Tebow is gonna make the Mets this year...

[DAWG61]

and it's a brilliant move by Mets to take the spotlight off the Yankees. He'll be the front page news not Stanton and Judge.

 

[msstate7]

No, he’s not. You dreaming, 61 lol

 

[aTotal360]

There is a serious chance he gets called up if he bats over .270. I think the Mets GM is just priming the pump so people will be ready for it. I'm a Tebow fan, but his call up will be nothing more than a PR stunt and merchandise grab.

 

[Drebin]

Tim Tebow will not see the majors this year, unless something dramatic happens injury-wise. He won't get out of AA.

The Mets GM said what he said because he has to justify keeping Tebow, a .220 hitter in A ball, on a roster ahead of someone with more upside. He didn't guarantee that Tebow would be a major leaguer, only that he could foresee him playing in the majors, which is what he would say about just about anyone in the organization.

 

[biguglyjoe]

On a related note, I never understood why the Jacksonville Jaguars didn’t sign him when they were at rock bottom years ago. It would have at least sold some jerseys and put butts in seats, both of which they needed badly.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

Tebow should've tried another position besides quarterback

For being a humble Christian, he sure let his pride get in the way of his football progress.

Whether it was a lack of skill, anti-Christian persecution, whatever, Tebow was never going to make it in the NFL as a QB. However, he had a phenomenal skill set as a combo H-back/Fullback/Tight End.

I could see some team using him like Vince Lombardi used Paul Hornung- a former QB who could make that tough two yards for a first down, catch a ball underneath, and make the occasional halfback pass. Hornung translated this into a Hall of Fame career.

At 30, he's too old for that now. That ship has sailed. Mets gonna Met, and Tebow will probably be starting on the opening day roster, and he may even hit a game-winning home run the first game. However, after a couple of months batting .120, he'll be quietly benched.

 

[patdog]

Agree. Tebow could have had a good career as a versatile do-everything player. But with his insistence on playing QB and the distractions the uproar from his fans if he wasn't starting at QB created made him almost unsignable as a backup QB.

 

[DAWG61]

On a related note, I never understood why the Jacksonville Jaguars didn’t sign him when they were at rock bottom years ago. It would have at least sold some jerseys and put butts in seats, both of which they needed badly.

Cause Kahn their owner is a douche bag and a hater. Jags fans wanted Tebow bad. They put up a billboard across the street pleading for Kahn to sign him. He refused.

 

[hatfieldms]

It is going to take more than Tebow to take the attention off of the offense the Yankees will be running out there every night

 

[msstate7]

It is going to take more than Tebow to take the attention off of the offense the Yankees will be running out there every night

They will score a bunch. They will also have a ton of high K games where they score nil.

 

[dogfan96]

Because winning will put butts in the seats and you never wanna be one big hit away from him being your starting QB. As shaky as Bortles can be, he's still had a season of 4000 yards and 30 TDs.

 

[DAWG61]

Because winning will put butts in the seats and you never wanna be one big hit away from him being your starting QB. As shaky as Bortles can be, he's still had a season of 4000 yards and 30 TDs.

This is the first year I would agree not signing Tebow was the right call. All of the previous seasons I would not agree and who knows if Tebow could of had a magical season with them before this year. I tend to believe he would have. Tebow would have won in the NFL if a team would of fully committed to playing the style he needed to win and surrounding him with the right players.

 

[Drebin]

It is going to take more than Tebow to take the attention off of the offense the Yankees will be running out there every night

Good pitching beats good hitting almost every time. If we're comparing Mets vs. Yankees, that's advantage Mets.

The Yanks have a great lineup, but there's a awful lot of strikeouts and GiDP in it.

 

[hatfieldms]

We will see where they finish. Just a hunch but I think Yankees finish with a better season than the Mets

 

[msstate7]

We will see where they finish. Just a hunch but I think Yankees finish with a better season than the Mets

Yeah, that is a pretty safe bet

 

[biguglyjoe]

Because winning will put butts in the seats and you never wanna be one big hit away from him being your starting QB. As shaky as Bortles can be, he's still had a season of 4000 yards and 30 TDs.

Were the back ups they had during that time that much better? I ask because I truly have no idea.

 

[tatedog]

To all the people who said the Mets couldn't get any worse, the Mets say "hold my beer."