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I live in Jacksonville. I covered the Jacksonville Jaguars for years as a beat man before coming to CBS Sports.com. I was there for the entire process of the NFL coming to the city.

I am there now as the team struggles to sell tickets.

But Tim Tebow isn't the answer to solving those problems. Unless he's the right player.

Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver told the Associated Press that the team would consider drafting Tebow, Florida's star quarterback.

Well, yeah.

They'd consider drafting Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy and Jevon Snead as well.

"The game is such an important part of this community, and Tebow is such an iconic figure that people would legitimately think, 'Wouldn't it be great if he was a Jaguar," Weaver said. "I'd be silly to sit here and think that's not going to be a huge thing. Clearly there's going to be a groundswell for Tebow, and we'll have to make that evaluation if we have a draft pick that's going to be anywhere near him."

Notice the word evaluation. Gene Smith, the team's general manager, had an outstanding first draft. He will pick the right player, not a player based on where he went to school.

Would picking Tebow a round or two too high make sense if he's not that good? Would fans pay to see him standing on the sidelines?

I think not.

Tebow's name is not one the coaches and personnel people inside the Jaguars building want to hear. I know. They've told me.

If he's worth a pick in the first round, they take him -- if they feel they need a quarterback. If not, you don't draft players because they're from your city or play college ball down the road.

When the Jaguars fired Tom Coughlin, there was a groundswell to bring in Steve Spurrier. Weaver didn't back down and hired Jack Del Rio. How would Spurrier have worked out?

You don't hire or draft people based on geography.

So let's slow down on the Tebow talk. And, please, don't send me anymore of those bumper stickers that implore the Jaguars to draft Tebow.