Tim Tebow is staying ready if an NFL team calls on him. However, we should point out that's somewhat of a large if.
The 2014 NFL season is less than two months away, and Tim Tebow already has a job. He's working as an analyst for the SEC Network, and people have really enjoyed him as a TV presence in his first few appearances on camera.
However, he doesn't consider his NFL career to be over yet, and he's keeping in shape in case he gets a call. From NFL.com:
The former Broncos, Jets and Florida Gators player told Phoenix TV station KSAZ that he's been going from the Performance Enhancement Professionals facility in Scottsdale, Ariz., to Los Angeles, where he works out with quarterback guru Tom House, to work on his skills and conditioning.
"I feel great," Tebow said. "I feel the strongest, healthiest, throwing the best I ever have. I'm just really excited about the improvement."
There's video of his workout:
On the one hand, Tim Tebow is going about this the right way: if you have a dream, don't give up on it easily. Try your best, and if you fail, at least you know you failed giving 100 percent.
On the other hand, we are not holding our breath. In fact, we're exhaling as hard as we can, just to make it completely clear we are not holding our breath. In Tebow's last full season on an NFL roster, he failed to pass Mark Sanchez, one of the worst starting quarterbacks in the NFL, on the Jets' depth chart. In last year's preseason with the Patriots, he went 11-for-30 with two touchdowns and two picks, and the team opted to carry the minimum of two quarterbacks instead of leaving Tebow on the roster.
Tim Tebow is only 26, but he has had one of the most fascinating football careers possible. He was a transcendent college player, with the rings and the Heisman to prove it. His run of thrilling late-game wins with the Denver Broncos was spectacular, the type of stuff we wouldn't believe in a Hollywood script.
But it seems very unlikely that Tebow will ever play an NFL game again. It seems unlikely that he even gets an invite to a training camp, and from there, it's even less likely that he'd make a 53-man roster, and even less likely that he'd overtake someone on a depth chart and find his way onto a field as a quarterback.
We don't fault Tim Tebow for trying to continue his football career. In fact, as a football player, that's exactly what he should do! But let's carry some grains of salt. This is a long shot. The last two seasons of NFL personnel decisions and Tim Tebow's quarterback play indicate that none of the NFL's 32 teams will take that shot. We would be much better suited discussing all the players who will play in the NFL this year than one who most likely will not.
That said, we hope Tebow makes it, because hey, you clicked on this link, didn't you?