Tim Tebow is officially a New England Patriots player with a fresh two-year deal and now he has a fresh new role as Bill Belichick decided to roll the dice on him and signed him after the Jets decided to throw him away like yesterday's trash.
The team is planning to use Tebow mostly at quarterback, while there is a chance that he could end up being used as a tight end as well. The Patriots are perfect as it reunites Tebow with his former coach Josh McDaniels and also gives him a chance to develop behind an established starter without any attention being given to his playing time.
Belichick has taken chances before and it has worked out and this could be another one of those times down the line and once the Jets see what he does, they likely will feel foolish for hos dumb they were in handling the quarterback. Now he will be with Tom Brady and Ryan Mallett on the roster and he already made it into minicamp and has a red jersey on.
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Tebow was handed another chance in the National Football League on Tuesday when the New England Patriots signed the quarterback to an two-year. A polarizing figure, Tebow's brief NFL career appeared to be in jeopardy after he was traded by the Denver Broncos then released by the New York Jets in April. y joining the Patriots, Tebow, 25, will reunite with his former coach Josh McDaniels, the offensive coordinator at New England.
McDaniels had been head coach at the Broncos when Tebow, a former College football star who won the Heisman Trophy in 2007, was drafted as a first-round pick from the University of Florida.
When he finally got his start in the NFL, Tebow took the Broncos on an improbable run to the 2011 playoffs, beating the Pittsburgh Steelers before losing to the Patriots, despite criticism and reservations about his ability as a passer. In early 2012, the Broncos signed future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning after he had become a free agent, and traded Tebow to the Jets.
The Jets said they planned to use Tebow on their special teams and 'wildcat' plays, but the experiment was rarely tried and he spent most of each game stuck on the bench with the Jets eventually releasing him after missing the playoffs.
The Patriots and the Jets face each other twice each season in the AFC East division.
Critics of Tebow as a player have questioned whether he will ever have the passing accuracy needed to make it in the pro game but he has worked intensely on his technique during the off-season at IMG's academy in Bradenton, Florida. Chris Weinke, who was Tebow's passing tutor during those sessions says the quarterback is a much improved player.
"I made an adjustment to his lower half and invariably that's where the quickness came from," Weinke, a former NFL quarterback, told USA Today.
"What I saw was, when his feet were in good position, he was throwing the ball with great accuracy, great velocity. And the ball was coming out much quicker.
"He's proven he can win at that position. He has had great success. He does things the right way and has a guy in Tom who is one of the elite quarterbacks to ever play the game that he'll be able to spend time with every day.
"The things we worked on down here are going to pay dividends in New England."