I doubt, given the kid’s character, that he would have said he wouldn’t run the wildcat.

Much more likely, he said he didn’t want to run the wildcat because he wanted to be the starting QB.

Later, someone asked Ryan about it, and Ryan probably said he’s upset about being in the wildcat and doesn’t want to play it anymore.

That person, or even Ryan, could have easily misconstrued the fact that Tebow has no desire to play the wildcat as Tebow refuses to play it. It’s not that far of a stretch.

Just a theory, though. He could have also said, “F U, Coach. I’m not running your BS wildcat.”

First, the way the Jets have handled Tim Tebow has been a disgrace, especially in light of the overwhelmingly disappointing performance of Mark Sanchez this year. Sanchez played himself out of the starting job several weeks ago.

The Jets signed Tebow and had him listed as the backup QB all season long. Given Tebow’s success last year in Denver, and Sanchez’s just plain awful performances this year, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that Tebow deserved a shot to see what he could do for the Jets as a legitimate QB for the last several games of the season.

The fact that the Jets failed to do this demands an explanation on their part. Why did they sign Tebow if they had no intention of playing him at QB if the need arose? Love him or hate him, Tebow was 7-4 last year as a starter, and engineered a victory over the Steelers in the playoffs by THROWING the ball for over 300 yards.

Secondly, I fail to see how Tebow’s image is damaged. Tebow was upset by the Jets snubbing him, and he had every right to be. All this other stuff about him opting out of the wildcat is hearsay; Rex Ryan and Tim Tebow have both denied this. So why keep insisting that it happened? Honestly, either the author of this piece enjoys channeling Merril Hoge, or just has a personal vendetta against Tebow.

damnit I just read and responded….

The guy by all accounts is an incredibly decent human being, donates his time and his money to people that need it.. Doesn’t get into trouble off the field.. Won a game in the playoffs last year.

Keeps his mouth shut all season while riding the bench on the most dysfunctional hell hole of a team in all of sports..

And now after some nebulous report that kinda sorta maybe says he didn’t want to play in the Wildcat after sitting on the bench all season despite the starting QB stinking up stadium after stadium and not being pulled because Rex Ryan is worried that Sanchez may take a demotion a little too emotionally due to being on his period..

And because of this, Tebow is a fraud and a bum.

To this I say to you, Florio, your fellow writers at PFT and anybody that’s had the faux-stones to rip Tebow: Shut the hell up and look in the mirror. By all accounts, Tebow is just a flat out better human being than most of us, including myself. I sure as heck know I wouldn’t donate my time and money the way he does to others if I was an NFL qb. I sure as hell wouldn’t be staying out of trouble (and other women’s beds) if I was in his shoes. The difference between me and you Florio (and all you others) is that at least I can admit it: Tebow’s a genuinely decent human being and a lot of you can’t stand it.

And, if your logic actually made any sense, then no coach would ever tell his players “go out there and play hard for 60 minutes” because they’d already know that’s what they should do.

Making this situation even worse is that if he is given the chance this weekend and he fails, which he most certainly will, his supporters will say that it’s Ryan’s fault, Sparano’s fault, the O line’s fault, the WR’s fault, etc. It will never be Tim’s fault in their eyes. Last year they said Tebow was great and elevated the play of those around him, when in fact he did precisely the opposite. He made Ryan Clady, Zane Beadles, Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker and others look like mediocre players but, as we can plainly see, they are outstanding players when they have a competent QB to play with.

Maybe he’ll go into greater detail in the next book he writes. About himself. I can’t wait!

He should know that by now.

Why would anyone be surprised that a crap organization like the Jets would throw one of the dumbest FA signings in history, under the bus by having their media minions create a story that Tebow quit on the team.
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Didn’t they trade for him?

Nothing has happened on the field.