Sports Nut: Saying No to Tebow

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Sports Nut Saying No to Tebow He could've been traded anywhere. Why'd he have to land on my team? By Bill Smee Posted Thursday, Mar 22, 2012, at 12:48 PM ET With the news that Tim Tebow is coming to New York, there's a message I'd like to deliver to the young quarterback on behalf of an army of long-suffering Jets fans: We don't want you here. Please, I'm begging you. We'll even take Vernon Gholston back—whatever you want. Just go away. Admittedly, it's easy to make a case for this trade from the Jets' perspective. Tebow could be a born-again Brad Smith, the much-loved and highly effective Wildcat quarterback whom the Jets lost to the Bills in the summer of 2011. New York's new offensive coordinator Tony Sparano loves the Wildcat and ran it with great frequency in Miami. Send Tebow in as an occasional passing running back / running quarterback and the Jets would gain a new wrinkle to help offset the downfield passing struggles of Mark Sanchez. Plus, this is costing the Jets nothing more than a few late-round draft picks. And consider the intangibles: Tebow is great in the locker room! He's a winner! This could be the perfect tonic for a team looking to re-calibrate after an underachieving 8-8 season. Let me now demolish that straw man. The idea that Tebow will be limited to the Jets' Wildcat ghetto seems preposterous given what happened during the 2011 season. Thanks to those miracle comebacks in Denver—which led the "overachieving" Broncos to an 8-8 record, the same as the "underachieving" Jets—Tebow now believes he should start in the ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate George Zimmerman Reportedly Used Racial Slur on 911 Call Before Trayvon Martin Shooting Even the RNC's Rule 40(b) Will Not Stop Gingrich From Making Mischief at the Convention A Jets Fan on Tim Tebow's Trade to New York: Noooooo!	Advertisement
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