by Gregg Goodwin

ByncndI shot a large portion of this documentary about Tim Tebow’s Senior season of High School football at Nease High School in St. Augustine, FL. This clip shows his eligibility to play despite being home schooled and the recruiting process Tim went thru. The documentary was produced by Ken Murah of Murrah Communications, DPs were Gregg Goodwin & Steve Derstine and Frank Hamilton was Audio.

Tim Tebow leads the Broncos to their fifth straight victory and a share of the AFC West lead with an impressive 35-32 win on the road vs. the Vikings.

The AFC East has been Tom Brady’s division for the past decade, and it doesn’t figure to change this year. Sure, all the teams in this division may trending up from a year ago, but they are all still a significant cut below the level of the NFL’s elite.

The Jets have the freak show in the beloved (or hated, depending on your side) Tim Tebow battling the mostly hated Mark Sanchez. The Dolphins are rebuilding with a West Coast offense genius, while the Bills are trying to build around the running game and defense, particularly with the addition of free-agent Mario Williams.

Those side stories figure to just make things more interesting as Brady and arguably the best pair of tight ends in NFL history — Rob Gronkowski supplemented by wide-receiver-like Aaron Hernandez — light up fantasy football scoreboards in 2012.

After already taking a capsule look at the NFC East, home of the Super Bowl champs, we continue with the division that houses the runners-up in Brady and the Pats. Here are the AFC East depth charts, position battles, injury questions and fantasy positional rankings:

New England Patriots
Depth chart

QB
Tom Brady
Ryan Mallett

RB
Stevan Ridley
Joseph Addai
Shane Vereen
Danny Woodhead

WR
Wes Welker
Brandon Lloyd
Deion Branch
Jabar Gaffney
Donte’ Stallworth
Julian Edelman

TE
Rob Gronkowski
Aaron Hernandez

K
Stephen Gostkowski

Position battles

Nos. 1-3 RBs: The fantasy prospects here would be more exciting if the Pats hadn’t laid so many potentially intriguing fantasy backs to waste in the Brady era. Ridley and Vereen are the long-term talents, Addai is the veteran hoping for a career revival, while Woodhead is merely the monkey wrench in all of them. It is unlikely a real winner emerges through training camp, or at any time during the season, making drafting any of the Pats backs extremely tricky.

Nos. 2-3 WRs: As this is the Pats, this position battle has diminished expected fantasy impact as well. Technically, Gronk and Hernandez — the tight ends — are the secondary receivers to Welker. Lloyd used to be one of the best receivers in fantasy, though, so perhaps the pass-happy Pats revive him. Branch takes a hit with Lloyd’s addition, but then again, the same was thought when Chad Ochocinco was added a year ago.

Injury questions

Rob Gronkowski (ankle) — He had surgery on the ankle issue that plagued him in the Super Bowl, but it shouldn’t keep him out of training camp or from being the No. 1 TE selected in fantasy. Many will consider the Saints’ Jimmy Graham over Gronk, perhaps, but don’t let that be because of the ankle surgery. It should be a non-factor for TD-scoring, football-spiking Gronk this year.

New York Jets
Depth chart

QB
Mark Sanchez
Tim Tebow

RB
Shonn Greene
Joe McKnight
Bilal Powell

WR
Santonio Holmes
Stephen Hill
Jeremy Kerley
Chaz Schilens

TE
Dustin Keller

K
Josh Brown
Nick Folk

Position battles

Nos. 2-3 WRs: Plaxico Burress gave the Jets a solid red-zone target and a secondary option to Holmes, but now the Jets need to find a new No. 2. Hill was drafted to be that guy, but rookie receivers rarely are sure things in starting jobs right way, particularly with the shaky development of Sanchez to date. Kerley and Schilens, a transplant from Oakland, could prove to be sleepers as No. 3 options, or the No. 2 if Hill falters in training camp.

