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In the six days since Tim Tebow’s 19-month NFL exile ended, a popular theory has emerged regarding Chip Kelly’s plan: Tebow will be the team’s two-point quarterback.
With NFL owners potentially moving the two-point conversion closer next month in order to entice more teams to eschew the near-automatic one-point try, the thinking is that Kelly would use Tebow as his quarterback in that situations.
But here’s where the logic falls apart. A two-point conversion from the one-yard line wouldn’t be a novel play for the NFL. It would simply be another situation in which teams face short yardage.