This is a pilot sketch about the Jets recent trade with Denver.
As with all great pilots, this starts out innocently enough and quickly spins out of control.
(queue Mike and Mechanics all I need is a miracle)
(a play of sorts)
Scene 1: NY Jets brass huddle around a conference table contemplating how to fix their dysfunctional organization and under-achieving but recently very rich QB Mark Sanchez. They all grumble and shake their heads until Rex says it will take a miracle. Who do we get to work miracles? (in unison) They all say TEBOW!
Reality Check: I think the Jets caught wind of the idea of the Patriots getting Tebow and panicked. More on that later.
Scene 2: Timmy, upon hearing his fate hangs up the phone and prays “Dear God, No”.
- hold on to that thought . . . God loves the fine print. . .
- strike that, it appears the devil is in the details and the two sides have agreed to split the difference. . .
So now Tebow is a member of the most dysfunctional team in the NFL which also happens to have some of the worst ADHD fans in the world behind them.
Sorry Timmy, looks like you are quickly becoming the Job of the NFL.
( you can stop the music here)
(a strange parody)
Scene 3: This is some strange sort of sitcom in the form of “The Odd Couple” (with a little of Inspector Gadget thrown in). Sanchez is the partying media hound and commentator. Tebow is the clean cut stand-up guy who always tries to change his new found roommate; and fails.
Just as it did with the original Odd Couple, this odd paring works for the networks and the organization. Nothing sells better than playing two opposite personalities off of each other. Money wise, this works. Team wise this spells trouble. Why, because I believe the Jets are going to use Tebow as a guest character (Mr Gadget Play) in their sitcom instead of an active and equal team player. And that is just stupid.
Tebow is great at running the option and student body right playbook. Nobody does it better and the Jets are looking, hoping, that this gives them the edge they so desperately need. Hey Jets, I am going to give you some simple advise. They only way, and the only reason, the wildcat offense works is to have the guy(s) who can do this well in there playing almost every play. It is based on surprise and unpredictability. If you think for one moment that you can use Tebow part time as a behind the scenes motivational leader and moral compass (to fix Sanchez) and then bring Tim in on 3rd down or even 1 out of every 3 plays to keep the drive alive; then forget it. It is not going to work.
- though, a commercial deal with Jiffy Lube would be awesome “keep our drive alive” ha! Get it?
Anyway, if the Jets arch nemesis (Belichick and the Patriots) had traded for Tebow, two things could have happened.
- They would have put him far back in the QB depth chart and coached him up to become a better QB and eventually traded him for more picks.
or
- They would have converted him into another position such as RB or such to keep him and his talents on the field and still provide that element of surprise which is so valuable to the wildcat.
The second option is the only way I see this working in New York. Unfortunately, I am not confident that the Jets are capable of pulling this one off and this deal is going to become a very short lived sitcom destined for the cancellation pile with lots of casualties.
Which is a tragedy.
I hope I am wrong. Tebow deserves better.
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