Sanchez vs. Tebow: This isn’t a real competition going into camp, but you can almost certainly see one developing with the way Sanchez’s career has gone. Holmes doesn’t love his QB, so there might be a clamoring for the Tebow-mania early, perhaps even in the preseason from the loud and usually over-reactive Jets fans. Tebow will slice into Sanchez’s value, making him merely a backup, and Sanchez’s status as the surefire starter makes Tebow more of a part-time running back than fantasy quarterback option. Neither should be drafted as a fantasy starter, but if Tebow takes over under center, he could emerge as a top-10 option at the paramount position.

Injury questions

None — That is one good thing about missing the playoffs a year ago here. The Jets figure to enter training camp 100 percent, even if they have some holes at receiver and lack a backup rusher behind Greene.

Miami Dolphins
Depth chart

QB
Matt Moore
David Garrard
Ryan Tannehill

RB
Reggie Bush
Daniel Thomas
Lamar Miller

WR
Chad Ochocinco
Davone Bess
Brian Hartline
Legedu Naanee

TE
Anthony Fasano

K
Dan Carpenter

Position battles

Starting QB: John Madden has long said when you have two quarterbacks, you actually have none. Well, the Dolphins have three: the incumbent Moore, the experienced Garrard and the long-term project, first-round pick Tannehill. Moore played well enough down the stretch to win the job, but if Garrard is healthy, the Dolphins might want to see what they have in him. Either way, the position will be Tannehill’s eventually, but it doesn’t figure to happen until midseason at this point. None of these will be anything more than a late-round flier in deeper (or two-QB) formats.

Nos. 2-3 WRs: It’s safe to assume Ochocinco is going to be much better away from the Brady-Bill Belichick shadow, making him the most intriguing of the underwhelming Dolphins receivers. Then, possession guy Bess can be intriguing in points-per-reception (PPR) leagues, while Hartline is back in a potential possession receiver role as well. Naanee might be an intriguing deep threat but any one of these four receivers can develop as the go-to guy, depending on whom wins the QB derby. All told, the fantasy impact of the Dolphins passing game figures to be minimal, but Joe Philbin does bring some awesome Green Bay passing game credentials with him.

Injury questions

Davone Bess (knee) — He averted surgery on what was originally called a partially torn ACL and MCL, so if he’s healthy, he could be on verge of a career year. That will merely make him a starter alongside Ochocinco, perhaps. If Philbin sinks his West Coast offense teeth into the Dolphins, someone is going to catch a lot of passes here. You might as well figure it will be Bess, the steadiest of the Dolphins’ motley WR corps.

Buffalo Bills
Depth chart

QB
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Vince Young

RB
Fred Jackson
C.J. Spiller

WR
Stevie Johnson
David Nelson
Derek Hagan
Donald Jones
T.J. Graham
Brad Smith

TE
Scott Chandler

K
Rian Lindell

Position battles

Nos. 2-4 WR: Fitzpatrick looked like a potential fantasy star before he signed a long-term deal, Jackson went down and the wheels fell of the Bills’ bandwagon a year ago. Johnson is a legit No. 1 WR in fantasy, but if the Bills figure to be playing catchup in games, as should be expected, someone is going to emerge as a secondary fantasy option in the passing game. Chandler, the tight end, caught some TDs early last year, but he doesn’t really qualify as a downfield threat like Nelson, Jones or speedy third-round rookie Graham might. Nelson is the de facto leader in the clubhouse for now, but Jones and especially Graham might emerge and really surprise.

Injury questions

Fred Jackson, (leg) — How confident are the Bills that Jackson is over his broken leg from a year ago? Confident enough to put their money on him, giving him a two-year, $8.7 million extension. It will be a bargain if Jackson returns to his form of early 2011. Something to throw into the mix here, though, is the late-season emergence of Spiller. That might be the only reason you shouldn’t consider Jackson a first-round pick in fantasy this August.

