http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/jets/post/_/id/17402/rex-regrets-tebow-comment FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- In retrospect, Rex Ryan wishes he had kept his mouth shut last week, when he suggested he might expand Tim Tebow's role. "It probably wasn't the smartest thing, me coming out with that statement," Ryan said Wednesday. The Jets' coach created a headline the day after the embarrassing loss to the Dolphins, declaring he'd use the bye week to examine Tebow's role and ways they might be able to expand it. It wasn't just an off-the-cuff remark; he said it with conviction. Upon further review ... "If we're going to use him more, or we're going to use him the same, or less, if I think it's an advantage to this football team one way or another, I'm not going to share it," Ryan said. "That's kind of where I look at it now. Literally, did we look at Tim? Did we look at each guy, how we're using our guys? We did." Ryan said he wouldn't be surprised if some defensive players have expanded roles, starting Sunday against the Seahawks. As for Tebow, who knows? Ryan and coordinator Tony Sparano have hinted several times throughout the season that Tebow could see more playing time, but it's starting to sound like a broken record. Tebow has played only 60 offensive snaps, an average of 7.5 per game. This guy is a joke...
Don't want to get the NY media all rilled up. Also, the "surprise element". What is weird is that Rex has been getting the question of "Is Mark the answer for this team" for the past 3 years. Why is he surprised now?
Personally, I take these comments as saying he ain't changing anything... Or just not using Tebow at all. I would not be surprised if Tebow took exactly ZERO snaps in Seattle. Best case is one or two runs up the middle.
BOHICA Enough with the surprise rhetoric, Rex Ryan. You aren't surprising anyone with these hare-brained schemes. Rex Ryan is worse than Wil E Coyote with this Tebow surprise package. Just stop it! Enough! Place clip board in Tebow's hand. Escort Tebow to bench. Insert if Sanchez is hurt or you have given up on him. How hard is that?
He probably thought he would have an extra week to implement something and Sandy evaporated it. That is the simplest explanation, so lets all brace ourselves for the 1 , 2 yard run up the middle this Sunday.
Supposedly, Tebow is not a player who excels in practice. So if the Jets are running a bunch of plays at practice and they're not working, why would the coaching staff give him 20 snaps a game, or even 10?
Cuz they are supposed to ignore all that and take it on faith that he's got the "it" factor, and he will justify himself on Sundays. Ignore that he struggles to complete passes against... air. check this practice throw out and tell me why coaches aren't giddy about putting him out there... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8zl7f_P9h0
How else does a player get to be starter. On faith? Gotta look at him first. Take the nake "TEBOW" off the back of his jersey, rename it Sanchez or Orton or something... then see if you would agree to start said player after seeing practices full of throws like that.
Yes, but the inevitable question that comes up with that (and I guarantee every coach in the league does) is.... "how does one go about winning." The fatally flawed assumption here (IMO) is that all that is needed is to plug in tebow, and wins will start pouring in, and the basis for that assumption is that he did it last year when a defense played at a level that has Orton at 23-2 when they play that well. Yet that gets ignored by people like Cowboysfan. the answer from a lot of Tebow fans seems to be along the lines. "Just turn tebow loose and let him fly by the seat of his pants, and it will all somehow work out in the end." You won't find a single coach ANYWHERE in the NFL that would do that if most of what they saw was pretty horrid in practice, and have serious doubts about his skillset as a passer. If it isn't about what he is doing in practice, then you tell me... why is it few teams seem to want Tebow, and why isn't he someone's franchise player right now if he's a "proven winner?" I GUARANTEE if he were half as good as a lot of you seem to think, teams would be lining up offering their first born to get Tebow at any cost. I mean, if it is true that he was able to rally the Broncos on HIS shoulders and bring them to the playoffs... why the hell didn't more teams trip over themselves to get him? The team that got him doesn't seem hellbent in giving him that opportunity when the team probably could use as spark right now.
He has to get better in practice if he is ever going to "win" a starting QB job. Though there are players who excel in practice (Orton) and are terrible in games.
If I'm picking a team for a pickup basketball game, I'm not looking for "guys with good form." I'm not looking for guys that are good in warmups. I'm looking for guys that I know just get it done. Guys that don't give up. And guys that would just kick your ass on the court.
there sure are... and that became evident when Orton played himself out of a job and is now sitting behind another so so QB. He's not gonna have much of a career from here on out. He got a much better shot than Tebow did though because he shoed he could follow instructions and do the things the coaching staff wanted him to do. It was obvious he was only servicable at best, which is why during his time here, the Broncos went out and traded for Brady Quinn, drafted Tebow, and Elway STILL stalked every top college candidate since. So Orton may have looked good in practice... but believe me, they knew. the same thing is the case for Tebow though, but I find it astonishing how many people don't see it. He might be a different Tebow during game time, but that doesn't neccessarily mean good. No coach will plunk him out there to stink it up for 3 1/2 quarters a game and hope for some miracle to keep happening. Who (aside from the guy in my sig and that other guy commenting on the flavor of my body fluids) HONESTLY thinks the way the Broncos won most of the games they won last year was sustainable with that kind of offensive production?
Tebow is the back-up quarterback of the New York Jets, who occasionally runs some Wild Cat plays. No reason for anyone to get upset about it.
