract on a 1 year vet min. He is going to be a roll model for Lawrence and a TE. If Lawrence is having a hard time they can roll Tim in there for a wildcat format too.
I have no problem at all with Tebow. I thinks he’s an impressive guy. However, I also think this is a bad move for a franchise/head coach needing to establish credibility. If you are a veteran Jags player with any concerns that your rookie head coach might be stuck in the college game, this kind of signing sends up red flags. If you are a potential free agent looking at Jacksonville’s recent history with Tom Coughlin, etc, you have to wonder if these guys are serious about winning or serious about selling jerseys. If the Jags wanted to give the hometown kid some love they had plenty of chances when they were winning 3 games a year and Chad Henne was taking snaps.
Yeah at least you’re against it for the right reason… its silly IMO. And a decade too late. He would have been an amazing LB or TE in the NFL and should have been switched to either upon entering. Now its a joke. But you can’t take anything away from this guy… unless you’re some racist or a nutty democrat.
Cam Newton should follow suit and switch to TE.
Somebody has to provide the hot tubs full of highschool girls, right? Might as well be “good Christian boy”, Timmay. Gosh, he’s so swell.
Few years too late to make this transition IMO. But it’s blatantly obvious that the media outlets issue with this is because he is white. No one gets fired up giving felons and drug addicts a second chance, third chance, fourth chance. But Christian white guy, yea we can’t have that guy getting another chance in the league.
Spot on. Finally, someone smart.
Cardale Jones for punter!!!!