The Tim Tebow drama continues to haunt the New York sports scene, with New York Giants co-owner, Steve Tisch, taking a dig at their MetLife Stadium neighbors, the New York Jets, for adding the young quarterback to their roster last year.
"I feel badly for the guy. Had another team picked him up after the Broncos, maybe he'd have a career," said Tisch, who was cornered by TMZ's cameras, in Los Angeles, this weekend. "I think him going from the [Denver] Broncos to the Jets was not in anybody's best interest."
Tebow, who was traded in 2012, by the Broncos to the Jets, along with a seventh round in exchange for New York's fourth and sixth round draft picks, became a polarizing figure, with both the New York City and national media scrutinizing his every move.
Despite Jets' head coach, Rex Ryan's, assurances that Tebow was the team's back-up quarterback, his presence divided both the Jets locker room and fans alike, intensifying incumbent starting quarterback, Mark Sanchez, pressure to perform and deliver positive results to the team.
But after finishing the season with a subpar 6-10 record, the Jets drafted West Virginia University quarterback, Geno Smith, and cut ties with the former Florida Gator, after only one season.
"I don't understand what the Jets did," said one AFC coach to Yahoo! Sports writer, Michael Silver. "You have to have a plan for him, but they had no idea what they were doing."
Despite his popularity (Tebow was named America's most influential athlete, according to a survey released by Forbes.com earlier this month), Tebow is having trouble finding suitors willing to sign the quarterback, even as a backup. National Football League (NFL) teams seem to be shying away from offering the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner a contract, due to the media attention that follows Tebow everywhere he goes.
"He seems like a great guy to have on a team, and I'd be tempted to bring him in as our backup," said an anonymous NFL head coach, to Yahoo! Sports. "But it's just not worth dealing with all the stuff that comes with it."
While Tebow's hometown Jacksonville Jaguars might seems like a right fit for him, at first glance - especially with starting quarterback, Blaine Gabbert on the hot-seat - Jaguars general manager, David Caldwell, has shot down the notion of Tebow returning home.
"For us, it was always about a fresh start," Caldwell told SiriusXM NFL Radio co-host Bill Polian and Alex Marvez. "It was about new energy here with coach (Gus) Bradley, with Shad Khan being our new owner, myself as a first-time general manager and a coaching staff that has a lot of first-time coaches there, too. We just wanted a fresh start. We didn't want the same recurring themes coming up. We just wanted a fresh start. We didn't want the same recurring themes coming up."
Playing in the Canadian Football League (CFL) is an option Tebow could consider, if he insists on playing the quarterback position. But Montreal Alouettes general manager, Jim Popp, warns that Tebow won't come into the CFL and dominate the league, as some fans might expect.
"These questions about throwing - our field is wider, bigger and there are more holes," said Popp, whose team owns the rights to Tebow should he play in Canada. "But the misconception about the CFL is it's much easier for a quarterback. That's not necessarily true. If you can't make all the throws, you can't win consistently in the CFL, either."
Tebow also has a standing offer from the Legends Football League (formerly known as the Lingerie Football League), who offered him the opportunity to become league's national quarterback coach.
Tisch believes that Tebow should leave that offer on the table. "I think he should try and get a job in the NFL, not in the lingerie league," said Tisch.
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