Tebow to show his true colors?

[Buzzard]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/1 ... lp00000009

On April 28th Tebow will be gracing the First Baptist Dallas Megachurch with his eloquent testimony. This particular church is best known for its leader, Robert Jeffress, and his anti gay, anti every other religion rantings.

http://www.freejinger.org/forums/viewto ... f=8&t=3752

Jeffress backed Perry and called mormonism a "cult" and Judaism and Islam are from the "pits of hell."

Since Tebow failed miserably as a backup on team green, is he going to take a few snaps as a red hatemonger?

[lilwriter85]

I think most people already figure that Tebow is anti-gay. I don't think he has ever said anything publicly about gays though. Tebow also seems a bit stupid and he doesn't know that is apperance at the church will backfire on him. At this point, people have stopped caring about him in the sports world. I loved this past NFL season, the players who got a lot of media attention deserved it. I was so happy hearing the names Wilson, Kaepernick, Luck, and RG3.

[Buzzard]

I think most people already figure that Tebow is anti-gay. I don't think he has ever said anything publicly about gays though. Tebow also seems a bit stupid and he doesn't know that is apperance at the church will backfire on him. At this point, people have stopped caring about him in the sports world. I loved this past NFL season, the players who got a lot of media attention deserved it. I was so happy hearing the names Wilson, Kaepernick, Luck, and RG3.

Luck won me my fantasy pool! Tebow is a moron. I dont know if he has a place in the NFL at all anymore and wouldnt be surprised if he took up the anti abortion cross and started running with that at this point.

[Sarahsahara]

Luck won me my fantasy pool! Tebow is a moron. I dont know if he has a place in the NFL at all anymore and wouldnt be surprised if he took up the anti abortion cross and started running with that at this point.

I thought he already had? The whole 'I-could-have-been-aborted!' thing? Since he's irrelevant in sports now, that anti-choice support is all he has.

[Buzzard]

I mean, in a full time sense.

[Childless]

Testimony about what exactly? His ability to play mediocre football?

[Buzzard]

Testimony about what exactly? His ability to play mediocre football?

His experiences as a former fetus?

[lilwriter85]

I think Tebow might bounce around the NFL for a few more years. When he does finally leave football, he will join his daddy's ministry and he will make appearances at anti-choice events, marches, and conferences.

[Izzybee]

Does he even have a team to play for next year?

I'd be a bit worried, career wise, about speaking a that kind of place. It's not going to win you any contracts, that's for sure.

[Rita]

Every year, his fans try to get him on his "home" team, the Jacksonville Jaguars. I'm starting to wonder if it isn't just his PR or local media trying to start a story - every coach and owner has said no to the local boy. Thank goodness, I don't know if we could take more of his morality/preaching. How do people want to keep hearing him?

edited because the phone interrupted

[debrand]

Is he that bad a player? My conservative Christian neighbors swear that no one is giving him a chance. However, the husband also defended Lance Armstrong because everyone else dopes.

[Izzybee]

Jacksonville has apparently already said "no way". Surely Jacksonville is in enough financial trouble without overpaying for a godly quarterback, too.

[Izzybee]

Is he that bad a player? My conservative Christian neighbors swear that no one is giving him a chance. However, the husband also defended Lance Armstrong because everyone else dopes.

He's a mediocre player at best, especially as a quarterback. He could work on playing another position and perhaps have a good career, but so far, he refuses. I feel a little sorry for him, actually. He was built up as better than he really was, and he appears to have believed them.

[Rita]

I feel a little sorry for him, actually. He was built up as better than he really was, and he appears to have believed them.

Sounds like a fundie problem - unable to adapt to the world as it exists. Tim, it sucks to grow up (as Ben Folds sang it), but you do need to. Unless you want to join a cult and hide out for the rest of your life? There are some lovely J'slaves who can probably hold a conversation about football with you.

edited to clarify: Wait, I am agreeing with Izzybee, that's how I feel about all the young fundies.

[argypargy]

He's a mediocre player at best, especially as a quarterback. He could work on playing another position and perhaps have a good career, but so far, he refuses. I feel a little sorry for him, actually. He was built up as better than he really was, and he appears to have believed them.

He's not terrible, but not going to be a great starting QB. His talents would be better used at the tight end position, quite honestly.

As to the Lance argument, I kind of agree with the husband. He's still an incredible athlete (you have to be to even get to that level). Pretty much everyone he's beaten in the tours (Ivan Basso, Jan Ulrich, Pentachi, etc.) have been busted for doping. I still think he's an asshole, though.

