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Former Patriots LB Tedy Bruschi Thinks Florida QB Tim Tebow is a Good Fit in New England

Sorry Teddy, you've done amazing things with the Patriots during your tenure, but every Patriots fan who enjoys yearly success is probably shaking their head in disagreement with your statement. Bruschi argues that since Coach Bill Belichick has had past success in taking risks on players that picking up Heaven God's Team Florida QB Tim Tebow would most likely yield positive results.

"My old coach Bill Belichick is kind of that guy," Bruschi said, pointing out recent draft picks like Brandon Tate (taken in the third round last year after he was coming off a serious ACL injury), Julian Edelman (a quarterback-turned-receiver) and Stephen Neal (a college wrestler who didn’t play football).

Bruschi makes a good point that we've been able to utilize Edelman and Neal to their fullest potential, however Tebow is in a different boat.

First of all, Tebow wants to play quarterback. He has mediocre skills, at best, at the quarterback position. He benefited from having great receivers who were able to get open against weak defenses, but his own skill set as a QB is average (as average as a potential NFL player can be) at best. His release is too slow, he's a run first QB, and has overall poor mechanics when throwing the ball.

Secondly, if Tebow doesn't play QB, he'll be playing another position, such as TE or FB due to his large size and mobility. That's okay if he was going to be a project, but seeing how Tebow was invited to New York for the NFL Draft, it means that he's projected to go in the first three rounds. See how the Pat White experiment has been a failure so far, I don't want to utilize one of our four early picks on a project.

Which brings me to my third point- Tebow isn't worth a first or second round pick. Julian Edelman was a 7th round selection- a low risk, high reward pick. Stephen Neal wasn't drafted. Tebow's not going to come into New England and play QB, which means that he's a high risk-average reward pick. Any passing play where we take the ball away from Tom Brady is a bad play and we aren't going to use an early pick on a player who will only play on a few gimmick plays (a la Pat White). If we wanted to grab a project for HB or TE, we'll probably wait until the 6th or 7th round where we have more picks than we know what to do with. If we want to grab an actual HB or TE, we're not going to grab Tebow- he's not an actual HB or TE.

Sorry Bruschi, but if Tebow has a future in the NFL, it won't be with the New England Patriots.

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Would you want Tim Tebow on the Patriots, if it cost us a first or second round pick?
Yes
149 votes
No
229 votes
Maybe for a 3rd round pick
151 votes
Maybe for a 4th round, or later, pick
204 votes

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He is going to get drafted WAY before new england should even consider him

by smithjoey223 on Mar 17, 2010 8:27 PM EDT reply actions  

That's my thoughts.

I feel kind of bad for him. He’s invited to the NFL draft and is probably going to have to sit until the 3rd round. If he gets drafted that late, it’ll be a sad sight. If he gets drafted earlier, he’ll be labels “overdrafted.” Can’t win now.

by Richard Hill on Mar 17, 2010 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

I wouldn't mind getting tebow actaully.

that means we have something up our sleeves. :)

(insert joke here)

by patriotguy on Mar 17, 2010 8:38 PM EDT reply actions  

respect Bruschi...but really???

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by NinjaZX6R on Mar 17, 2010 10:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Tebow would be a great fit

How long will they rely on Tom? He can contribute in many ways and a pick on him would not be a wasted one. I like em!!

Those of you who think you know everything just annoy those of us who do!!

by Sully F on Mar 18, 2010 3:37 AM EDT reply actions  

how

can be play TE? or FB?, SS? FS? CB? OLB? ILB? DE? NT? T? G? C? RB? or QB?

nope!

Non Sibi Sed Patriae.
I love my ZX-6r Kawasaki.....159 mph is my top speed..will top that this spring
I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life
(formerly mathew.40)

by NinjaZX6R on Mar 18, 2010 4:41 AM EDT up reply actions  

Tom has a throwing arm; Tebow doesn't.

Hoyer has an NFL quality arm; Stanback and Edelman don’t. Stanback and Edelman don’t play a lot of QB for the Pats, and neither would Tebow.

The Pats are very picky about the QBs they’ve taken, and taking guys with noodle arms, questionable mechanics, average accuracy, and being from non-Pro style, run-first QB programs isn’t the preferred way to get good draftees.

Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.

by Comedic.Sans on Mar 18, 2010 5:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

Very Favre - esque.

Except this guy hasn’t done anything in the NFL.

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The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Mar 19, 2010 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

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