When Chip Kelly plucked Tim Tebow away from his SEC Network desk and signed him to the Philadelphia Eagles, few understood the rationale. How could a guy who’d thrown eight passes in four years be a worthy roster member of a team with serious playoff aspirations. (But not serious championship aspirations because, come on, these are the Eagles.)
Then, when Chip Kelly said Tim Tebow would only play quarterback for him, even fewer understood the rationale. The assumption was that Kelly would play the mad-genius card and turn Tebow into some sort of hybrid H-Back/tight end/occasional runner via direct snap.