Division fantasy rankings
Quarterbacks

1 Tom Brady NE
2 Mark Sanchez NYJ
3 Ryan Fitzpatrick BUF
4 Matt Moore MIA
5 Tim Tebow NYJ
6 Vince Young BUF
7 David Garrard MIA
8 Ryan Tannehill MIA

Running backs

1 Fred Jackson BUF
2 Shonn Greene NYJ
3 Reggie Bush MIA
4 C.J. Spiller BUF
5 Stevan Ridley NE
6 Daniel Thomas MIA
7 Joseph Addai NE
8 Lamar Miller MIA
9 Shane Vereen NE
10 Joe McKnight NYJ

Wide receivers

1 Wes Welker NE
2 Stevie Johnson BUF
3 Santonio Holmes NYJ
4 Brandon Lloyd NE
5 Chad Ochocinco MIA
6 Deion Branch NE
7 Davone Bess MIA
8 Brian Hartline MIA
9 Stephen Hill NYJ
10 Jabar Gaffney NE
11 David Nelson BUF
12 Legedu Naanee MIA

Tight ends

1 Rob Gronkowski NE
2 Aaron Hernandez NE
3 Dustin Keller NYJ
4 Scott Chandler BUF
5 Anthony Fasano MIA

Kickers

1 Stephen Gostkowski NE
2 Dan Carpenter MIA
3 Rian Lindell BUF
4 Josh Brown NYJ
5 Nick Folk NYJ

Defense/Special Teams

1 Jets NYJ
2 Patriots NE
3 Bills BUF
4 Dolphins MIA

Eric Mack writes fantasy for SI.com.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/eric_mack/07/06/fantasy-football-afc-east/index.html

In case you’re unaware, the Gracie family basically built the UFC — and badasses like Royce Gracie have destroyed countless opponents by using a special form of Brazilian jiu-jitsu created by his father, Helio Gracie.

Now, the New York Jets quarterback has joined up with the Gracie family at their headquarters in Torrance, CA — where he was training with Royce’s nephew Ryron Gracie and UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub (in the grey shirt).

After the training session, the Gracie brother’s tweeted about their newest pupil, “Everyone please give a warm welcome to the newest member of the Gracie Family.”

Ryron also tweeted to Tim … saying, “Your athleticism/intelligence makes teaching Jiu jitsu even easier!”

Tim Tebow…you are the man! Thank you for the many great memories, good luck and God Bless!!!!
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Despite a rocky start, Tim Tebow finished the game with 167 yards passing and a TD.

Video taken by Sarah Pulliam Bailey for Christianity Today magazine.

prayer-breakfast

WILLIAMSBURG – Tim Tebow hadn’t taken his first step onto the football field Monday when word of his arrival had spread. It wasn’t long before a chorus of “Te-bow!” chants filled Zable Stadium, welcoming the New York Jets quarterback to the 19th Colonial All-Pro Football Camp.

Young players watched and waited anxiously for their turn to catch a pass from the famous quarterback. Many wore Florida Gators or New York Jets attire and told Tebow how much they liked his blue Nike shoes.

Campers were in awe as Tebow congratulated each of them with a high-five and “Nice job” or “Great catch.” He’s believed to be the first player in the camp to warrant security personnel, protecting him from enthusiastic fans.

Players broke from huddles shouting “Tebow time!” Others would kneel to the ground in prayer, like he does. “He’s such a great quarterback and Christian,” one fellow told his friends during a break at the water cooler.

Seeing the impact, hearing those chants and interacting with the campers was flattering for Tebow. “It’s very humbling,” he said afterward. “I just take my role and my platform as a professional athlete very seriously.”

Tebow pointed out that he’s “far from perfect,” but hopes young players see that he’s trying to do everything in his career the right way. “More than anything, that’s what I hope to get across. Sometimes they just like jump passes or running or throwing it deeper.”

He added, “Regardless of where it is or how many it is, everytime it’s still kind of surreal to think that you have the ability to have that effect on someone’s life.”

Tebow encouraged the aspiring athletes to love and be passionate about football. “Don’t listen to people tell you that you can’t,” he said.

