Patriots release Tim Tebow

[underpants]

Source: ESPN

The New England Patriots released Tim Tebow on Saturday, a move that leaves the polarizing quarterback's future in doubt.

Since he has fewer than four years of NFL experience, Tebow is subject to the league's waiver system. If he clears waivers, he will become a free agent and can sign with any team. He also has no doubt that he still wants to be an NFL quarterback.

"I will remain in relentless pursuit of continuing my lifelong dream of being an NFL quarterback," Tebow wrote on Twitter.

"It's not just one game [that matters]," Belichick said Friday about the player evaluation process, "although every game is important. But the body of work, the camp, the rate of improvement, the ability to do the things that players are going to be asked to do at their respective positions (also matters)."



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"I'm blessed, because of my faith, that I don't have to worry about the future because I know who holds my future," Tebow told reporters. "It's something I try to live by. It really gives you a lot of peace in whatever circumstance I'm in."


HELLO speaking tour

[thelordofhell]

1. Dancing With The Stars

Followed by the Canadian League

[jmowreader]

8. It won't be the Canadian league

Passing is even more important in the CFL than it is in the NFL; a quarterback who can't throw is even more useless up there than down here.

[Historic NY]

11. Well Tim, could have a shot at the "Powder Puff League'..

[Billy Love]

28. Tebow has no prayer in the Power Puff League.

Not the AFL either.

His best shot is semi-pro football and they already know his history and will also be rejecting him.

[Fuddnik]

31. How about the Lingerie Football League?

[Billy Love]

32. He may object...

but he's gotta go where the money goes.. as long as he wears lingerie, and I don't care.

[jmowreader]

37. Now, it seems to me...

that since Tebow has a college degree and he's good at high school/college-level football, he would be just the guy to be athletic director at a Christian high school in Texas.

[tabasco]

42. "he's gotta go where the money goes"

Preacher/con man at a megachurch.

[louis c]

2. He never had a prayer

Good riddance

From a loyal Patriots fan.

[tofuandbeer]

21. Watching him on the sidelines after he threw that last TD pass...

I felt bad for him: they all seemed to be ignoring him. I dunno what was being said, but he looked very awkward with other team members on the sideline. Probably just a bad few moments.

[underpants]

23. LOL spot on

Mostly a recent Pats fan. Love Tom and his hobbits the last few years.

[MH1]

59. Read the new RS article about Aaron Hernandez

I may be way off base, but I wonder if Tebow's past with Hernandez could have been a plus for bringing him in (Tebow may have been a positive influence). Now that Hernandez is irretrievable, that would no longer be a factor. Then it became all about Tebow himself.

Belichick may not have been aware when they brought in Tebow that Hernandez was probably already irretrievable, if other murder investigations caught up to him. Hernandez had so much potential he would have been worth losing a little on Tebow, if Tebow helped bring the kid around.

As a Pats fan, what do you think?

(either way, good riddance to Tebow from the Patriots, although I feel a little sorry for him because I think he's been badly misused by political and religious factions, and might genuinely be a decent guy and a good player if he'd had better mentorship himself. Between him and Hernandez though, as people? Give me Tebow.)

[louis c]

62. Wow, what an endorsement

Tebow is a better human being than Aaron Hernandez.

That's quite an accomplishment.

[NutmegYankee]

3. As a Pats fan, only one word needed: AMEN!

Good riddance to fundie garbage.

[MyNameGoesHere]

4. But he can always make anouther docu-ilovemyself movie

And clog up my Roku with it being run on every effing channel.

[Cooley Hurd]

5. "Thank you God for giving me...

...no fucking talent to play football."

[awoke_in_2003]

6. The problem with option QBs...

is they can only do one thing- run. All of them are mediocre, at best, throwers. He is Vince Young and Michael Vick redux

[JimDandy]

7. Wow. Never having to be responsible for anything

or to learn from mistakes because someone else 'holds my future'. Lucky duck. He gets to just go with the flow of the 'God wind'.

[iandhr]

9. As a big Jets fan...

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I am disappointed. I hoped Tebow would stick around to screw up the Pats.

[Crimson76]

27. As a big Pat's fan

We must never forget

[Fuddnik]

33. The Steelers need him desperately!!!!!!

From a Browns fan living in Tampa.

In fact he might be an improvement in Tampa.

[Crimson76]

34. I am only a Pats fan, dont watch alot of NFL otherwise

I thought Josh Freeman was alright? Brandon Weedon on the other hand.

Your best move is to tank and try and pick up Teddy Roosevelt.

