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A Jacksonville TV station started a rumor last night that the Jets and Jaguars are in trade talks regarding Tim Tebow. 

http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/1671293

Other news sources have discredited that rumor, but I think Tebow for Henne straight up would make a lot of sense for both teams.  Here is why:

1.  Tebow is a legend in North Florida.  He grew up in Ponte Vedra Beach, played his high school ball at Neese High where he won a state championship and was named Florida's Mr. Football twice.  He then proceeded to head to Gainesville where at the University of Florida, he won two national titles, a Heisman Trophy, and set an SEC record for the most career rushing touchdowns.   Imagine that, a quarterback having more rushing touchdowns than a few legendary running backs!  His parents are members of the First Baptist Church in downtown Jacksonville and are very active in the community.  Having Tebow in a Jaguars uniform would draw all kinds of fans to the games and sell quite a bit of jerseys, thereby increasing revenue for the team.

2.  Sparano has a knack for picking up failures from his former teams.  While coaching the Dolphins, he picked up several castoffs from the Cowboys.  Now as the Jets offensive coordinator, he has picked up a few Dolphins castoffs.  I'm sure he would love to have Checkdown Chad, a quarterback he is familiar with and can run his offense in spurts.

What do you guys think?

I wonder if Chad would want to deal with Sparano again. Heh.

Trade deadline passed 2 days ago, so no.

However, Chad Henne is head-and-shoulders better than any QB on the Jets' roster right now.

No it didn't. The deadline is today because of the league offices closing for Sandy.

I read earlier that the deadline was October 30th.  Did they move it?

Tebow was in J-ville Tuesday with his girlfriend. Sorry Dave. This doesn't help your gay theory.

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Yes because of the hurricane closing the NFL offices.

I would have been willing to bet the Jags would have got him from Denver. I was shocked he went to N.Y.

I heard the rumor of him going to Jax is not true. Guess we will see come 4:00 p.m. today. Either way, he will not be back in N.Y. next year.

If the Jags do this while they have a young QB they are trying to develop, they are insane.   After watching the circus in NY, I would say there's no way, but Jacksonville is a hot pile of stinking garbage and who knows what they will do with their new owner.


I'm not sure I see the relevance here, since it's the Jags front office making the decision, not Tebow.  Maybe when you get Tebow, you get the Tebow family, just like with Ted Ginn.

For Jacksonville, that's exactly what I'm talking about.  Tebow will be seen as a "local boy who made good" and everyone in town will want to get Jaguars tickets.  That will put more butts in the seats and revenue will come rolling in.  Additionally, his parents could get involved with the team and players/coaches/front office personnel could get involved with his parents ministry.

This is more of a PR move than a football one, but it has the potential to be a major positive for Jacksonville.

It will sell tickets and jerseys and that's the only way he helps the team. 

Which raises the question - you've seen teams dump players to save money...  Is it equally wise to acquire players solely to MAKE more money?

JAX acquiring Tebow is just good business.  No one will care if he sucks, and they will sell out games.

If I recall correctly, Elway gave Tebow a choice between offers from Jax or NY last off season.  And we all know which one he preferred.

I see people trying to put a square peg in a triangle hole...Jets have a bye this week,and Fat Rex gave them the week off because of the storm...Tebow going to Florida to avoid the storm is making Mountain out of a mole hill IMO Doesn't mean he's getting traded there....

I just don't see it from a Jets perspective...There was guaranteed money going to Denver in the Tebow trade along with pick/s,and he's signed through 2014....I think you'd be compounding dead money when you jettison Mark Sanchez at the end of the season. I think the Jets offense can be turned into a "Tebow" offense more easy at this point than the Jags offense...

The money situation goes both ways IMO Jets are getting the benefit of people clamoring for Tebow during a shitty season...

Trade Tebow =  maybe a 4th round draft pick+Unreliable back up and Sanchez+ more dead cap space (modified to add (the Jets gave up a 4th + 6th and little over 2 million in cash for Tebow (bonus this year and 2013)

Makes Sense for the Jags,Not for the Jets

I (Being a Dolphins fan) think this is horrible news if he does get traded away,I love seeing the Jets in turmoil,and sucking...it's a Push

With Checkdown Chad backing up Sanchez, the Jets will still be in turmoil and still suck.

What a strange turn of events we have experienced when people are traveling to Florida to avoid a hurricane.

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Sandy hit my wife's hometown in N.Y. very hard. She was on the phone all day trying to reach friends and family. Who would have ever thought?

True story:

There was a guy in our Frat, a really good guy.  I'll call him Tim.  We all suspected Tim was gay.  Tim dated girls, nothing ever became too serious.  Tim was very focused on his studies. 

Eventually Tim ended up married with two very beautiful little girls and runs a business outside of Charlotte.  Four years ago he and his wife divorced.  He couldn't "continue to lie to himself any longer about who he was."

Tim and his male partner recently celebrated their two year anniversary together.  I've never met Tim's partner, other brothers from the Frat have.  They all say he's a really good guy.  After a rough patch, initially, he and his ex-wife are in a good place as friends and co-parents.

Tim Tebow could be "too busy for anything serious" as well (his devotion to his religion).  I'm not saying he IS gay.  I'm saying his dating a few random women doesn't rule it out.

Scary end of the world type stuff  :D ;D

In what dream world does this make sense? Still makes ZERO sense for the jets,Sparano isn't the head coach,he's the 1st year offensive coordinator.Henne brings Zero value to a trade,Tebow has value to the Jets.

Why would the Jets trade Tebow?  He has been great in this current role (converting on fouth down)

Given the state of the Jets' offense, I don't think Rex is taking much advice from Tony on anything.

What fraternity were you in?

Sigma Nu.

Cool.  I'm a Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE)