Tebow Released, Needs Goal Adjustment

Tim Tebow, after the last exhibition game of the preseason, was released by the New England Patriots and can now be a free agent.  He thanked that franchise for giving him an opportunity there and still claims to be relentless about becoming an NFL quarterback.  I don't think Tebow is quite mentally in the place he needs to be in order to fulfill that stated lifelong dream to be an NFL quarterback.  In the first place, the former Florida Gator Heisman Trophy winner has already BEEN an NFL quarterback, leading his team to the playoffs (and a playoff victory) back in 2011.  It's like me saying that I want to be a marathon runner and, having successfully finished a marathon, feeling at least that bit of personal satisfaction at having accomplished this.  Tim Tebow doesn't seem to look at it this way at all, though...and that is one of the problems I think that causes other teams in the league to want to avoid taking any chance in picking him up.  As far as he is concerned, he has a one-track mind on the subject: become a regular starting quarterback for a team...and any deviation from that isn't acceptable AT ALL to him.  Given his obvious glaring shortcomings at reading defenses and passing accurately, I would have thought this gifted athlete, who is much more than a competent rusher on offense, would be more realistic with his goals and broaden them to become a regular starting PLAYER in the NFL...or even a nonstarter who is frequently used.  That would give other teams the flexibility that they would like to have to insert him into different offensive schemes and allow him to be the asset to them that he is quite capable of being.  But maybe it's going to take Mr. Tebow hitting rock bottom as the prospects for NFL this season completely dry up before he swallows what is clearly an enormous pride about himself and adjusts his goals. He has certainly already had ample opportunity to improve upon his quarterbacking skills over the last three years and with expert instruction, but to little avail...

This may be an shining, if bitter, example of what Clint Eastwood's Harry Callahan character repeatedly said in the movie Magnum Force: "A man's GOT to know his own limitations". We all have our own particular limitations, don't we, and we aren't suffering from a negative or defeatist self-image if we simply recognize them and work around them.  Tim Tebow, as I have stated a few days ago, is an asset to the NFL.  He has a great, clean image as a role model, he is a positive encourager for others, he generates interest and excitement for the game, he rises up to pressure in close games as a clutch performer, and he is one heck of a runner.  If he were only to recognize where he IS good at and sell himself on that, I think he'd be doing a lot a better...