Of Course Bill Belichick Hates Tim Tebow

Tim Tebow during one of his better days back in college…better is a relative term!

In the never-ending cycle of “news” that surrounds Tim Tebow, New England Patriots’ Head Coach Bill Belichick’s name came up today. In this edition of Tebowtainment, Mike Silver of Yahoo pointed out that Belichick “hates” Tebow as a player and there is “no chance” that he would join the New England Patriots.

Now let’s be fair to both sides here. Let’s ignore the weird obsession that the world has with Tim Tebow and look at him solely as a potential quarterback addition. Let’s not take the media circus into account, let’s not look at his reputation or religion, let’s just look at Tim Tebow the player.

What is Tebow?

He is a quarterback who has started 14 games at the quarterback position over his three year career. He has attempted 361 passes and completed 173 of those for a 47.9 completion percentage and 2,422 yards. Despite that low completion percentage, he has a respectable 17 touchdowns to just nine interceptions. When you consider his rushing ability, Tebow adds another 12 touchdowns and 14 fumbles to his totals, which still makes for a decent stat-line.

Yet, the real issue with Tebow is his inability to carry an offense with his arm. During his 11 game stretch as the Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback in 2011, also known as Tebow-Time, the then 24-year-old quarterback only managed 1,729 yards through the air, just 157.18 yards per game and 6.38 per attempt. As clutch as he was at the end of games, Tebow’s offensive output was underwhelming to say the least.

His team was only in games late that year because of the performances of a defense that drastically improved from the first week to the last. The Broncos’ running-game did wear down defenses to make scoring easier in the fourth quarter, something that Tebow was a big part of, but games with final points totals of 3, 14, 23, 13, 35, 16, 17, 17, 38, 10 and 18 are not enough to justify him being a starting quarterback.