I am someone who loves to see when conventional methods are thrown into the wind. I have also been a Tim Tebow fan as well. So I am absolutely loving to watch his success....proselytizing aside. NFL coaches, more so than other sports, are the most transitional and unwilling to try things that are different. It is the reason why they have historically kept Black and and/or "running" quarterbacks out of the league and or away from the position.
So while I am happy to see Tebow shake their ideas of what it means to be a quarterback in the NFL, it also leaves me curious, if not saddened. Curious about what it would have been like if Charlie Ward would have had a coach commit to him and run an offense tailored to his skill set. Or any of the other countless Black and/or running who were given the bigoted ultimatum of either stop doing what you are good at and stand here in the pocket like the statuesque caricature image of a q.b. that we have established as the status quo, or go play a different position.
Tim is certainly not the first to have this style of play, but he is the first to be given a somewhat genuine opportunity to play to his strengths.
Again, I am pro-Tebow but the question is, why him?
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