[Anxious Girl]

I love how the crazy commenters think that critquing TB's stance on supportive of a cult is equal to persecuting him for his beliefs and cry for HP to let him believe what he believes. Check off the "You're not tolerance of my intolerance!" spot of the Christian Privilege Bingo sheet! If we didn't have freedom of speech, dumbshits, the government would be deleting comments on HP, or deleting the newssource alltogether. Freedom of expression in the press isn't just the ability for people to share their beliefs with the media, it's also a protected right for people to critique people's beliefs and views that they don't find possible for progress in the 21st century. These Christian internet martyrs need to shut the fuck up when it comes to crying persecution, because they clearly don't know what the fucking word means.

[pixydust]

Is he that bad a player? My conservative Christian neighbors swear that no one is giving him a chance. However, the husband also defended Lance Armstrong because everyone else dopes.

Tebow isn't good enough to get the media attention that he does.....I think that is why he started the whole "Tebowing", he thinks he is God's gift to football, and he is going to get the attention one way or another, dammit!

[lilwriter85]

Tebow was a great quarterback at the college level. Stuff like this has happened in the past, some players will be good at the college level for different reasons, but their abilities/playing styles aren't ideal for the NFL. Before Tebow entered the NFL draft, many were predicting that he would be a bust. I lurked on a different team message boards before the 2010 draft and many fans didn't want Tebow to be drafted to their teams. The predictions have come true. When Tebow was with Denver, he was overhyped especially during the 2011 season. My Denver fan relatives used to debate about Tebow. Some of them were happy when Tebow was traded.

There is a faction of Tebow fans that are conservative Christians who follow college football deeply, but they don't follow pro football. These are the same people who suddenly became Bronco or Jets fans because of Tebow. The Bates family started rooting for the Jets because of Tebow. These types of Tebow fans have a hard time understanding why NFL GMs aren't going crazy over Tebow. I think some of Tebow's fans still believe that he will magically become a great NFL QB.

[kpmom]

Is he that bad a player? My conservative Christian neighbors swear that no one is giving him a chance. However, the husband also defended Lance Armstrong because everyone else dopes.

The NFL would draft my grandmother if she could somehow play football. If Tebow was truly talented he'd have teams lined up to take him. I've heard other conservative Christians say the same. It's not true.

[Buzzard]

He's not terrible, but not going to be a great starting QB. His talents would be better used at the tight end position, quite honestly.

As to the Lance argument, I kind of agree with the husband. He's still an incredible athlete (you have to be to even get to that level). Pretty much everyone he's beaten in the tours (Ivan Basso, Jan Ulrich, Pentachi, etc.) have been busted for doping. I still think he's an asshole, though.

Tebow would actually be good in a New England style TE team. He can catch and he's BIG. He can also block when he has to. He's never going to catch a 40 yard pass, but in a short field he could rock it. The Jets dont have the ability (or the balls) to utilize him. I think in the end he'll be a free agent pick up and wind up playing random wildcat offense or a 3rd down TE for someone.

Did I mention that I fucking love that we can talk football on FJ?

[Lady]

His experiences as a former fetus?

I could do that! "I have PSTD from being nearly aborted. Since I was almost murdered in my mother's womb I get panic attacks and flashbacks whenever I get in a swimming pool."

[Maia68]

As an Alabama fan/alum, we were certainly sick to death of the return of Tebus(thanks, Verne and Gary, you idiots) during Tebow's time in college. It wasxvery interesting that during the time that Tebow, Sam Bradford, and Colt McCoy were nominated for Heisman, it was revealed that Colt McCoy was also very Christian and went on many mission trips, just didn't have the same PR. I laughed along with many people at the "Tebow wept" jokes when we made him cry during the 2009 SEC Championship Game. Then, when the commentators in the NFL started ripping Tebow apart after years of the second coming, I almost startedfeeling sorry for him. I'm glad that I have been shaken back to reality and was able to enjoy the sweet victory of seeing Greg McElroy place both douchebag Mark Sanchez and Tebow on the bench(hate the injury, G-Mac.) The football world is almost right again.

Edited to get my Championship years correct.

[persuas1ve]

Supposedly Tebow refused to be utilized in the wildcat last season for the Jets. To me, this says that he has an inflated sense of himself as a player and is unwilling/unable to think critically about what it would take for him to be successful in the NFL.

Apparently his throwing mechanics are awful, but I've never seen a report that he's worked on that aspect either.

I guess I see him as a guy who feels like he has to be the star, the face of the franchise, but isn't willing to sacrifice in order to accomplish it. So yeah, another entitled ass ...

[MarthaMarcyMayMarlen]

You know the story about him refusing the wildcat was just a rumor, right? Never been confirmed.

[duplessis3]

I am sure he makes all hiscareer decisions in the Spirit. Jesus is his manager.