Nick, ten years ago, in his beloved Bledsoe jersey
When Nick started his football career playing in the Grimes county league, he picked #11.
And Nick has been a Tebow fan since his early days in Florida
2007
And it was with great glee that he watched Tim get drafted by his hometown Broncos in 2010
When he had the opportunity to meet Tim and shake his hand at his book signing, we thought there was nowhere for him to go but up. Nick got the chance to briefly share how inspired he was by Tim.
And then, well, you know.
When the Jets released Tim last month, I asked Nick who might pick him up. He said the only team he could envision would be the Patriots, since Belichick's style (no media circuses allowed) as well as Josh McDaniels, now their Offensive Coordinator and once the Broncos Head Coach who believed in Tebow to draft him, would be able to coach and work with him after the disastrous and mean spirited crap that is doubtless inside his head after the torturous season with the Jets.
When they cut him after holding on to him just long enough so that most teams wouldn't want him, post-draft, it stirred up all kinds of emotions in this household. We'd watched, sadly, as he'd been wasted all season, sadly before that when Elway clearly couldn't stand him. You see, it's not just Tim we're seeing. It's Nick. For all the crap, the struggles, the naysayers, the "coaches" who can't or just won't coach someone with an incredible work ethic, the seeming end of the road for a very talented athlete, we see Nick's journey. It's not as grand and it gets no press, but for us, seeing Tim get a chance to keep on playing quarterback, with a team that wants him and might nurture and actually coach him, instead of throwing him into team politics and then on the trash heap, is something that we cannot separate from ourselves.
So we meet the news today with elation, that the kid will get another chance to play. Because he deserves it.
You can sort out those pronouns for yourselves.
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