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Posted on October 25, 2012 at 08:15 PM.

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Tim Tebow has been named by his peers as the most overrated player in the NFL. This is according to a poll conducted and released by Sports Illustrated.

I have a problem with this. Mainly due to the fact that I don’t know anybody who is “overrating” him. Do you?

If the poll question was, “Most Undeserving Media Star” or “Most Mechanically Flawed QB”, then I’d be on board with that. But overrated? I don’t get it.

I’m a fan of Tebow. Whether or not he’s any good as a NFL player doesn’t matter to me. He plays whatever position in whatever scenario he’s asked to, and he never complains about anything. As much as people like to say he forces his religion upon everyone, he simply doesn’t. His track record with regard to his personality speaks for itself. The man doesn’t waver from who he is.

Now that my Tebow gush is out of the way, let’s be honest. As much as I ripped Philip Rivers last week, I still wouldn’t want him running the offense of my beloved San Diego Chargers. I think the New York Jets are utilizing him in a way that people believed he would be. Even if Sanchez goes further off the deep end and starts throwing pick sixes left and right, the team is still better off with Sanchez – given the choice of the two of them.

What Tebow is not, is overrated. I don’t know one single media figure, family member, or friend who thinks Tebow is a great quarterback. Well, I take that back. Skip Bayless thinks Tim Tebow could win a Super Bowl MVP and lead a team to an infinite amount of Championships if given the opportunity. Even Skip can’t still be drinking the Tebow-aid, can he?

Do NFL players believe he’s a great quarterback? Obviously not. So who is overrating him?

If fans in New York are ever clamoring for Tebow to start over Sanchez, even in Sanchez’s darkest days, it’s merely for the novelty of it. They want to experience the same feel-good story that Denver gave to its fans last year. Heck, I think we all had our jaws drop when Demaryius Thomas ran the slant route for a 80-yard touchdown last year against Pittsburgh. Deep down, however, we all know Tebow is not going to be a successful everyday starting quarterback going forward.

I’d love to see it happen for him. I think he’s good for the sport, and I think it is interesting to see how many people can dislike him for doing what any of us would do – hang onto a job in the NFL with the best attitude you could possibly give.

OS Voice: Do you agree with this notion that Tim Tebow is the most overrated player in the NFL? If so, who in the media is still trying to convince others that he should be a starting quarterback?

Joe Chacon is a staff writer for Operation Sports and a featured columnist for Bleacher Report. You can follow him on Twitter @JoeChacon.

Comments

# 1 kcharles520 @ Oct 26

All I know is that if Blaine Gabbert and Brandon Weeden deserve a chance to be NFL starters in this league, then so does Tim Tebow.

He's not overrated, merely overhyped. People can't, and won't stop talking about him until he's at least given a chance to play.

# 2 bigdoc85 @ Oct 26

"All he does is win."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMK9FKMG3Nc

# 3 TreyIM2 @ Oct 26

Yea, ppl loosely use words and don't know and understand the meaning. Nobody is 'overrating' him by any stretch of the imagination.

# 4 Retropyro @ Oct 26

Pretty funny that these same players voted him to the top 100 this past summer. He's over hyped not over rated.

# 5 Jadakiss88 @ Oct 26

@Footballfan

Nobody is trashing Luck because he's playing for a rebuilding team. Anytime you have a former MVP, Super Bowl Winner, and Future Hall of Famer on your team and they show that they suck with out him (last season) if they replace him the next QB gets a pass and Luck has gotten that pass.

Also, (I am a Florida fan) Tebow had a some five star studs around him at Florida that masked his horrible mechanics and lack of accuracy plus (outside of a couple of SEC teams) the competition he faced was no where near the competition he faces in the NFL. I mean if you look at it a large majority of the players on Florida's offense those years are now pro's and alot of them see on field action.

But I do agree with everyone's assessment he is overhyped not overrated. The Jets brought him in to change the public perception of the Jets Locker Room but it has backfired and move them from attention seekers to attention whores and the media has taken the bait and only hurt Tebow's credibility.

# 6 DirtyJerz32 @ Oct 26

As a Jets fan I just want him to be used like they said he'd be used. I personally hope both he and Sanchez are gone soon, but that ain't going to happen. The reality is that Sanchez is doing enough to keep his job and until that day comes, Tebow will be riding pine.

# 7 kcharles520 @ Oct 26

I just wish people would give Tebow a chance before throwing him under the bus and writing him off. Let him play ONE full season as a starter...if he sucks and team can't win, then ok, Tebow isn't an NFL QB. If his stats are decent and his team is winning then he proved everyone wrong.

He just deserves the chance, i thought he showed serious flashes of potential in Denver last year.

# 8 Bmore Irish @ Oct 27

im a Tebow fan, i always root for the guy. im biased, but these players who voted are complete jerkoffs; they also had Ray Lewis as the #5 overrated player....wtf?

# 9 EccentricMeat @ Oct 28

I agree wholeheartedly with this article. Nobody is overrating Tebow, as most people admit that he's not a good QB. He is simply overhyped and undeserving of all the media attention he gets.