Broncos' McDaniels can kiss job goodbye with Tebow pick
Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels should enjoy the next year or two in Denver. Really. Soak all of it in. Enjoy being a head coach. Enjoy making all the decisions.
Your days are numbered.
When you trade away Jay Cutler, Brandon Marshall and Tony Scheffler, the key components in the Broncos passing game in a year span, and then draft Tim Tebow in the first round of the draft, you are sending a loud message.
Talent doesn't matter.
Character does.
Why not pick the altar boys from the parish down the street? Aren't they good kids? Or maybe you can pick all the "A" students in this draft?
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Mike FreemanIt doesn't matter if they can play. Just make sure they are good "yes men."
It just doesn't make any sense.
I understand a coach wanting to have good character guys, but this is going past that.
Tebow is a fifth-round talent.
First round?
Nobody in their right mind would ever say that Tebow plays the position better than Cutler. But Cutler was shipped out for being a bad boy.
Now they have Saint Timmy to fix things.
Here's a bet: He doesn't even beat out Brady Quinn.
He makes Quinn and Kyle Orton, the other quarterback, look like John Elway.
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Oh, but he's a good kid.
At least he'll save the locker room.
Really? If you aren't playing, character doesn't matter. The NFL is a cruel business. His rah-rah crap doesn't matter. They won't listen. They won't stand for it.
Crying after losses?
Yeah, right.
Does he work hard? Yes. Does he want to be good? Yes.
But the skills aren't there. He isn't close to being as good as Jimmy Clausen. Too bad for Jimmy he doesn't have the character Tebow has, at least that's what they say.
The Broncos reached big time for Tebow. But look at the bright side: At least he won't be running the streets.
He also won't be starting anytime soon -- if ever.
And Josh McDaniels will lose his job in a year or two over this one and his other moves over the past year.
