Tim Tebow Has Provided Us With an Answer: He Won't Be An NFL QB

If there was ever a question as to whether or not Tim Tebow possessed the skills necessary to play the quarterback position in the NFL, it was answered during the fourth quarter of last Saturday’s SEC Championship game.

Tebow was in a situation that NFL quarterbacks find themselves in on almost a weekly basis.

He needed to drive his team down the field and score, and he needed to do so quickly.

Handing the ball off, running options, or running the ball himself just wasn’t going to cut it.

He was in a desperate situation on a national stage and you could almost see the question on everyone’s mind (including NFL scouts) hovering over the field: Can Tim Tebow orchestrate a fourth quarter comeback by throwing the football?

Tebow threw behind his receivers, overthrew receivers, threw at their feet, threw a horrendous interception in the end zone, and appeared altogether uncomfortable with having to rely solely on his arm to win a football game.   Everyone's questions were emphatically answered.

The first image that comes to mind, other than Tebow’s tears, is one of NFL scouts taking out their red markers and drawing a large “X” through Tebow’s name; at least in terms of a potential NFL quarterback.

Tebow’s inability to mount any kind of a fourth quarter drive by throwing the football on Saturday was probably the last straw.

It was the moment that those NFL scouts in search of a quarterback washed their hands free of Tim Tebow.

It was the moment that NFL coaches and front office members began discussing whether or not Tebow could be converted into a full-back or third-down back.

Now, this is not an “anti-Tebow” or, what’s the term these days…a “hater” article.

Tebow seems like a great guy and he is undoubtedly one of the best college athletes of all-time.  His accomplishments on the college football field are second to none, and those accomplishments demand nothing other than the utmost respect.

However, that doesn’t mean that Tebow will be a successful NFL quarterback, or that he will even play the quarterback position in the NFL at all.

Perhaps the realization that he will more than likely play just one more game at the quarterback position, and that game will not be the national championship contributed to Tebow’s visible disappointment on Saturday evening.

Perhaps Tebow will become a missionary. 

Perhaps he will get into politics. 

Perhaps he will become a college football coach.

Perhaps he will transform himself into a third down back in the NFL.

Perhaps he will use his name, personal drive, and ability to motivate others to do more good for the human race than anyone since Mother Theresa.

Who knows what life has in store for Tim Tebow.

But on Saturday evening, it became pretty clear what life doesn’t have in store for Tim Tebow—a future as an NFL quarterback.