Fellow guest instructor Larry Fitzgerald spoke highly of Tebow in the Monday morning session. “We need more people like [him],” said Fitzgerald.

While he said it’s an honor to hear people like Fitzgerald say that, Tebow just tries to be normal. “I don’t want to be any different or special just because I play football.”

But whether he wants it or not, Tebow certainly made an impact on the Williamsburg campers. Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Fitzgerald kicked off the camp by running practice drills with the participants.

Monday afternoon, Fitzgerald shared his day with Twitter followers. “Great day in Williamsburg, Va. at the College of William & Mary. The staff, kids and community were great. Good times,” he said.

New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz rounded out the guest instructor roster, making his appearance Tuesday morning.

This year’s Colonial All-Pro Football Camp, hosted by Tribe football players and coaching staff, hosted more than 400 day and overnight campers from age 8 to rising high school seniors.

Tebow-to-the-rescue

Take a deep breath. Hold it in. Breath out again.

Now close your eyes. Drink in the calm, the serenity. Imagine birds singing, squirrels frolicking, puffy white clouds drifting by on blue sky…wait a second. Now wake up.

There’s the neighbor’s dog, doing his thing on your lawn. The landlord phoned, saying he can’t fix the air conditioning until next week and today your boss put up the new schedule. You’re on graveyard now with that guy who doesn’t believe in hygiene or teamwork. Terrific.

Okay, so your life’s no bed of roses. But wherever you live, whatever smidgen of sanity you enjoy today, savor it, bottle it up and hide it under your bed because before you know it, Tebowmania II is going to hit the fan. And when it does, it’s going to be everywhere.

It’s building offshore but when Hurricane Tebow makes landfall later this summer, his image will be splattered all over the consumer landscape like a Jackson Pollock painting, courtesy of Creative Artists Agency.

The ionosphere will be so saturated with Tim-ness it wouldn’t be crazy for ESPN to craft a separate channel to accommodate the mass of minutia generated by Mr. Sunshine’s New York City experience. Call-letters: ESPNTT; permanent host: Skip Bayless and the occasional antagonist: Stephen ‘Don’t forget the A.’ Smith.

Tebow’s narrative is just one puzzler that looms large over NFL America this summer.

There are, of course, some givens for NFL 2012:

The Patriots and Packers will again toy with the rest of the league. Brady and Rodgers will continue to throw for record numbers. Big Ben Roehtlisberger would be included in that bunch but with the beating he takes every year in Pittsburgh it’s a minor miracle if he makes it to the playoffs in one piece.

When fans realize draft dandies Andrew Luck & Robert Griffin III can’t walk on water, both will be given sanctuary by the fact Colts, and to a lesser degree Redskins, are major reclamation-projects.

Half-measures get you the Chicago Bears. After landing prize catch Jay Cutler they got stingy. They have talent at their key positions with Cutler, Matt Forte, Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, Devin Hester but Chicago’s still no match for the Packers. Their collapse against Denver in 2011 was low point. Soldier Field fans deserve better, but instead they settle for 9-7.

Here then are the biggest brain-teasers to ponder on the porch-swing before NFL 2012 lifts-off this September:

1) What flavor of quarterbacking will Cam Newton and Carolina select?

2) How will the Saints tumultuous off-season play on their 2012 performance?

3) How much life is left in Peyton Manning’s multi-million-dollar arm?

4) Was the NFC in 2011 that bad or were Jim Harbaugh’s 49ers that good?

5) What does Rex Ryan have up his sleeve on the Tim Tebow experiment?

Flash In The Cam

No first-year quarterback has ever made as big a splash as Carolina Panthers’ Cam Newton did in 2011. His unexpectedly advanced passing skills were matched only by his record-setting mobility (14 rush touchdowns). Whether he chooses to develop into a great pocket-passer or follow the run-rabbit-run routine of Vick and Tebow may be the most intriguing storyline of 2012.

