Sad day for the Philadelphia Eagles who release QB Tim Tebow

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The NFL Combine concept is nothing short of recruiting genius! And, the proof is in the pudding of the NFL’s spectacular success. Just look at the NFL’s explosive growth over the past few decades: in fan base, audience ratings, game attendance, team merchandise sales, etc. NFL results are through the roof by almost every performance measure. Financial success is great, but where’s the proof of this recruiting method’s efficacy on the field of play? Just turn on your TV on any given Sunday and watch an NFL game. You’ll quickly acknowledge the very high-caliber of talent on both sides of the ball.

Without doubt, every one of these players at every position is an exceptional athlete, and waiting on the sidelines, are their backups with more of the same high level of talent. This is why you barely notice any fall off in performance when a team’s first string player is replaced with a backup player. What does all of this mean? In the NFL, active players are superb athletes who are the product of their God-given aptitudes as proven by their high scores on a variety of skills, abilities, and agility tests conducted by the NFL Combine. The result: Only exceptional athletes with “natural born” talents for playing football are accepted into the NFL.

The Philadelphia Eagles is a legendary football team with a glorious history since 1933. It is a professional football team and is a member of the East Division of the National Football Conference which is a part of the National Football League. The Philadelphia Eagles have made two appearances at the Super Bowl and has won the NFL Title thrice. The club was formed by Bert Bell when he brought the Frankford Yellow Jackets franchise and named it Eagles. Some of the players from Philadelphia Eagles have found place in the Hall of Fame. Tommy McDonald, Reggie White, Chuck Bednarik, Bob Brown and Steve Van Buren are some of them.

5 things you may not know about the Eagles:

1. The only loss in a championship game ever suffered by legendary Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi came in the 1960 NFL Championship Game at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles.

2. The last pass completed by legendary Eagles quarterback Roman Gabriel went to Vince Papale who would later be played by actor Mark Wahlberg in the 2006 Disney movie titled ‘Invincible’.

3. Philadelphia Eagles defensive back Bill Bradley was the first NFL player to ever lead the league in interceptions two seasons in a row.

4. The Philadelphia Eagles were the first, and so far only, NFL team to win back-to-back NFL Championship Games while holding the opponent to no points. The Eagles defeated the Chicago Cardinals 7-0 in the 1948 championship game and then won the 1949 NFL title game by a score of 14-0 over the Los Angeles Rams.

5. Before the 1996 season, the Philadelphia Eagles changed their official colors from Kelly Green to Midnight Green.

Heading into this preseason, he carried the weight of the worst completion percentage in football since 2010 (47.9).

Because of his association with Kelly, many thought there was a larger plan at work. Tebow is more than just a quarterback and Kelly has been open in the past to cross-training players at different positions. At the least, he could have been a weapon on special teams and on two-point conversions.

So it goes for one of the league’s most popular players. Though it looks like this could be his last shot — he came to training camp in Philadelphia after a long break from the game — Tebow has proven his detractors wrong in the past.

He last stepped on the field in a regular-season game late in the 2012 season with the Jets.

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