[liberalhistorian]

41. As a former Clevelander now living

in a western state, I, along with most Clevelanders/Browns fans, hate Beli-Cheat's guts (I think it's a requirement in order to live there!) and still wish he'd never been allowed near the damn Browns, let alone be their last head coach before absconding to Baltimore and completely ruining the team. It really makes my head explode to agree with Beli-Cheat on this matter, but I do, indeed, agree with his actions regarding terminating Tebow.

However, I do feel rather badly for Tebow. I think he's a nice person and a good guy who means well and tries to do the right thing most of the time, he just SUCKS as a QB and simply refuses to acknowledge it. I can see him being a good coach and/or mentor to kids/teens/young adults as a job, but he just won't let go of a pipe dream that is impossible given his lack of skills and abilities for it. And I can see his fans trying to spin it as yet another "war against religion (meaning THEIR version of religion, of course), but being a Christian should not give you a free pass to get whatever job you want regardless of your skills and abilities, or lack of them, in his case.

[iandhr]

45. This is why

Geno Smith will be the Jets starting QB this season.

[jmowreader]

10. God will soon tell him to become an evangelist

He'll speak of his faith and how God Led Him To Football at $100-per-plate rubber-chicken dinners for the rest of his life. The main topic of his speeches: how the secular liberals (you know, the ones who think a guy who plays a position that requires you to accurately throw footballs should be able to do it) destroyed his career.

[George II]

12. He had one hot month a few years ago, but that obviously didn't translate into an NFL career.

[CSStrowbridge]

18. I think...

I think you are being generous. He won some games, but in all but two cases (IIRC) he was terrible at passing and his defense won for him.

[iandhr]

46. SNL on Tebow

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/tebow/n13335/

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. another Pats fan checking in with a great big sigh of relief!

[HatTrick]

14. bye, bye Timmy

Take Care Now, Bye Bye then.
Don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you.

[Politicalboi]

15. Why does God hate Tim Tebow

Maybe he didn't pray hard enough. God works in mysterious ways I guess.

Maybe him and Palin can put together a TV series. Let Allah sort it out.

[tarheelsunc]

16. If he wasn't so stubborn, he'd be a great football player.

He insists on playing QB when his talents are obviously better suited to play fullback or tight end, and he would be great at either of these positions given his combination of speed and strength. But he refuses to even consider an opportunity where he would play anything other than QB, I guess because he needs to be the center of attention of every play or something. I wouldn't mind seeing the guy succeed but he's been the biggest detriment to his own career.

[newblewtoo]

20. Bingo.

As you say, that is something which would make him an offensive weapon rather than an just offencive tool.

[Billy Love]

26. As a Bronco fan, Tebow was a useless piece of crap.

McDaniels needs to also be terminated as a OC of the Patriots for Tebow.

It's a McDumbass mistake, and the curse continues that I established in '10.

[LiberalFighter]

17. Tebow isn't listening.

God is telling him that there is no place for his plans.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

19. Thank God

It's bad enough watching the Boston media ballwash Belichick as it is, I'm sure they had a huge line of excuses as to why this clown should make the team ready to go. Now we can go back to hearing "Yeah, he wicked sucked"

[bpositive]

22. Woo hoo -

Don't know what Belechek was thinking adding him to the team.

[lakercub]

25. Three things, I think

1. Belichick is tight with Urban Meyer and Meyer LOVES Tebow so Belichick was doing Meyer a favor.
2. Josh McDaniels (Pats Off. Coord.) drafted Tebow in Denver and is such an arrogant ass that he still believes he can make Tebow an NFL QB (Full disclosure: Bronco fan here who despises McDaniels). Tebow's lack of progress will always be looked upon as partly a McDaniels failure.
3. The Aaron Hernandez saga. The Hernandez thing is horrible and, on top of everything else, brought nothing but controversy to a team that hates outside controversy more than most. So bring in Tebow, the single most over-hyped player of the last 25 years, to get the media talking about something else. The Pats would much rather have the newspapers talking about their clean-cut wholesome kid trying desperately to make the team than about Aaron Hernandez. They don't care that half the fans worship Tebow and the other half can't stand him...at least the fans are talking about that (which also drums up some interest in the boring preseason).

I never believed for a second, however, that Belichick would allow number 3 to influence his decision to actually keep Tebow on the roster. Fun for the preseason but there was no way in hell Belichick would waste a roster spot on Tebow in the regular season. He is simply just too awful to be a QB in the NFL.

I've never seen a guy who, after playing QB growing up, 4 years in college, and now 3 years professionally, could still consistently throw a ball that badly. It's hard to believe he can be that bad after that much work. But he is.

[MH1]

60. Also about the Hernandez thing - see the Rolling Stone article

It seems plausible to me that there was a thought that Tebow and Hernandez had played together, and Tebow might be a positive influence on Hernandez. If they'd been able to save Hernandez, it would have been worth at least a small loss on the Tebow transaction.

