JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tim Tebow caught touchdown passes from Trevor Lawrence and Gardner Minshew on Thursday, exhibiting indicators that reviving his NFL profession as an honest discontinue is draw from a publicity stunt or private prefer.
Tebow in actuality regarded the phase on a sunbaked afternoon that capped his first week of organized crew actions with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
With crew proprietor Shad Khan in attendance alongside with a media throng desirous to sight how the 33-year-inclined Tebow used to be adjusting to his new arena, the 2007 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback didn’t tumble a race and even made about a performs that indisputably acquired extra attention than they deserved.
Tebow is now not incessantly a subtle route-runner and doesn’t seem like a down-the-arena probability. But somebody who idea he would embarrass himself by changing positions nine years after final taking half in a meaningful snap within the league doubtlessly would were stunned to sight him shield his glean in a No. 85 jersey.
“It’s 1 in 90 making an try to arrangement the crew,” Jaguars coach Metropolis Meyer mentioned. “He has improved. It’s all new for him. … That arena’s trending upward; they’re doing a pleasing job.”
Meyer declined to present principal insight into how he plans to doubtlessly use Tebow. There has been hypothesis that Tebow will also be a purpose-line and immediate-yardage quarterback and even line up within the backfield alongside Lawrence.
“I ponder it’s one step at a time and survey what occurs,” Meyer mentioned. “Forward of you originate up having those conversations, you’ve acquired to in fact feel the build he’s at on the depth chart, and heaps others. Clearly, it’s most efficient been about a days. We have now not had that dialog as an offensive workers yet.”
For now, tight ends coach Tyler Bowen — whose nickname, coincidentally, is “T-Bow” — is making an try to gain the principal extra stylish Tebow joyful at his new arena. Bowen informed Tebow for “moderately of extra tempo off the ball” early within the two-hour workout.
Later, Bowen jokingly requested an intern “you want the trainers” after the equipment man used to be tasked with making an try to dam Tebow using a dummy pad.
Tebow had his most success in seven-on-seven drills plan the aim line, catching two immediate passes for ratings.
“He’s loyal one other man,” Jaguars security Rayshawn Jenkins mentioned. “I met him mercurial within the locker room, so a extraordinarily shimmering man from what I will characterize. But I don’t peep at it as ‘Tebow’ or any one who’s loyal loyal there. I loyal peep at it (as) what arrangement I must arrangement this play? What are my keys? What am I taking a peep at? It doesn’t topic what quantity the jersey is or whoever’s loyal there in entrance of me.”
Tebow signed a one-year, $920,000 form out Jacksonville final week, getting the historical minimum for a player with his experience. He acquired no signing bonus or assured money. He’s returning to the NFL after five years (2016-20) within the Unusual York Mets’ organization and he’s reuniting with Meyer, his college coach, for the first time since his senior year in 2009.
His comeback is unparalleled which skill that of his age, his new arena and the fact that he final performed in a current-season sport in 2012, with the Unusual York Jets.
“We don’t gain caught up in any of that,” Jenkins mentioned. “You shall be in a arena to’t gain necessary person struck around here. It’s the industrial. I performed with a total lot of superstars. I will title an inventory beefy, but we’re all chums on the discontinue of the day, we’re all co-workers on the discontinue of the day.”
Tebow used to be the indispensable enchantment Thursday, and that could were a shimmering thing for Lawrence. The No. 1 general bewitch had four overthrows and two passes damaged up in purpose-line drills.
“That’s clearly a in fact difficult location of the arena,” Meyer mentioned. “The arena adjustments, especially against NFL expertise throughout the arena and defense had the upper hand this day. It wasn’t loyal him. … All of us struggled, now not loyal him, offensively.”
Tebow used to be on the receiving discontinue of one of Lawrence’s few highlights, taking a peep take care of, smartly, a 255-pound tight discontinue with shimmering fingers.
Rather a lot of NFL groups suggested Tebow arrangement the arena switch years within the past, but he declined.
He in some draw switched after retiring from baseball in February. He worked out for the Jaguars the next week, the first of two exploratory classes that came to gentle hours sooner than the originate up of the NFL draft on April 29.
Meyer raved about Tebow’s exercises, announcing assistants had been stunned to sight him in such gargantuan shape. Within the break, Tebow’s ability to bewitch up a brand new arena — masses of faculty QBs have made the transition peep seamless — will decide whether he makes the crew.
“I’m form of inflamed because I used to be the oldest man on the crew,” mentioned 31-year-inclined receiver Marvin Jones. “Now, he has me by two years, so I even must consult with him about that. Then once more it’s been gargantuan. Clearly, all people is conscious of the form of worker that he’s and it’s no diversified.
“He came in here and match loyal in, loyal working and finding out and stuff take care of that. Within the support, when he’s now not in, he’s taking a peep on the performs and operating extra and doing what he needs to arrangement to gain this new arena going. So, it’s been shimmering. It’s been shimmering to have him here most indisputably.”
