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Preying on Tebow

Christian QB learning the
dangers of the Big Apple

By Eric Wilkins,
Staff Writer

ou can’t get through

more than a month or
two of football without
hearing about Tim Tebow.
It’s just a fact. The guy has
done nothing in New York,
and yet here I am tapping
away at my laptop with
yet another article solely
devoted to him. Love
him or hate him, he’s an
influential figure. Who else
can grab headlines while
doing zip? Ryan Lindley
can’t even get a sniff. Who’s
that, you ask? Point proven.

So what miniscule
thing has he done this
time? Been photographed
with an ample-bosomed
female? Been traded?
Single-handedly come up

with a solution for world
peace? No. Instead, it’s
on his unbelievably calm
and composed demeanour
throughout his ordeal as the
Jets backup quarterback.

Mark Sanchez is a
terrible quarterback. He’s
got 2,339 yards through the
air with 12 touchdowns,
10 picks, and a miserable
55.4 completion percentage.
And the Jets are 4-7. Bravo,
Sanchez. Bravo. With such a
terrible signal-caller, you'd
figure Rex Ryan wouldn’t
mind having a look at his
other options. Tim Tebow,
perhaps? You know, that
guy who led the Broncos on
an improbable playoff run
last season? But no. Instead,
through some inexplicable
continuous brain fart, Ryan
has ignored his saviour on
the bench and stuck with
one of the worst QB’s in the
league.

It really makes
you wonder why the
organization ever brought

Our balls are bigger

CFL vs. NFL debate is no
debate

By Eric Wilkins,
Staff Writer

“m tired of hearing

people go on and on
about how vastly superior
the NFLis to the CFL. I’m
tired of hearing about how
the worst NFL team could
beat the best CFL team
easily. It makes me want to
make like that delightful
Facebook page and high-
five them. In the face. With
a chair. Honestly, think
this one through.
Saying that the Kansas
City Chiefs could beat the
Toronto Argonauts is crazy
talk. First of all, the Chiefs
can’t even beat a pewee
football team. Secondly,
if no one noticed, the two
leagues don’t play with
the same rules. The CFL
has a bigger field, one

extra man, one fewer
down, puts multiple
receivers into motion
before the snap, has the
field goal posts at the front
of the endzone instead of
the back, doesn’t have fair
catches, and a dozen other
differences. “Derrr, but it’s
still football, right?” Yes,
both leagues play football,

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Tebow in. Was it just to sell
jerseys? It’s sure looking
like it. We all know that
they said Sanchez was
going to be the starter, but
when did they decide to
eternally etch his name

at number one on the
depth chart? It seems like
no matter what Sanchez
does, he gets to keep the
starting gig. There have
been plenty of occasions
this season where the Jets
are well out of the game,
but Sanchez has always
stayed in. I would love for
someone to explain this
one to me. If Sanchez is
your franchise QB, what

is he doing playing in
garbage time? And if he
isn’t your guy, why not give
another fellow a shot? And
no, I’m not talking about
the Thanksgiving game
against the Patriots; Tebow
had broken ribs and he
shouldn’t even have been
dressed. It’s just another
testament to his character

needs to be mobile. If you
can’t move in the CFL,
you're not going to make
it. And before someone
makes a crack about
Anthony Calvillo, keep in
mind that he had an 8.2
yards per rush average
this season. Staying with
the OB theme, an NFL
pivot can get away with

though that he wanted to
be there for his team, even
in his condition, if they
desperately needed him to
play.

In keeping with that
last line, Tebow has said,
and done, all the right
things this year. He’s never
questioned his position as
number two on the depth
chart, he’s never spoken out
against Ryan for his baffling
crashed train of thought,
and he’s been a supportive
teammate in every
situation. My hunch is that
either the top brass has told
Ryan he has to start Sanchez
(because of the money tied
up in him), or Ryan never
wanted Tebow/isn’t a fan
of his, and doesn’t want
to give him a shot. It’s
probably a combination of
the two. Ryan knows that
Tebow can’t possibly do any
worse than Sanchez. As a
result of this, playing Tebow
would immediately be
viewed by the fans as a step

Running backs from the
two leagues also differ.
The NFLis a running
league. Backs need to be
able to pound the ball
time and time again and
grind out a few yards on
the ground. The successful
ones generally tend to be
tough bruisers. The CFL,
on the other hand, is a

Saying that the Kansas City Chiefs could beat the
Toronto Argonauts ts crazy talk. First of all, the Chiefs

cant even beat a pewee football team.

but they’re not playing the
same game.

CFL players need to have
different skill sets than
their NFL counterparts.
For example, while an
NFL quarterback just
needs to be able to sit in
the pocket and have an
arm, a CFL quarterback

having an average to
below average arm, but
a CFL signal caller can’t.
With the wider field,
throwing that cross-field
out route becomes that
much more dangerous.
A lame-duck toss is just
asking for the defensive
back to pick it off.

passing league. Our ball-
carriers don’t need to be
all brawn. There’s more
space to take a handoff
and bounce it to the
outside. They also don’t
(usually) see as many
carries. CFL running backs
also need to be effective
receivers, something

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in the right direction, and
thus, make it impossible for
Sanchez to ever start again.
There’s no doubting
the fact that Tebow would
be able to do something
with the Jets offense if
given the keys. Shonn
Greene is a serviceable,
if unspectacular, running
back, and Jeremy Kerley,
Stephen Hill, and Dustin
Keller form an adequate
receiving corps. If one
recalls, Denver’s wideouts
weren't considered
anything special when
Tebow led them past
Pittsburgh, but they got
the job done. Hill is ina
similar mold as Demaryius
Thomas; Tebow could do
some damage. This is all a
moot point though. Tebow
is never going to see the
field as the starter, and
the club will continue to
employ him solely for fake
punts and other gadget
plays. Settle in for another
losing season, Jets fans.

many NFL backs seem
completely incapable of.
With it now firmly
established that the two
leagues are different, one
should begin to realize
that a game between the
two is impossible, and
thus, neither league can
be deemed superior. Of
course there’s more money
in the NFL and a far larger
pool of talent, which leads
one to believe that the
NFL's athletes are better,
but the two simply aren’t
comparable. How would
one even set up a game
between the two leagues?
Would it be NFL rules or
CFL rules? On an NFL
field or a CFL field? With
our awesome football with
two stripes or with their
lame brown pigskin? I
honestly don’t care which
league people prefer,

but please stop with the
uninformed comparisons.

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