.Buzz Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, Turnobili said: no doubt there's a degree of troll bait in some of these posts (mostly out of entertainment after pwny started responding to comments about jersey sales lol). but the sentiment about the signing being nothing more than a circus PR stunt is 100% genuine Literally no one is "stanning" for Tebow is the point. It's just hilarious from a Jaguar fan perspective to see people up in arms for someone who effectively got the 90th roster spot, battling for the back end of a spot on the TE depth chart, to get this many people up in arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwny Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, Turnobili said: except there are reasons to sign Trey Burton other than the fact that he played at Florida for Urban Meyer. thats why in one of my previous comments i specifically said that the Tebow signing isnt stupid on the grounds that it was a nepotism signing, but because he's never played the position, has been out of the game for about a decade, and its transparently a stunt at best. i dont know what your fascination is with this concept of Tebow being a better candidate for "move TE" considering Burton HAS absolutely played that position. Yeah, Burton has played move TE before. But he’s also had 5 different groin and leg injuries in the last two years and doesn’t run well anymore, which is kinda a prerequisite for the position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnobili Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, pwny said: Yeah, Burton has played move TE before. But he’s also had 5 different groin and leg injuries in the last two years and doesn’t run well anymore, which is kinda a prerequisite for the position. Burton exclusively played move TE in Chicago when Dion Sims (and for some time, Adam Shaheen) was the in-line TE Edited May 11, 2021 by Turnobili Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuvious Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 I don't get this logic of, since none of the available free agent TEs are really good, that justifies us signing the worst option possible. It's like if a team drafted a punter in the first round, and the justification was, well there was no one left on the board that we really liked, so why not? You have a hole at TE, there's not much for TEs available, but that doesn't mean that the best choice is signing someone who isn't a TE and hoping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, .Buzz said: It's just hilarious from a Jaguar fan perspective to see people up in arms for someone who effectively got the 90th roster spot, battling for the back end of a spot on the TE depth chart, to get this many people up in arms. It’s funnier for the rest of us to watch people defend it, tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwny Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Just now, Turnobili said: Burton exclusively played move TE in Chicago when Shaheen was the in-line TE Yup. He did. He also hurt his groin two days before their playoff game after the 2018 season; the first of the 5 groin and leg injuries he would have over the next two calendar years. He then had a whole 84 yards gained in 2019! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtait93 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 6 hours ago, .Buzz said: Low key think a big part has to do with Tebow knowing Urbans vision and likely pushing that in the locker room. Regardless, the dude is cut if he doesn't measure up to the other TEs in camp. If he does it's an incredible story and likely a good thing for the team. Such a massive risk we're take on this one. If I were y'all I would have given Burton a look since there's a Meyer connection there too, but honestly there's mostly garbage left on the TE market anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Richard Rodgers had a decent bounce back with the Eagles last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Buzz Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, Yin-Yang said: It’s funnier for the rest of us to watch people defend it, tbh Tbh, I don't think so. Opposing fans caring this much about a team signing a player to an unguaranteed, likely vet minimum contract to try and make the team as a back of the depth chart TE that went 1-15 a year ago has gotta take the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Buzz Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, dtait93 said: If I were y'all I would have given Burton a look since there's a Meyer connection there too, but honestly there's mostly garbage left on the TE market anyways. As @pwnyhas said, his body is pretty much toast at this point. Otherwise I'd agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, .Buzz said: Tbh, I don't think so. Opposing fans caring this much about a team signing a player to an unguaranteed, likely vet minimum contract to try and make the team as a back of the depth chart TE that went 1-15 a year ago has gotta take the cake. Nope. There’s nothing funnier than anyone entertaining the idea that one of the oldest TEs in the league who’s never played TE is going to do anything noteworthy, after taking 6 years away from not being able to play QB. There’s nothing, trust me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhanYouDigIt Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Yin-Yang said: Nope. There’s nothing funnier than anyone entertaining the idea that one of the oldest TEs in the league who’s never played TE is going to do anything noteworthy, after taking 6 years away from not being able to play QB. There’s nothing, trust me. We are the Jaguars.... the team that has lost 105 games the last 9 years. We don’t care lol Edited May 11, 2021 by KhanYouDigIt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, KhanYouDigIt said: We are the Jaguars.... the team that has lost 103 games the last 9 years. We don’t care lol There are 17 games a season now, no reason you can’t top those rookie numbers! Nah, I like the Jags. Thought they were into something earlier, think the same now. This move doesn’t move the needle one way or the other. It’s like, hiring a new water boy. Or switching from blue Gatorade to yellow Gatorade. But those things don’t get threads. If they did, I’d make jokes. If people were pushing back on the jokes and pretending like maybe the switch in flavors will turn into something, I’ll laugh at it. It’s all in fun. Edited May 11, 2021 by Yin-Yang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Buzz Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, Yin-Yang said: Nope. There’s nothing funnier than anyone entertaining the idea that one of the oldest TEs in the league who’s never played TE is going to do anything noteworthy, after taking 6 years away from not being able to play QB. There’s nothing, trust me. Except no one's saying he'll be noteworthy... So? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnobili Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 i'd random pluck a random undrafted TE as a flier than sign a QB thats been retired for a decade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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