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Published on 03/20/2012 at Tue Mar 20 10:27.
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Tim Tebow: “Hopefully I’ll land in Florida”

Posted Tue Mar 20th by

(Image courtesy of ESPN)

It appears that Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow will be pushed aside (traded, actually) to make room for Peyton Manning in Denver.  Being replaced by one of the game’s greatest players is nothing to be ashamed of, but Tebow probably isn’t peachy-keen about it, either.

Broncos’ running back Willis McGahee said on Tuesday if the team had brought in Adrian Peterson “it would be a no brainer, he (Peterson) would be the guy.”  The Broncos bringing in Manning is not a knock against Tebow, per McGahee, it’s merely a transaction by the Broncos front office which they think can help the team win.

Tebow recently told friends that he was not surprised that the team brought in Manning, adding that he would like to return to Florida.  Monica Culpepper, wife of former NFL and Florida Gators player Brad Culpepper, spoke with Tebow last week and was quoted as saying:

“And in all honesty, Tim said, ‘I miss home. I miss the South. And hopefully I’ll land somewhere in Florida.’ I sure hope Jacksonville takes him because he’s such a great kid, such a good player and would be so thrilled to come back to the South.”

Broncos Vice President of Football Operations John Elway spoke with Tebow on Monday, and he may have asked Tebow if he has a preference as to where the team will trade him.  Judging from Tebow’s comments about returning to Florida, the Jacksonville Jaguars or Miami Dolphins are two possible landing spots for the third-year quarterback.

According to ESPN‘s Adam Schefter, the three teams most likely to land Tebow are the Jaguars, Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers.  Another team to watch is the New England Patriots — Josh McDaniels, the Patriots offensive coordinator, drafted Tebow in 2010 and would have no problem finding him a role in an offense that featured tight end Aaron Hernandez — Tebow’s college teammate — as a running back during New England’s 2011 playoff run.

Wherever Tebow lands, we at BT will wish the best of luck with his new team.  Here’s hoping Tebow lands on his feet, perhaps in Florida.

  • Anonymous

    I’m really gonna miss him. I don’t think I’ve liked a player on our team as much as Tebow since Al Wilson retired. I think Tebow will go on to have a great career, but he needs to be careful what he wishes for, because it just might come true. If Tebow goes to Jax and doesn’t do good, how will that affect his life in Florida? I mean, if he does good, holy hell, he’s gonna be even bigger than he is now, as hard as that is to imagine! But if he doesn’t…… careful what you wish for.

    Either way, I hope he turns into a HOF QB, and I’ll follow him from afar wherever he goes (while naturally being a Broncos fanatic and hoping we beat him each time we play him). It’s gonna be hard to watch him grow up with a different jersey on him, but such is life. Things come and go, but being a fan of the Broncos is for life!!!

    GO BRONCOS!!!

  • http://www.broncotalk.net Josh Temple

    The guy will always be known as one of the Gator greats.  That fanbase worships their NFL QB busts.  See: Rex Grossman, Steve Spurrier, Shane Matthews, Danny Wuerffel. Tebow is a cut above, even if he struggles the rest of his career he’ll be a god in Gainesville.

  • Anonymous

    Hope you’re right, cause he really is a good kid.

  • Meh

    If this lady is actually friends with TT she won’t be for very much longer.  What on earth is she thinking?

  • vb24

    i will definitely miss tim tebow if he goes.  This past season was the most fun ive had watching bronco games. It was that Michael Jordan type feeling, no matter how much we were down, we always knew come fourth quarter we were going to come back!

    That playoff game vs Pittsburgh was the most exciting playoff game of the season! Good luck to wherever you land… Ill be cheering for you

  • vb24

    i will definitely miss tim tebow if he goes.  This past season was the most fun ive had watching bronco games. It was that Michael Jordan type feeling, no matter how much we were down, we always knew come fourth quarter we were going to come back!

    That playoff game vs Pittsburgh was the most exciting playoff game of the season! Good luck to wherever you land… Ill be cheering for you

  • yohoo

    Make it happen John…2-3 superbowls is all that will suffice now big guy. Otherwise the unwashed aint gonna like the rebuilding for 10 years…just saying

  • http://Facebook.com/BroncosZone Jon

    Personally, I think he looks the most natural in the Jaguars uniform, then the Patriots.  He looks terrible in the Packers jersey, they shouldn’t have tried to photoshop his head into a helmet…  

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4II333XWSTT6ATT4OM6OYDIC7U Will

    I returned to NFL viewing this season ONLY because of TT. Not wishing bad things for Elway et al but its not smart to hire an aging QB that is a train wreck…physically….just waiting to happen. 4 neck surgeries. Not for the risk averse…and not my health fopr 96M!

    Hope TT tells Elway to kiss his ass!

  • Anonymous

    Sorry, Tim.  We playin’ on the moon.  

  • Anonymous

    He looks like Mark Kelso.

  • Wildjoe

    “Are you from Dixie?” is the new Tim Tebow theme song if he goes to Jacksonville:

    Are you from dixie?  I said from dixie?  Where the fields of cotton becon to me.  I’m glad to see ya, tell me, how be ya? and the friends I’m yearning to see?  Are you from Alabama, Tennessee, or Caroline, any place below the Mason-Dixon line?  Then, you’re from Dixie, I said from Dixie- cause, I’m from Dixie too!    God Bless!