Patriots release Tim Tebow

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25. Three things, I think

1. Belichick is tight with Urban Meyer and Meyer LOVES Tebow so Belichick was doing Meyer a favor.
2. Josh McDaniels (Pats Off. Coord.) drafted Tebow in Denver and is such an arrogant ass that he still believes he can make Tebow an NFL QB (Full disclosure: Bronco fan here who despises McDaniels). Tebow's lack of progress will always be looked upon as partly a McDaniels failure.
3. The Aaron Hernandez saga. The Hernandez thing is horrible and, on top of everything else, brought nothing but controversy to a team that hates outside controversy more than most. So bring in Tebow, the single most over-hyped player of the last 25 years, to get the media talking about something else. The Pats would much rather have the newspapers talking about their clean-cut wholesome kid trying desperately to make the team than about Aaron Hernandez. They don't care that half the fans worship Tebow and the other half can't stand him...at least the fans are talking about that (which also drums up some interest in the boring preseason).

I never believed for a second, however, that Belichick would allow number 3 to influence his decision to actually keep Tebow on the roster. Fun for the preseason but there was no way in hell Belichick would waste a roster spot on Tebow in the regular season. He is simply just too awful to be a QB in the NFL.

I've never seen a guy who, after playing QB growing up, 4 years in college, and now 3 years professionally, could still consistently throw a ball that badly. It's hard to believe he can be that bad after that much work. But he is.