Warm Up Tebow Time!

Added on Oct 18, 2012 by Scott in

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The Tim Tebow experiment in New York has thus far been a bust. He’s thrown three passes, rushed the ball 18 times for 64 yards and has accounted for zero touchdowns. The anticipated removal of Mark Sanchez from under center in favor of the Philippines born wunderkind has yet to occur. Mainly because the AFC East is a 3-3 logjam of mediocrity, and partly because Sanchez has been serviceable. But that doesn’t mean Tebow can’t be utilized at running back, according to Rex Ryan.

Injuries to backup runners Joe McKnight and Bilal Powell may force Tebow into increased action on Sunday versus the hated Patriots.

“That’s a possibility,” Ryan said. “The thing about Tim, with him being a football player like we’ve always talked about … by playing quarterback, he knows all the positions. And so can you plug him in at running back? Plug him in at tight end? Whatever … I think the answer is yes.”

Classic gamesmanship from Ryan. The guy will do whatever it takes to get inside Bill Belichick’s head. Problem is, it’s unlikely Belichick is concerned one iota. Tebow, and the entire Jets offense, is painfully average. Gameplanning for them probably takes fifteen minutes of actual work.

Pressure Sanchez, wait for him to make a horrendous throw, and take advantage of his blunder. That’s the best way to beat the Jets. Oh sure, they exploded for 48 points against the Bills and 35 versus the Colts, but both of those teams trot out JV defenses on a weekly basis.

Ryan might be better suited moving Tebow to tight end or wide receiver. Injuries to Santonio Holmes and Dustin Keller have considerably thinned an already weak receiving corps. Quarterback Jesus doing fullback dives or operating some contrived version of an option offense won’t help the Jets reach the Super Bowl. No matter how Rexy spins it, he knows this to be true.

Source: NFL.com