Rex Ryan Has Ideas For How Urban Meyer Might Use Tim Tebow In Jacksonville

BSabitt

3 years ago

Tim Tebow is officially a Jacksonville Jaguar, and people are losing their minds.

The former quarterback is now 33-years-old, and has been signed by old friend Urban Meyer to play tight end. While Tebow might not be as big as most tight ends, block as well, run as well, or catch as well…one former NFL head coach has an idea for what Urban Meyer has in mind for Tebow.

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Rex Ryan, who coached Tebow with the Jets in 2015, now works as an analyst on ESPN. On Wednesday, Ryan revealed how he would use Tim Tebow at this stage of his career.

Per The Spun:

“I look at it this way. As a guy who was part of this thing, we brought him into the New York Jets,” Ryan said. “I brought him in to be a personal protector on the punt team. By the way, we were successful on six fake punts with Tim Tebow. I thought he could run some wildcat-type offense. Like Mike Pettine and I used to say, he’s the best-throwing fullback in the league.

“I think we’re going to get that here with Urban Meyer. He’s not an NFL passer. We understand that, but Urban is trying to set a culture. One thing is this guy is amazing off the field. His work ethic, his passion in the weight room, and all that type of stuff is a real positive for your football team.’”

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“At the end of the day, this guy may have some value in short-yardage situations running direct-snap runs,” Ryan said. “Believe me. If you’ve got the ball at the one-yard line, I don’t know that I’d bet against Tim Tebow, even now. He’s good as a personal protector. Then, as a fullback or H-back type of guy, I could see it. Is it ideal? Maybe not, but this is Urban Meyer’s guy. There’s no way they’re going to cut Tim Tebow. There’s no chance of it. He’s going to make this football team.”

While Rex Ryan might say some pretty outlandish things, this is probably exactly what Urban Meyer has in mind for Tim Tebow.

Look, the guy isn’t going to learn a new position at 33-years-of-age and all the sudden be an every down tight end.

Urban will get creative with how he uses Tim Tebow, and we’ll probably see him in a variety of smaller roles for the Jags.

That is, if he makes it out of training camp.

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