Belated Tim Tebow trade post

I thought that there were three teams in particular that were really dumb when it came to the trade of Tim Tebow:  the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Miami Dolphins, and the New York Jets.  We’ll get to the Jets later, but first the two NFL teams from Florida.  Tim Tebow is a god (lower case g) in Florida and would sell out all the home games of either team even if they were 2-14 every year, he would also allow you to charge for tickets and make either franchise nationally relevant (in Jacksonville’s case for the first time ever, in Miami case the first time since Marino) .  This isn’t as big a deal in Miami, but Jacksonville has a hard time selling out their stadium, and there has been talk about eventually moving to Los Angeles.  I understand if your goal is to win the Super Bowl and you don’t think Tim Tebow is a Super Bowl quarterback, that you wouldn’t want him as your quarterback, but only 1 out of 32 teams wins the Super Bowl every year and neither team is winning the Super Bowl this year or frankly probably in the next 5 years.  In addition to your goal of winning a Super Bowl, isn’t your goal as a team to make money, Tim Tebow might not win you a Super Bowl, but he’ll definitely make you some money.  If you’re not going to be great, at least be interesting and entertaining, which Tim Tebow certainly is.  It makes me wonder in the case of Jacksonville if the new owner even wants to stay in Jacksonville or would prefer to move the team to Los Angeles.

Now onto the New York Jets, here’s a team that has a mediocre (and many would say emotionally fragile quarterback).  So how is adding another mediocre (at best) quarterback who everyone will want to see play, going to help you win?  Isn’t this just a recipe for trouble: one bad series and the whole stadium is going to be chanting for Tebow.   If Sanchez was a great quarterback that had the fans and team behind him it might be different, but Sanchez isn’t great, he’s just ok (mind you  I’d be ok with be a just ok NFL quarterback , which would make me at worst the 20^th best quarterback in the world).

Maybe I’ll be proved wrong and the Jaguars, Dolphins and Jets will all make the playoffs, and one will win the Super Bowl, but I’m not going to hold my breath.