Tim Tebow is ‘terrible’: Jets teammates, officials rip the heralded backup

By Jay Busbee | Shutdown Corner

The Tim Tebow faithful are going to have a tough time with this one: The New York Daily News has consulted more than a dozen of Tebow's Jets teammates and officials, and their assessment of The Chosen Quarterback is not a kind one.

One unnamed teammate whom the Daily News identified as a defensive starter was blunt: "He's terrible." Others were more nuanced, saying that Tebow has not shown significant growth in his skills since arriving in New York in March.

Here's the problem, though: The Jets are 3-6, a perpetual joke of a franchise, and so anyone that could possibly, maybe, potentially stem that avalanche is getting a look. But most Jets believe Tebow doesn't deserve that look.

Guard Matt Slauson, who actually had the stones to put his name to his comments, was unequivocal in his support of incumbent quarterback Mark Sanchez, saying the distance between him and backups Tebow and Greg McElroy is "not even close ... We don't really have a choice." Oh, and about those backups? "We have Greg ... and we have an athlete," Slauson told the Daily News.


The Jets interviewed by the Daily News all played variations on the same tune: Tebow is a gimmick, a specialized-use quarterback, a Wildcatter who wouldn't be able to handle the game-long grind of the quarterback position. Granted, Tebow did have success in Denver, and he does bring those mysterious "intangibles" that somehow help teams to win games.

But anyone expecting Tebow to step into the starting role anytime soon might want to start saving their wishes for Christmas. "It would take extreme poor play [on the part of Sanchez] like a five-interception game" for Tebow to start, said an individual the Daily News termed "a prominent member of the organization." "Something where it was just ridiculous. It would take Mark to totally just [censored] the bed and become unglued."

Now, the usual caveats about anonymous sources apply here. In this case, anonymity seems less a need to protect one's job, and more a veil to express frustration over the Tebowmania that will not die. Still, until the Jets start winning with Sanchez, the calls for Tebow salvation will continue.


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Anyone suprised by this?

Only a rabid FL Gator fanbase wants to see the Tesus play qb in the NFL so that they can finally hope to have a FL Gator qb that was any good in the NFL.

But those sorrowfull fools that dared to diss the Tesus shall feel his wrath, he knows what is in the hearts of his fellow teammates and he shall strike upon thee w/great anger and furious vengence!

Tim Tebow sucks so bad even the Bears do not want him.

I believe he is terrible, and I would add this is the same organization that cut Chad Pennington for Brett Favre; seeing that the players hated Favre and hate Tebow, it's really starting to make sense here... Either way, if they get rid of that c*******er Ryan, and Tebow, and (it's not required, but it would help the healing) Sanchez, I'll be much happier with my other favorite NFL team. To me, they are at the state the Bears were in with Cade McNown playing: not worth watching, and not worth rooting for.

Jets are a joke from the top down. Time to blow up that media circus and rebuild from scratch.

They never should've gotten rid of Schottenheimer.

Matt Slauson is the only member of the Jets who I respect right now. At least he has the balls to tell it like it is and not hide behind an anonymous quote