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<\/a><\/p>\nThis young man, considered by many to be the greatest college football player of all time, allegedly \u00a0just couldn\u2019t be trained to make it in the pros. \u00a0Oh really? This kid has already proven himself in the pros hasn’t he? During his brief career beginning with Denver, Tebow started the last three games of his rookie season and became the team’s full-time starting quarterback in the sixth game of 2011. The Broncos were 1\u20134 before he became the starter, but began winning with him on the field, often coming from behind late in the fourth quarter until they won their first\u00a0AFC West<\/a>\u00a0title and first\u00a0playoff game<\/a>\u00a0since 2005, defeating the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0overtime<\/a>.<\/p>\n And what was the Bronco\u2019s reward for \u00a0Tim Tebow\u2019s \u00a0performance? A trade..instigated by John Elway for Payton Manning..sending Tebow to the Jets where he was humiliatingly buried in the roster. Tebow\u2019s reaction?\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ll work hard and do the best I can for my team.\u201d \u00a0His reward from the foul mouthed Jets head coach, Rex Ryan? Embarrassing treatment and minimum play followed by a \u00a0trade after the trade deadline. An evil move which virtually assured that Tim Tebow had little chance of being picked up by another team. Oh, the Patriots made a gesture but decided after an exhibition game that it didn\u2019t matter what Tebow had done in the past, he was useless and had no business in professional football.<\/p>\n Amazing. All this is based on WHAT?\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Practice and exhibition play.<\/p>\n Where has Tim Tebow proved his metal?<\/p>\n In the actual Game. When the chips are down. He finds a way to overcome and find victory.<\/p>\n Yet no coach..no owner.. NOT ONE will take a chance on him even though they’ve seen the intangible gift he possesses for winning with their own eyes.<\/p>\n Hey Lund are you saying God is on Tim Tebow’s side?<\/p>\n Well, I can’t help but think of the Oscar winning movie from 1981, “Chariots of Fire”, in which Eric Liddell of Scotland, a devout Christian and outstanding athlete, was ostracized \u00a0for refusing to run on Sunday during the 1924 Olympic games in Paris. He went on to compete as an underdog in the 400 meter race carrying a note handed to him with the scripture from 1st Samuel which said “those who honor me I will honor.” \u00a0When he won, the theater audience cheered just as crowds at the Olympics did some fifty years earlier. Yet when\u00a0Tebow takes a knee to give thanks to God in public for his strength and success, he’s scorned by many for wearing his Christianity on his sleeve. \u00a0There’s one way to settle this once and for all, of course. \u00a0And that’s for some team to bring Tebow aboard and START him at the position he was born to play…quarterback.<\/p>\n But even the Jacksonville Jaguars owner who is known for his outgoing personality, crazy promotions and losing franchise, seems blind to the possibilities of what Tim Tebow could mean to his struggling team \u00a0both on the field and at the gate.<\/p>\n So, sadly, \u00a0it\u2019s unlikely that Tebow will wind up with my Vikings either. After all, how could a team like the Vikings ever find success with a quarterback that scrambles around in the backfield like a scared jackrabbit?<\/p>\n Oh, yeah. There was this guy.<\/p>\n