Tim Tebow: First Round Draft Pick?

I’ve never been a huge Tim Tebow fan.  Now part of this comes from the fact that I am a Georgia Bulldog fan and 4 years of him kicking out butts was enough.  But even outside of that, while he seems to be a really fine young man, and there is no doubt that he is a winner on the field, I just never thought that he was “the greatest college football ever” as he was billed to be so much by the media.  But now he is a first round draft pick and I’ve been giving that some thought.When I saw it happen live watching the NFL Draft Thursday night, my first reaction was “Are you kidding me?  This early?” and also “Boy, Denver just made a huge mistake!”  I thought he would get drafted, but I just thought that was way too high.

Then as I listened to all the talk radio and to Tebow himself, I realized something.  If Tebow is going to make it in the NFL as a football player, particularly a quarterback, this is exactly what needed to happen.

If you have watched Tim Tebow during his career, he has mainly responded to challenges with a huge effort.  And now that most of the football world has criticized this pick and pretty much trashed him, I believe that Tim will use this to prove himself to everyone who doubted.

Now I’m not saying if he had gone third or fourth round as a lot of people expected,  that he wouldn’t be motivated.  He has a maniac work ethic.  But I think the current scenario is probably the one thing that could prompt him to an even harder, more focused effort to make it as a quarterback in the NFL, not a tight end or an H Back.

So what am I saying?  Well basically, I don’t think he was really a first round type of pick.  But having watched him in the SEC for four years, I’m saying that you had better not bet against him.  And I am saying that having listened to all the trash talk the last several days, that I’m actually looking forward to seeing how he does.  A weird turn for a Georgia bulldog.

I guess you never know