{"id":3375,"date":"2012-03-26T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/?p=3375"},"modified":"2012-03-25T23:19:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T05:19:46","slug":"tim-tebow-rex-ryan-jets-preordained-odd-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/?p=3375","title":{"rendered":"Tim Tebow & Rex Ryan: Jets’ Preordained Odd Couple"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Move over Oscar and Felix<\/a>. There’s a new odd couple in New York City (well, technically New Jersey). In what has to be one of the most unexpected and explosive\u00a0moves in recent NFL history, the Denver Broncos traded Tim Tebow\u00a0to the New York Jets. The\u00a0trade, which was on-again, off-again, on-again\u00a0last Wednesday, was finally official on Saturday. On Monday, Tebow\u00a0will be\u00a0formally introduced as the Jets’ backup quarterback\u00a0(another first in that second-string quarterbacks are usually not given such a coming out party — but, this is Tim Tebow we’re talking about).<\/p>\n

When\u00a0news first broke that Tebow\u00a0would be heading to New York, my first reaction was, “NOOOOOOO!!!!” Growing up in Florida as\u00a0Miami Dolphins fan, if there was one team that I could not stand (apart from the Oakland Raiders, who are in a category all by themselves), it was the New York Jets (although I do love NYC<\/a>). If there was one coach in all of the National Football League that I could not stand, it was Rex Ryan. I still love to visualize Ryan, with his\u00a0“I don’t know what just happened”<\/em>\u00a0look, pacing the sidelines after\u00a0the Jets got Tebowed\u00a0on Thursday\u00a0Night Football last season<\/a>. Priceless.<\/p>\n

But, a funny thing happened throughout the day on Wednesday. What at first seemed like the worst possible landing spot for Tebow\u00a0gradually turned into perhaps the best place he could be. Notwithstanding\u00a0inane tweets by\u00a0Antonio Cromartie (since\u00a0walked back<\/a>), the Jets organization —\u00a0Owner, General Manager, and Head\u00a0Coach —\u00a0seem to genuinely want Tebow. That\u00a0is certainly a contrast\u00a0to the\u00a0Denver Broncos, who made it abundantly clear\u00a0that they wanted nothing to do with Tebow <\/a>or Tebowmania, instead opting for a legend, 36 year-old Peyton Manning, the former\u00a0Colt\u00a0who was sidelined all of last year with neck issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And, in what can only be described as God’s sense of humor, I found myself warming up to the idea that Tim Tebow\u00a0would be wearing green and white this fall.\u00a0By the end of last Wednesday, when Jets’ GM Mike Tannenbaum spoke to the press and Tebow held a conference call with the media, I was inexplicably finding myself — for the very first time in my life — actually liking the New York Jets and Rex\u00a0Ryan. Miracles never cease.<\/p>\n

I will readily admit that my newfound\u00a0fondness for the Jets can be traced back to one man —\u00a0Tim Tebow. Without Tebow\u00a0as a Jet, I would still root against\u00a0Gang\u00a0Green, unless they were playing the Raiders, in\u00a0which case I would hope the game ended in a tie after overtime. Is it necessarily wrong to root for a team because of one player?<\/a> Others may disagree, but in a time when\u00a0sports’\u00a0role models — regardless of their personal faith — are in short supply, you would think that people would find Tim Tebow a breath of fresh air. Even in New York City.<\/p>\n

But, of all the places that Tim Tebow could play, why the New York Jets? Some Jets’ fans are at a loss to answer that question<\/a>. Merril Hoge\u00a0and Steven A. Smith — bless their hearts — will\u00a0never figure it out because their hate for Tim Tebow\u00a0<\/a>will not allow them to think clearly. Regardless of what Woody Johnson, Mike Tannenbaum or Rex Ryan say, Tim Tebow\u00a0is a New York Jet because God has allowed Tim to walk onto the biggest stage of his young life. And, Tim Tebow’s stage transcends football.<\/p>\n

What greater stage than NYC? In terms of exposure — both good and bad — it doesn’t get any bigger or better than the Big Apple. Los Angeles doesn’t even come close. Besides, they don’t even have a football franchise in that city. For Tebow, the football player and the man of faith, playing for the New York Jets will provide Tim the opportunity to shine, both on an off the football field. It might also give Rex Ryan the missing piece of the puzzle which he needs to bring the Jets their first Super Bowl Championship since another Southeastern Conference quarterback by the name of Joe Willie Namath did it in 1969.<\/p>\n

For that to happen, God would have to intervene in a way that most non-Christians (and not a few Christians) simply find unfathomable — that He actually ordains who wins and loses football games. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that and neither would Tim Tebow. I would say that God is most concerned with His own glory. And, to the extent that Tim Tebow\u00a0and the New York Jets winning the Super Bowl would redound to His glory, then God might just have preordained the birth of this odd couple. With\u00a0Tim Tebow and Rex Ryan together in\u00a0NYC (some call it Babylon),\u00a0continue to expect the unexpected:<\/p>\n

So even the most pious of Jets fans shouldn\u2019t expect a Super Bowl<\/a> title. But if their new quarterback\u2019s story really has an Author, they\u2019re in for a pretty interesting ride.” (“Tebow\u00a0in Babylon,” by Ross Douthat)<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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