The Saints

“The truth will set you free.” It’s a Bible verse. It’s about as popular today as ‘Love thy neighbor.’ It appears as if Roger Goodell, James Harrison, Jon Vilma, Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints have hunkered down into a mental-bunker of denial, opting for the ‘us-against-the-world’ tact in dealing with exposure of their well-documented bounty program.

Wing and a Prayer

Not a gambler per se but John Elway must have a soft-spot for QBs headed to Canton. The rumor mill aside, Manning and his handlers in Denver (and Indy) have kept news about his suspect wing & neck under wraps. Regardless of Broncos pedestrian pool-of-talent in the receiver-corps, Manning elevates everyone around him and, if healthy, takes them back to the promised land.

Real Deal 49ers?

The team Belichick didn’t want to face in SB46. Careful what you wish. Jim Harbaugh is the off-kilter coach who’s fast becoming the next Jerry Glanville that wins games and enemies. Harbaugh brought defense back to the NFL and it’s a good thing, given how he didn’t know a lick about offense. Rex Ryan was suppose to be this guy.

Tabernacle Tim

Answering the Tebow question isn’t paramount in NFL 2012 but it may feel that way, given the hullabaloo it generates. In rare circumstance, duel quarterback system can work wonders (Waterfield / Van Brocklin). This isn’t a duel quarterback system though. Ryan’s been around the game a long time, won a ring in 2000 with the Ravens and shouldn’t be so silly as to turn his quarterback position into a game of musical chairs. Jets’ brass know they already have a talented, successful albeit, sometimes erratic, still maturing signal-caller in Mark Sanchez.

Tebow’s not in New York City to upset the apple cart. He was brought in to do what he does best: motivate. It’s his calling and he’s good at it. Tebow’s primary mission is to light a fire under Sanchez.

And keep in mind, Sanchez will not put up the big numbers, week-in, week-out like marquee-quarterbacks Brees, Rodgers and Brady. He’s a skilled manager, like titlists Trent Dilfer and Brad Johnson. But if Ryan & Tony Sporano can’t jump-start the Jets run game and shore up the defense, it won’t matter who’s under center.

While this all weighs on Mark’s mind, Jets would wise to return Tebow to his original high school position at tight end. God knows he likes the contact, has the speed, the hands and a nose for the end-zone. If Hall-of-Famer and Heisman-winning Notre Dame quarterback Paul Hornung can embrace the theory of evolution so too can Ryan and Tebow.

Five Chicago Bears made the NFL Network’s Top 100 Players of 2012 list, but Jay Cutler wasn’t one of them. Among the 13 quarterbacks who made the list ahead of Cutler: New York Jets backup Tim Tebow.

The complete list — voted on by NFL players — was revealed Wednesday. Quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers and Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints were voted 1-2, and New England’s Tom Brady was voted the league’s fourth-best player.

The other quarterbacks to make the top 100 (and their ranking): Ben Roethlisberger (30), Eli Manning (31), Cam Newton (40), Matthew Stafford (41), Peyton Manning (50), Philip Rivers (61), Michael Vick (70), Joe Flacco (74), Tony Romo (91) and Tebow (95).

In 10 games before being injured last season, Cutler threw for 2,319 yards and 13 touchdowns with seven interceptions and had a passer rating of 85.7. In 15 games for the Denver Broncos, Tebow threw for 1,729 yards and 12 TDs with six interceptions and had a passer rating of 72.9. He also ran for 660 yards and six TDs and guided the Broncos into the playoffs.

The only Bears to crack the list were Julius Peppers (26), Matt Forte (33), Devin Hester (48), Brian Urlacher (51) and Lance Briggs (72).

Tebow offense

By Eric Holden

Close to a decade has passed since New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow tallied a ridiculously low score of 890 on the SAT exam, but he still gets mocked for it by fans on internet message boards and online forums.

It’s time to set matters straight.

