The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread V3

OOnegative wrote: »

Obviously your thinking Pittsburgh is 1 like myself......

Delusions

Worst team in AFC North

The schedule was released in full last night and the eagles first six games are dog rough. We got the bucs and the Chiefs and niners in that time. The eagles bye week is week 14. After week 6 I see some reason for hope as most if not all of the teams outside the NFC east that we play are the 1927 New York yankees based on last season. Only two non Sunday games(TNF, SNF, MNF) which isn’t a bad thing. ESPN has the eagles winning 11 games but nothing is decided in mid may of an NFL season and I’ve no idea what they’re basing that on.

Lily Thoughtless Swimmer wrote: »

Eagles signed Ryan kerrigan. Excelent signing

Delighted with that, constantly getting one or two sacks against us Everytime we play them

Mysterypunter wrote: »

Would you like salt with that, he signed today, but on a serious note Tebow had 1 pass target in his career, it was a throw from Mark Sanchez that hit him in the face

I think he means the final roster, and not the 90 at the start of training camp.

But I think he will make it given its Meyer's decision.

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Simms was losing it on PFT earlier. He really hates Tebow.

Hate is probably too strong an emotion for Tim tebow, but I feel he’s getting help that others wouldn’t and a chance others wouldn’t be getting. Him being close to Urban Meyer is the reason.

A player has literally shot himself in the leg went to jail and been given a second chance.

Another star player had a dog fighting pit went to jail and got a chance.

Tebows crime is he's Tebow

Christy42 wrote: »

I don't get it. That describes 99% of coaching appointments in the nfl. I doubt Tebow will set the league on fire but let him play, it isn't like there is a glut of star TEs out there.

I agree many would not get the second chance which is unfair but he is hardly the only one to benefit from previous connections.

Most players who get a second chance get that second chance at the position they played at the first time around. Tim tebow is getting a chance at a position, that unless I’ve missed it, has never played before. Hopefully whether he makes the team or not is based solely on his play and not who he is.

Itssoeasy wrote: »

No it not that’s he’s Tim tebow, it’s that he’s never played at TE yet gets singed to a team after five years completely out of the game when he played a different position and being honest on the whole didn’t set the world alight when he played QB.

He didn't but he was always one of the most ridiculous athletes in the game. Being a ridiculous athlete helps. Getting drafted as a QB to the NFL is hard. Getting drafted without being able to throw the ball is ridiculous.

His main failings as a QB won't be relevant as a TE. Certainly it would be nice to have spent more time learning blocking and running routes but he isn't the only one to have relearned a new position. I don't see why 5 years completely out of the game makes a difference. He kept in shape and is learning a new position in any case.

Plenty of people have been out of the game for a few years. Plenty of people have changed positions. Doing both is a bit ambitious but hardly out of the realms of possibility.

Let's not pretend Tebow has been sitting on his arse for the last few years, or that he's making some dramatic career change like becoming a Tight End after spending years as an accountant or doctor. It's not out of the realms of possibility that he knows how to play the position, or that he can work hard enough at it to give it a real go.

Most teams have 90 players or thereabouts on their roster currently. That's supposedly the 2,880 best football players in the country already off the market. If Meyer wants to take a flyer on Tebow over some undrafted rookie or some journeyman veteran who can't crack the Top 2,880 list, then I have no problem that.

It probably won't work out, but if it does then Meyer deserves credit for giving him a shot. I don't think Meyer is expecting the second coming of Gronk or Kelce, but if he makes the roster as a TE or H-Back, there could be some very interesting packages in short yardage or goal-to-go downs.

And yes while I agree he wasn’t sitting on his hole for the past five years, he was trying his hand at baseball and as a fan of both sports, I can’t see many skills transferring between the two.

el Fenomeno wrote: »

I think he means the final roster, and not the 90 at the start of training camp.

But I think he will make it given its Meyer's decision.

I kinda knew that, I was only being a smart arse, its a ridiculous signing as far as I can see, this man seems to be still assessed by his college career, he could be a disaster as an nfl tight end. Jacksonville draft Trevor Lawrence and sign Tebow for him to throw to. It looks crazy, a 33 year old with 0 lifetime catches who never played the position, and as I said in an earlier post, he has 1 career target, and it hit him in the face