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Florida football legend Tim Tebow has a hard time staying out of the news despite not having taken an NFL snap since 2012 with the New York Jets. While he had a miraculous run with the Denver Broncos the year prior, taking his team to the playoffs despite copious criticisms of his abilities, his career sputtered out before some believe it really got a chance to begin.
The southpaw quarterback found himself in the rumor mill once again when it was reported he had tried out with the Jacksonville Jaguars, who are now led by former Gators coach Urban Meyer, “worked out” as a tight end. Though there is no indication Jacksonville plans to sign or use the 33-year-old in its offensive scheme next season, Tebow’s resurfacing in the sports media has opened the opinion gates once again.
Former NFL Pro Bowler, fellow Florida alumnus and longtime Jags running back Fred Taylor recently weighed in with his take on how things played out for one of college football’s greatest players. Here is what he had to say, according to a recent CBS Sports article.
“I don’t think Tim got a complete fair shot in the NFL because most of the coaches were saying, ‘We need the prototypical NFL quarterback.’ And he’s not that. That was just before the zone reads and the offenses changed up. And I think if Tim had been able to hold on long enough to have those offenses come to fruition, and develop them as they have been the past couple years, I think you would have saw a better quarterback.”
So there you have it. According to Taylor, Tebow was simply a player ahead of his time, a victim of being on the cutting edge of the sport. Perhaps he is right — offensive and defensive schemes have evolved significantly over the past decade and there is a chance he could have eventually found his niche.
Unfortunately for him, time waits for no man.
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