First of all, most high school students take the SAT exam in their junior or senior years. Tebow, on the other hand, took the test in his freshman year of high school.

Essentially, that means most students from the high school Class of 2005 had two more years of learning under their belt than Tebow had, before taking the test. Additionally, Tebow also maintained a 3.5 GPA in high school, so that shows he was a bright student.

Secondly, a little known fact is that Tebow suffers from dyslexia. This disability, which impairs a person’s fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read, makes standardized testing extremely difficult.
It’s unclear which specific symptoms of dyslexia suffers from, but difficulty with critical reading is a classic sign. Some dyslexic people add letters to words when reading or see letters in reverse, which makes standardized test-taking an absolute nightmare.

The SAT board allows dyslexic students extra time to take the test, but it’s still a major challenge. Imagine taking the most difficult exam of your life, which could very well determine which college you get into, and not have the ability to see letters properly in the critical reading section.
Tebow confirmed that he had early struggles with reading, an obstacle he later learned to overcome.

“I was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was a little boy, and so finding ways to overcome that, and finding ways to really enjoy reading and finding ways that I can process things — because it has nothing to do with your intelligence, it just has to do with how you process things — for me books like Green Eggs And Ham really helped me to overcome those obstacles,” he said.

Additionally, Tebow was home-schooled. Perhaps the information taught to him by his parents was displayed in a slightly different light than the way it would have been shown if he had gone to public or private schools.

Tebow clearly received a quality education from his parents, as he graduated with honors in 2009 from Florida University with a B.S. in Family, Youth, and Community Services.

Perhaps what Tebow’s situation proves is that the SAT is not a great measure of intelligence or academic potential.

The exam seems to measure a student’s ability to understand and summarize key concepts. It also measures one’s ability to make inferences and compare arguments from sophisticated reading passages. Tebow’s dyslexia, home schooling and decision to take the test as a high school freshman seemed to each be key factors in his struggle with the test, but it’s not an indication of a lack of intelligence.

Tebow clearly turned out just fine, as he’s a well-oiled marketing machine who can do no wrong. He handles the media with the precision of a highly-training politician, and millions of fans around the world view him as a perfect gentleman.

People need to forget about Tebow’s 890 SAT exam, as it was a clear anomaly from his otherwise stellar achievements in education.

Broncos QB Tim Tebow made his first career start Sunday versus Oakland due to Kyle Orton’s injured ribs.

Kurt Warner and Charles Davis debate Broncos WR Demaryius Thomas’ comments about not knowing the route tree and wonder if it was an attack on Tim Tebow.

Demaryius Thomas has been a wide receiver in the NFL for two years now and evidently hasn’t spent a lot of time learning to run routes. I guess it’s not all that necessary when you’re watching for Kyle Orton or Tim Tebow to deliver you the football.

Via Sports Radio Interviews, Thomas told 790 The Zone in Atlanta that now that Peyton Manning is in town, the Denver receivers are going to have to bone up on their route tree a little bit.

“To get to play with a future Hall of Famer, I knew I had to step my game up and get in my book more, run routes more, because I never really ran routes much. So I thought it was gonna be a challenge, and it has been so far. But it’s been good, too.” [...]

“You’re gonna have to run the whole route tree now. The comebacks, the slants, the posts, the ins. And I didn’t have to do that much when I was my first couple of years in the league.”

Wow. Two years in the league, and he “never really ran routes much”?

[Les Carpenter: Brian Banks, still chasing his NFL dream, could help the league as more than a player]

What were Broncos practices like before Peyton Manning? Everyone splits into their individual groups, and the receivers all run over to the receivers coach and ask, “Hey coach, what are we working on today?” And then the receivers coach looks over and sees Tim Tebow launching footballs into the fourth row and says, “I really don’t think it matters, boys.”
I did not post this as i thought it was a slam too Neg for me what do u all think

Tim Tebow lead the Broncos to a comeback victory vs. the Jets on Thursday night. Can he use his powers to take Denver to the playoffs? Find out.