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Takket

(21,640 posts)
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 12:46 PM Feb 2022

Wow this is some next level pandering lol

I mean, I’ve heard of “going to support sone political cause because I know the crowd I’m talking to supports it” pandering.

But this is “I’m going to talk up Tim Tebow because I think my religious base likes him” pandering. I mean, this isn’t even a political issue, just a sports thing lol.


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Wow this is some next level pandering lol (Original Post) Takket Feb 2022 OP
I don't know what this means. Could someone please translate? Ocelot II Feb 2022 #1
The guy tweeting rownesheck Feb 2022 #3
Yep, Tebow definitely peaked in college. nt Phoenix61 Feb 2022 #4
Thanks. I don't understand or follow football, Ocelot II Feb 2022 #5
I'm Faux pas Feb 2022 #6
How will they react the first time Tebow takes a knee? sop Feb 2022 #2
Vigorous loud cheering. FoxNewsSucks Feb 2022 #9
I don't dislike Tebow but a "field stretcher" he was not. On the other hand, he has not shown any dameatball Feb 2022 #7
Can I just laugh now? Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 #8
The refs Roland99 Feb 2022 #11
This guy Adams is a clown. bottomofthehill Feb 2022 #10
He couldn't play Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 #13
Tim Tebow's career in football is already over FakeNoose Feb 2022 #12

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
3. The guy tweeting
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 12:52 PM
Feb 2022

is saying the rams need to have Tim Tebow, one of the worst players ever at the nfl level, to "help" them because one of their best receivers got injured.

He mentions Tim Tebow because he's a big Jesus person, he's white, and he knelt to pray anytime he made a touchdown.

The guy was annoying AF, but to right wingers he's a good ol' fashioned American.

Ocelot II

(115,888 posts)
5. Thanks. I don't understand or follow football,
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 01:00 PM
Feb 2022

though I do recall reading that Tebow was a Jesus freak. Didn't know he was a mediocre player, though.

dameatball

(7,400 posts)
7. I don't dislike Tebow but a "field stretcher" he was not. On the other hand, he has not shown any
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 01:16 PM
Feb 2022

inclination to sway anyone's political views, at least that I have ever seen. It is not his fault that some blogger (who obviously doesn't know football) is using his name. In equine terms, Odell Beckham would be a Kentucky Derby thoroughbred and Tim Tebow would be a Budweiser Clydesdale. Both have their talents and their admirers, for whatever the reasons may be.

bottomofthehill

(8,351 posts)
10. This guy Adams is a clown.
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 02:29 PM
Feb 2022

Tim Tebow was not fast for a QB when he was young, he was fast enough but not fast for a QB. Now that he is 35 years old and north of 250 pounds, I don’t think he could stretch must past his belt.

He was one of the greatest college QB’s of all times, but that does not always transfer to the NFL.

Jilly_in_VA

(10,012 posts)
13. He couldn't play
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 03:34 PM
Feb 2022

the way today's QBs play, not even back then. And he was a flop in baseball too. Sorry, but never liked the guy. Just found him annoying.

FakeNoose

(32,797 posts)
12. Tim Tebow's career in football is already over
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 02:38 PM
Feb 2022

(link) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tebow

... unless he becomes a team chaplain or something. His playing days are done.

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