Is Tim Tebow EEEEEVILLLLLLLLL?

Apparently so if you listen to the so-called experts that know more about the NFL than you or I do.

After the Broncos succeeded in their coup to land Peyton Manning, as we discussed here at the blog, the next domino to fall would be what to do with Tim Tebow.  The Broncos and John Elway made it absolutely clear that Tebow was not their guy (he was Josh McDaniels' guy) and they pushed big time to land Manning and unload the Tebow baggage. 

Well if you thought Denver was a crazy place with Tebow around...just wait until you see New York City adorned with START TEBOW billboards. 

Yes folks, Tebow is heading to the Big Apple after the Broncos and Jets consummated a trade sending Tebow and a 7th rounder to the Jets for a 4th and 6th rounder in this year's draft.  Of course, the New York media and ESPN immediately discuss what this means for incumbent starter Mark Sanchez (who does have passing statistics that are not that much better than Tebow's).  Joe Namath hates the idea.  Stephen A. Smith even went so far to say that he is "disgusted" (watch his clip) that the Jets would even make such a trade. 

I didn't know that the Jets' business decisions affected you guys so personally...

In any event, the thinking is that the Jets brought in Tebow solely to be a "Wildcat" package kind of guy.  I'm not so sure about that.  I'll be the first one to admit that he needs work on his mechanics, and had he had the opportunity to work with Elway one-on-one, there is no doubt in my mind that he would have improved exponentially as a passer in 2012.  Instead of working with Tebow, Elway just decided to bail.  Now Tebow is in New York with a defensive minded head coach (Rex Ryan) who has shown no hesitancy to using gimmicky offenses.  This is why, for now, Tebow to the Jets fits.  However, you watch.  Sanchez is most likely on his last straw.  I don't see anything in Mark Sanchez that you could not get with Tebow, and with the kind of defense the Jets have, I would not be surprised to see Tebow in a lot more "conventional" formations this season.  Remember that it was the defense in Denver that kept the Broncos in all of those ballgames that Tebow won in the 4th quarter.  The Jets are not sold on Mark Sanchez anymore the same way the Broncos were not sold on Tebow.

Elsewhere in the league, you think the NFL drop-kicked the Skins and Cowboys with the salary cap penalties last week?  You ain't seen NUTTIN yet!  Czar Goodell dropped the hammer big time on the New Orleans Saints yesterday, levying suspenions and fines all across their organization.  Sean Payton was suspended for all of 2012 (first time in league history a coach has been suspended), the GM suspended for 8 games, another assistant suspended for 6, and defensive coordinator Gregg Williams banned INDEFINITELY for their roles in a bounty program in New Orleans (and the associated cover-up).  They also were fined $500,000 and lost 2 draft picks.  Now, you can't tell me for one second that this doesn't happen in EVERY locker room in the entire league, gentlemen's bets between individuals where somebody gets paid X amount of dollars for decapitating somebody else during the game.  In the case of the Saints, apparently there was enough of an organized paper trail that they could not hide it, so much so that they got the closest thing to an NFL Death Penalty that I can remember.  Even the Patriots just lost a draft pick and cash for Spygate, and that was outright cheating (right, AK?).  According to the Czar, you don't mess with player safety, and for that reason the fines and penalties were necessarily steep.  It also makes the league look better for putting on a front that they are honestly trying to cut down on cheap hits that lead to concussions.  Will this put an end to bounty programs in the league?   No way.  Just in the future they won't be so organized and with much less of a paper trail to find.