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September 17, 2013
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Jags fans hold pro-Tebow rally. No one we know can be seen among the multitudes.
posted by beaverboard at 09:20 AM on September 17, 2013
Surely they'd be better off trading for Josh Freeman, as it seems he isn't keen on staying in Tampa.
He's shown some talent in flashes and might do so in longer stretches in an environment where he didn't completely hate his job.
I'm sure Schiano would take Henne and a conditional draft pick, just to get him gone too, as he's not "Schiano's guy."
posted by Mr Bismarck at 10:01 AM on September 17, 2013
No one we know can be seen among the multitudes.
I leave for five minutes to take a bathroom break and they pick that time to shoot the group photo. Tebow dammit.
I like that even among his most diehard admirers in Jacksonville, the best argument to be mustered is "Why Not?"
posted by rcade at 10:03 AM on September 17, 2013
Schiano and Belichick may have to get through the upcoming Rutgers Love Bowl before the Bucs can start working on moving Freeman.
posted by beaverboard at 11:31 AM on September 17, 2013
Do you think the Jags would really be interested in Freeman?
He makes $8.5m this year, meaning they have to pay the pro-rated amount of that, plus picks, and they're most likely still not a playoff team. AND for it to make sense, they'd have to want to sign him to a long-term deal. I think you'd need more than 10 games to evaluate that given he's been so up and down, especially given he's going to have to come in to a new team and a new offence.
I see a short-term move for Freeman that includes much more than a late-round draft pick as a reactive move rather than proactive. Oakland paid a first- and second-round pick for 24 Carson Palmer starts and 1-2 seventh-round picks. Jacksonville ought to be stingy, as the number of QB-needy and payroll-able teams out there competing with them might only be Cleveland until the offseason.
posted by dfleming at 03:27 PM on September 17, 2013
Tebow dammit
With a child on the way, I'm planning to add this to my vocabulary.
posted by yerfatma at 03:59 PM on September 17, 2013
The iPhone App store (in Canada at least) is blocking out the R-word.
Says it all, really.
posted by rumple at 06:35 PM on September 17, 2013
posted by Mr Bismarck at 08:03 PM on September 17, 2013
posted by yerfatma at 08:48 PM on September 17, 2013
He totally Sanchezed that guy!
posted by NoMich at 09:12 PM on September 17, 2013
He's shown some talent in flashes and might do so in longer stretches in an environment where he didn't completely hate his job.
He's also not going to sell a lot more tickets. Tebow at least still has that power (in Florida).
I'm not sure the "Josh Freeman Experiment" is rapidly coming to a close.
posted by Bonkers at 09:14 PM on September 17, 2013
Goal from a kick off? I'll give you a goal from a kick off.
posted by owlhouse at 10:20 PM on September 17, 2013
Aston Villar
posted by beaverboard at 11:26 PM on September 17, 2013
This link might work better:
Damien Mori's Four Seconds of Fame.
posted by owlhouse at 12:54 AM on September 18, 2013
Remembering Vlad. And a new iPhone app to put yourself in a pack of baseball cards.