re: Tebow and the nfl...should he have changed positions?

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Overall? Or among QBs only?

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Compared to TEs I think

Yes. Could see him as another Todd Christianson.

Now that I'm finally at a computer, let's address the "Tebow couldn't cut it at TE because he's never done it and it takes a lot of time, certainly more than a couple of years, to pick up it up" argument and "he's too small and slow" argument.

Players with very little experience at football before converting to TE...

Julius Thomas: 1 year of football prior to going pro
Jimmy Graham: 1 year of football prior to going pro
Antonio Gates: no college football experience

Players who switched positions to become receivers in the pros...

Julian Edelman: college QB to pro WR
Matt Jones: QB to receiver
Brad Smith: QB to RB/WR
Josh Cribbs: QB to RB/WR
Antwaan Randle El: QB to WR
Freddie Solomon: QB to WR
Ronald Curry: QB to WR
Marlin Briscoe: QB to WR
Gene Washington: QB to WR

Now that we've shown that supremely athletic individuals can, in fact, learn to catch and run in a short amount of time, let's move on to Tebow's size and speed.

Current players with similar size and speed to Tebow (6'3" 235 4.71 forty-yard dash)... (I can only imagine what would pop up if I had the determination to look at previous TEs)

Jordan Reed: 6'2" 235 4.72
Zach Ertz: 6'5" 245 4.76
Charles Clay: 6'3" 245 4.73
Dwayne Allen: 6'3" 255 4.89
Garrett Graham: 6'3" 245 4.71-4.82

So now, it's seems pretty clear to me that (a) superior athletes can learn to catch a ball and run with it in a short amount of time and (b) Tebow's smaller size doesn't rule him out. That leaves us with... bias.