The quarterback gave us many magic moments during his sporting career but his final stop in Jacksonville deprived more deserving players of a chance
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Over the past 15 years, for the majority of this millennium, Tim Tebow has gotten a whole bunch of opportunities. He’s earned them, made the most of them, for a few seasons or games or improbable seconds. But the same can’t be said for his latest misadventure, the summer-long charade in which he played the part of an aspiring NFL tight end.
It wasn’t particularly convincing.