It seems fitting that today is both the birth day of the new SEC Network and the birthday of Tim Tebow, the biggest star on the SEC Network.
It was just more than five summers ago that I launched TimTeblog.com, offering obsessive coverage of the Tim Tebow phenomenon.
The site was fascinating to produce — there was obviously plenty of material around Tebow during his insane senior season at Florida, his insane NFL Draft process, his insane rookie year with the Broncos, the truly insane apex 2nd year in Denver, the modestly insane debacle in New York and the not-really-insane denouement in New England last August.
I can’t help but think that the moment the lights officially go on for the SEC Network, with Tebow on-air live from Gainesville, the NFL chapter of Tebow’s career will really be over.
I remain biased and mystified — that no team will give him a shot, that QBs like Brady Quinn and Rex Grossman can land on rosters, that this really might be it.
I know he continues to train — I actually believe him when he says that his skills have never been better. I am left with one lingering question:
Why doesn’t he switch positions?
Yes, I understand that the day he lines up at anything but QB is the day that his dream of being an NFL QB is over, but — from the looks of things — his dream of being an NFL quarterback IS ALREADY over.
The implication: Wait, he would really rather remain a QB and never play in the NFL again than switch to anything-but-QB (fullback? tight end? the invented-just-now “T-back?”) and get a shot to contribute on an NFL roster in some other way?
It’s not like he wasn’t willing to do whatever it took to help his teams previously: His rookie year with the Broncos, before he took over as starting QB, he lined up as a receiver. On the Jets, he eagerly accepted a role on special teams. Anything to help the team.
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