Anyone Else Tired of Tim Tebow

[G-men]

No, I am not tired of pretty much the only interesting thing in the NFL this year.

 

[nflman2033]

I stand by my original statement, but I was backing him today as I am not a fan of the Steelers

 

[Bear Pand]

Tebow played well today. Not going to make excuses.

I still think dude is shit QB though, not a long term solution and Denver is going to end up stuck with him now.

 

[riley420]

Gator Bait!

 

[Senser81]

Its kind of funny how the NFL is such a "groupthink" league. If a QB is supposed to be good, then he can have numerous bad games in a row and people won't bat an eye. But if a QB isn't supposed to be good, then the moment he has a bad game you get people saying "this guy has no business being in the NFL!".

Tebow had a bad game against KC, and a good game against Pitt. Sometimes QBs do that. Even Football Outsiders knows that!

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Nope...not tired of Tebow.

 

[FirstTimer]

The God stuff is cringe worthy most of the time.

Also amazed no one has brought up how his sect basically hates gays etc. Surprised no one has brougth this up and taken him to task or talked to him about it.

 

[ralaw]

The God stuff is cringe worthy most of the time.

Also amazed no one has brought up how his sect basically hates gays etc. Surprised no one has brougth this up and taken him to task or talked to him about it.

Probably because most people hate gays as well?....j/k

Tebow is a sports story, so unless he makes it to a SB I doubt anyone would ask him right after a game as the context would be a bit off. Also, regardless of his QB abilities most people actually like Tebow, so they wouldn't ask questions that would put him in a bad light.

 

[jeffx]

The problem with Tebow is half the media and half the lemming fans that blindly follow the media. Just like with Brett Favre, the media machine picks out something they want to just beat the ever-loving shit out of.

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[FirstTimer]

The "We Love you Tebow" song or whatever when Tebow was walking into the stadium was an odd cult like moment.

 

[shag773]

Don't care one way or the other about Tebow as a person, but I am fascinated by him as an athlete.

He is the antithesis of the model NFL QB, but when faced with pressure situations this guy has had his share of success. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it in the NFL.

 

[FirstTimer]

Maybe because he has never said anything about it?

Umm ok?

He aligns himself with a certain sect of Christianity that is pretty outspoken about the issue. Tebow himself isn't. But I've never accused Tebow of being dumb. I just think the "Gosh golly, God is great thing" is offputting and why someone has never said "Hey Tim, we get it about your religious convictions but this group you do all this work for/under the umbrella of his pretty intolerant. How do you balance that out with your faith life?"

For someone who claims to "hate" Tebow espousing his beliefs it seems a bit ironic for you getting on the media for not "taking him to task" about them.

Tebow is getting a pass with the religious shit.

I'm not even sure I ever said I hated him.

 

[FirstTimer]

The only religious belief I've heard him say into a mic is that he believes in God and is thankful to him. When he's out in front of an abortion clinic or aligned with the Westboro people holding a sign then I think that would be a valid question.

I've also seen him out evangelizing to prison inmates, people in other countires etc.

He's holding a sign up for his cause everytim hh thanks God for a win...which is lulz worthy enough(and that goes for anyone that thanks God for anything like that)

Otherwise you're just muddying the water with a question that has nothing to do with football

I'm not saying it has to be asked at a post game presser.

Sorry, but generally speaking when you put your faith out there as much as he does...it's fair question to be called into play.

which would surely just be artfully dodged by Tebow. Just like every other inflammatory thing the press has tried to throw at him.

Should we start asking every Catholic in the NFL about the raping of altar boys? The changes to the church since Vatican II?

How many Catholic football players can you name? How many put their faith out there as much as Tebow does?

If there was a Catholic standing up there putting out his faith as much as Tebow does, hell yes ask him. Go for it.

Never said you hated him.. Just that you are one of the people who are always complaining about him thanking God and now you want sportswriters to start asking religiously based questions..

Never even said it had to be sportswriters. This would be great 60 mintues stuff.

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I don't see how he's getting a pass, what have you heard him say in an interview beyond "I'd like to thank Jesus Christ first of all.."?

If we want to start digging into that quote I have about 1,000,000 acceptance speeches I can show you from people much less genuine about their faith than Tebow which contain the exact same phrase.

