Of course it is Bill Belichick who throws Tim Tebow a life raft back to the NFL now, the one man and maybe the only man who is capable of fitting a square peg into a round hole. The one man and maybe the only man capable of keeping Tebowmania from turning Robert Kraft’s three-ring franchise into a three-ring circus.
And you just know Belichick, with the help of offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who drafted Tebow in the first round in Denver, would love nothing better than to kick the Jets while they’re down should he somehow orchestrate The Resurrection.
And no matter how much forgiveness Tebow has in his heart, you would think the Heisman competitor inside of him would love nothing better than to prove to Rex Ryan and the Jets how wrong they were for wronging him the way they did, for allowing him to rot on the sidelines even when Mark Sanchez butt-fumbled his way to the bench.
It may very well be that Tebow cannot be fixed, that his left arm is meant for passionate sermons instead of throwing footballs. But if he wants a place in the NFL, this is the place, and this is the coach, and if Belichick decides Tebow’s future is not at backup quarterback behind Tom Brady, but as H-back/tight end/fullback/safety/linebacker/kick returner/special teams kamikaze, then he should stop being so stubborn and abandon his NFL quarterback dream and listen to the voice of reason.
Belichick and Kraft aren’t in the business of publicity stunts, of selling PSLs. They are in the business of winning football games. And if Belichick didn’t think there were a possibility Tebow could help him win football games, Tebow would be shopping for a new football home in Canada. So Tebow’s career as a chicken sandwich entrepreneur at Tampa-based PDQ – People Dedicated to Quality — goes on hold.
So good for Tebow, whose prayers were never going to be answered with the Jets. He will never hear Kraft utter, “I think you can never have too much Tebow,” mostly because he can never have too much Brady. He won’t hear Belichick promise him up to 20 snaps a game, Wildcat or otherwise, because Brady won’t be coming off the field, thank you very much. He won’t have Tony Sparano fiddling while he burns. At Stalag Belichick, it is doubtful anonymous teammates will rip him as “terrible.”
“I think it’s great that Tim Tebow’s going to be an NFL player,” Giants co-owner Steve Tisch told The Post last night. “I think it’s really fantastic he’s going to be playing for a great owner and playing for a great coach. I think Bill will find a way to turn Tim into a huge asset. This is the well-deserved Act III in Tim Tebow’s NFL career.”
I don’t buy any speculation that Belichick has gone out of his way to disprove a recent Yahoo! Sports report that he “hated” Tebow, because that isn’t the way he operates, or is doing this as a favor to Urban Meyer, Tebow’s former coach at Florida.
Belichick happens to like smart, tough, versatile players with intangibles. No one ever said Tebow is short on intangibles.
Jets versus Darrelle Revis Sept. 8. And maybe Jets versus Tim Tebow four nights later, primetime at Gillette Stadium: Brady drops back to pass … hands off to Tebow … who explodes around left end for a touchdown … before Tebowing in the end zone.
The Resurrection of Tim Tebow? Compliments of Bill Belichick?
Amen.