“Tim Tebow will sign a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday, per reports from Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer and ESPN’s Adam Schefter,” the Dallas Morning News claims today:
Tweeted Glazer: Eagles spent time w Tebows qb coach Tom House and are convinced he’s improved a lot. if he hasn’t no harm no foul as they have roster spots. … Eagles looking for a fourth QB for their offseason program but it’s Tebows best chance to get back in the league
Schefter reported: “Before signing Tebow, the Eagles first wanted to try to trade backup quarterback Matt Barkley. But when the team could not get enough in return, it decided to bring in Tebow anyway so that he could be present for the team’s entire off-season program.”
The sides have agreed to the deal. The Eagles’ off-season program begins tomorrow.
Tebow, 27, hasn’t played since being released by the New York Jets in June 2014. He spent last season as an analyst for the SEC Network.
If he were to join the Eagles, he would join Mark Sanchez, the QB he competed with during his tenure with the Jets.
From PETA’s worst nightmare Michael Vick to the proselytizing Tebow in the space of six years — that’s got to be quite a rollercoaster ride for Philadelphia sports fans.
(Sure they could use a little churchin’ up, as Cab Calloway told Jake and Elwood, but how will notoriously riotous Eagles fans take to Tebow?)
Update: The Teagles?
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