And they are all assclowns for doing it and I would bet did it a lot less than Tebow does.

I'm not questioning how "genuine" Tebow is about his faith, what I'm saying is that he is aligned with a pretty intolerant wing of Christianity...even by some evangelical standards. He is constantly putting his faith out there. The fact someone hasn't dug into it more or brought it up with him ever is mind boggling to me, given his choir boy image and how quickly people will go to tear down someone nowadays.

 

[shag773]

The only religious belief I've heard him say into a mic is that he believes in God and is thankful to him. When he's out in front of an abortion clinic or aligned with the Westboro people holding a sign then I think that would be a valid question.

Didn't he do an anti-abortion ad during the Super Bowl a few years back?

Should we start asking every Catholic in the NFL about the raping of altar boys? The changes to the church since Vatican II?

It's a little different dude. Priests raping alter boys is obviously a huge problem in the Catholic church but it isn't abdicated by your normal everyday Catholic.

 

[FirstTimer]

It's a little different dude. Priests raping alter boys is obviously a huge problem in the Catholic church but it isn't abdicated by your normal everyday Catholic.

Excellent point.

The alter boy abuse scandals don't have some wing within the Catholic Church that is supportive of them(insert Pope joke here) and isn't a central preaching angle of the Church....meanwhile the anti-gay/minority etc of some crazy evangelical wings is a preaching point for their church. There's a difference asking a player about something this is against the laws of the Church being done........and asking a player abotu something that his faith actually teach as being "right"

 

[ralaw]

I think it's pretty obvious Tebow would be against homosexuality, but it takes time for these sort of questions to be asked. It obviously wouldn't be as he's running off the field after a victory. In the offseason I can see someone asking the question in a non sports related sit down interview and I can see Tebow answering honestly, which would basically be, "homosexuality isn't pleasing to God, God still loves you, etc" If he answered it any other way or dodged the question he wouldn't be standing behind his beliefs, which he always has done.

 

[MvP]

As a born and raised Catholic I have to laugh at this whole discussion..mostly FirstTimer.

Why would anyone ask Tebow about his thoughts on homosexuality? Does the Gay & Lesbian community attack every known celebrity-figure Catholic out there? It's beyond me what kind of point FT is trying to prove here lol

 

[killgod]

As a born and raised Catholic I have to laugh at this whole discussion..mostly FirstTimer.

Why would anyone ask Tebow about his thoughts on homosexuality? Does the Gay & Lesbian community attack every known celebrity-figure Catholic out there? It's beyond me what kind of point FT is trying to prove here lol

Tebow uses the NFL as a platform in which to share his beliefs and the sect he belongs to is against homosexuality.

Was that so hard to connect the dots?

 

[s@ppisgod]

Don't you find it the least bit ironic that you're asking about him being taken to task about people in his religion being intolerant of gays? That they're personally offended that someone be gay, even though that's who they are. Like their choices affect those people that hate them personally. It doesn't.

But isn't that the same thing with people hating Tebow? HIS religion makes people uncomfortable, so he should stop being who he is when people put a mic in front of him?

I live in the St. Louis area and Kurt Warner did the same thing. The thing is, he wasn't all over TV everyday, so it didn't grate on people as much.

I don't get it though. Tebow and his foundation make a positive impact. Why would you hold it against him what other people do? Cam Newton stole some poor kid's laptop, lied to the cops about it, and kept his dad away from Auburn because of the heat from them most likely selling his play illegally to the highest bidder. Now, everyone loves watching him play. Tebow lives right, helps sick kids, and no one around him can find two bad words to say about him. And half the people who watch him every week actively root for him to fail. Regardless of where anyone falls on Tebow, you gotta admit that speaks to the type of supremely cynical society we live in.
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[FirstTimer]

As a born and raised Catholic I have to laugh at this whole discussion..mostly FirstTimer.

Why would anyone ask Tebow about his thoughts on homosexuality? Does the Gay & Lesbian community attack every known celebrity-figure Catholic out there? It's beyond me what kind of point FT is trying to prove here lol

Tebow uses the NFL as a platform in which to share his beliefs and the sect he belongs to is against homosexuality.

Was that so hard to connect the dots?

Thnx KG.

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