Just a wild thought. I don't follow college football and am not into the NFL as much as some. But I found the Hernandez saga fascinating and tragic.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

51. $$$$

They sold something like 100k tebow jerseys just in the time he was there. That's just jerseys alone, not to mention other paraphanalia. Now, when he had to get on the field, that was another proposition. All the money in the world couldn't make up for the performance they knew they were going to see when he took the field/

[jerome arizona]

24. in perspective

I`d rather be dumped by the patriots than dumped by camilla belle..

[Dawson Leery]

29. The religious kooks have kept this failure afloat long enough.

Tebow is not professional league material. He never was.

[Crowman1979]

30. I suppose losing to the Lions didn't help either!

[Rain Mcloud]

35. There is always the Dullass Cryboys

Romo needs someone who sucks worse than he does so he can feel better about himself and find the endzone on occasion.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

36. Must I post this again?

[SunSeeker]

39. OMFG that was brilliant.

[obxhead]

56. Damnit

I just replaced this keyboard last week!

[SylviaD]

38. Politics aside, I am a Tim Tebow fan. n/t

[KG]

40. 11-30 2td 2 int. - can finally stop pretending he was an NFL QB. he had some success when an entire

offense was set up for run option. not sustainable if the back-up QB can't run it.

[bobclark86]

43. Here, let me fix that for you...

"I will remain in relentless pursuit of continuing my lifelong dream of being an NFL tight end."

[customerserviceguy]

44. He'll end up coaching at some Christian college

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that saw him as being persecuted for his expressions of his faith.

It's too bad, he looked like he had promise to be a great NFL player just a few short years ago, but he suffers the fate of many who go from high school or college greatness to mediocracy in the big leagues.

[Safetykitten]

47. I can't belive I am going to write the following...

Tim Tebow is a bigger man than many. Aside from his Christian wackjobness, he truly was and IS a person that went WAY OUT OF HIS WAY to make people happy when they needed his help. The things he did for sick children ALONE was so kind, and you could tell that he did these from the heart.

He is a better person than the majority of the athletes that he is on the field with.

[Indi Guy]

48. +1 n/t

[totodeinhere]

50. Agreed. n/t

[Riftaxe]

49. Is DU dumping on him because he was a poor athelete

or for his religious beliefs.... not many can compete at that level, I wish him well wherever he winds up. But hey if it gives you pleasure to knock a man when he is down, perhaps someday the favor can be repaid in kind and for once you won't whinge about it.

Yes I am an agnostic, so i could care less about praying.

[LAGC]

52. Schadenfreude is a dish best served cold.

Sometimes when you go out of your way to be a big show-off, folks will tend to chuckle when that arrogance earns someone the cold-shoulder.

I'm sure God has other plans for Timmy though. I see ministry in his future.

[Seeking Serenity]

53. I agree with you

The hate shown to Tim Tebow, for seemingly nothing more than his being an "out" Christian, is downright shameful. He's not a political leader, he's just an athlete who doesn't hide his faith away in a closet, as if he should be somehow embarrassed about it. Maybe it's also because of that anti-abortion ad his mother did some years ago, but the hate started even before that. (And that ad, as I recall it, didn't even advocate for any changes in law regarding abortion or encourage viewers to support anti-abortion politicians, it just advocated for one choice, carrying a child to term, over the other, abortion.)

(And before anyone trots out Matthew 6:5-6, save yourself the embarrassment. Most people who cite that as a means to try to silence Christians from sharing their faith are either truly ignorant of that passage's meaning or are just willfully obtuse about it.)

It's just shameful. But progressives aren't perfect, any more than Tim Tebow is. I'll say a prayer this morning for both Tebow and for progressives collectively that they may all find peace.

[underpants]

61. OP here- I do agree with your point but....

I got sick of hearing how great this guy is when his coach at Florida didn't want to play him but had to re-tool the whole system to suit HIM and then CBS changes its Super Bowl policy for the religious right AND denied pro-choice a chance to present their standard message.

Compare to Shane Battier who in high school had recruiters (Duke's RW Coach K) saying they just met a future POTUS... he worked on the Obama campaign in '08 but he gets no attention. Probably because he doesn't seek it. I think Tebow does

[livefromsac]

54. Look for Tebow on the curvy couch at Fox n Friends

[ileus]

55. Let's pray Pat White doesn't get released from the skins.

[Dustlawyer]

57. Jerry Jones probably thinks he is the most talented QB ever. Jerry has always thought of himself as

a talented football insider, thats why he ran Jimmy Johnson off. One big problem though, Tebow won't work for the devil, unless he clears waivers!

[workinclasszero]

58. Palin/Tebow 2016

Yikes!

Teabaggers wet dream...team.