Jets trade for Tim Tebow: MERGED 847 X

[Irish Jet]

This is one of the dumbest moves in the history of football, sport and life.

[JOJOTOWNSELL]

saw this article today and it reminded me of the original feeling i had when we got Tebow that he was brought in here to distract the media

http://www.nydailyne...s/football/jets

This just in: Though it’s only a two-game sample, there are some things wrong with the Jets (Revelation? No). Or there at least elements of their game to be concerned with. It’s never to early to panic, right?

- They have a suspect running game.

- Their defense, which “experts” claim is among the NFL’s best, has no consistent pass rush. It leaves something to be desired in the tackling department, too.

- Santonio Holmes, the highest-paid receiver on the team, is apparently getting paid by the drop.

- Anyone been blown away by Tony Sparano’s play-calling yet?

Not to worry. None of this matters. There’s really no need for the media, or Gasbags preaching inside the Valley of the Stupid, to examine these deficiencies.

Congratulations,

Tim Tebow

. You have just provided the Jets with a media smoke screen.

By now we thought the curiosity about Tebow, and his role with the Jets, would have subsided. Instead, it grows. Monday, for example, the day after the Steelers put a 27-10 beatdown on Gang Green

Rex Ryan

answered questions about the way Tebow was used against Pittsburgh. Never have three plays during a second game of the season received so much analysis. Tebow was in the game for those three plays, yet the stories were all about Ryan being grilled, and getting ticked, over questions about the QB’s limited use and why Tebow didn’t throw a pass.

The back pages were Tebowfied: “TIM-SANE IN THE BRAIN” is the way the Daily News put it.

Numerous football scholars have credited Tebow for giving the Jets a couple of gifts. All the jabbering coming out of Florham Park about the Wildcat forcing teams to take precious practice time to prepare to defend against it is apparently true. Thursday, on ESPN Radio, Dolphins coach Joe Philbin said as much.

Then there’s the belief that Tebow makes Mark Sanchez a better quarterback because he provides legitimate competition for the gig, which forces Sanchez to stay focused and deal with pressure.

All that is cool, but Tebow’s greatest contribution to the Jets is this diversion he has created for the media, which keeps the focus on him. Now it’s not just about when he will get in a game. As Monday showed, the questions and second-guessing has expanded into: “Why did you take him out so quickly?” It won’t be long before Ryan is asked: “Did you leave him in too long?”

Then there’s the outside stuff that comes with Tebow. Like telling Vogue, in its upcoming Sept. 25 edition, he might get into “politics one day.” In the magazine, Tebow is seen in a variety of shirtless poses, including rolling a giant tire. Someone should ask Ryan to compare those shots to the video of a shirtless Tebow running in the summer rain.

Yes, this is important stuff — much more substantive than Sanchez’s relationship with Eva Longoria. Sanchez may be the Jets’ starting quarterback, but he’s the backup media magnet.

There has also been speculation that Tebow could become angered over a lack of playing time and decide to leave the Jets after this season. More intrigue — after two games.

“Look at it this way, it’s like a Hollywood movie studio hiring a huge star and putting him in a cameo role,” a network executive said. “And on the press junket that’s all the media wants to talk about. That’s what the Jets have here.”

Carl Banks, the Giants’ radio analyst, doesn’t see Tebow taking the media focus off the Jets’ shortcomings.

“The Jets just have that movement behind Tebow. Once it starts, it’s hard for any team to deal with,” Banks said Thursday over the telephone. “I don’t know if there’s a lot that ails the team. They are 1-1. When you play Pittsburgh, the margin for error is small. I didn’t think the Jets looked god-awful, they played a very good team.”

Ryan recognized that as well when he said “we just didn’t do enough stuff right” against the Steelers. Nonetheless, that particular rap was overshadowed by Tebow stuff, which led to the coach getting bent out of shape, and defensive, when asked about the limited use of the Wildcat.

It was almost as if Ryan was saying how dare you even suggest how many times the Jets should run Tebow in the Wildcat.

“. . . We determine that, OK?” Ryan said, sarcastically. Ryan would later say he wasn’t being testy, just upset with the loss. “I’m not worried about a question about Tim Tebow.”

We are not buying what Ryan was selling. All the questions about Tebow are frustrating Ryan, turning his great sense of humor into a greater sense of wariness. The fascination with Tebow, the media’s obsession and over-analysis of how he is used, ain’t going away.

And that’s when this useful diversion could turn into an even bigger distraction.