Shahid Khan: Rams Had No Love For Tim Tebow In 2010 Draft

by Ryan Van Bibber on Jan 31, 2012 11:45 AM CST

The St. Louis Rams were one of several teams advising against the decision to draft Tim Tebow in 2010.

Despite some lame attempts at misdirection, the marriage of Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford and the St. Louis Rams in the 2010 NFL Draft was never really in doubt. Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was never in consideration for the Rams at that time, but he was the subject of some conversation at Rams Park.

Flash back to the spring of 2010. Lady GaGa thrust herself into the world's ears, the Winter Olympics filled up NBC prime time and NFL draft watchers debated the professional future self-righteous kid from Florida. At the same time, Shahid Khan entered the fray to purchase the St. Louis Rams, a move that granted him insider access to the team's front offices and draft preparations.

He was also talking to former Jacksonville Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver about Tebow. Khan revealed in a recent interview that he encouraged Weaver to draft Tebow, citing the impact on the market there and a "once a generation" athlete. Weaver walked Khan through the logic of not picking the Chosen One.

Khan went to the Rams people for a second opinion, not realizing then that asking the Rams front office for draft advice was akin to asking Dr. Kevorkian about tips for enjoying old age. Here's Khan remembering that exchange with the Rams in an interview with the Jacksonville Daily Record:

I went back to the Rams, their player personnel folks, I said, you've got to tell me, if you were Jacksonville, would you be drafting Tim Tebow? They said absolutely not. It was like they were reading from the same script Wayne had read from.

One thing we know for sure, Tebow would have had no problems meeting Spagnuolo's "four pillars" test.

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F**K four pillars!

by Boy Yottic on Jan 31, 2012 12:26 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Plus 1!

by kevio3000 on Jan 31, 2012 1:51 PM CST via Android app up reply actions

At least they got this one right!

Tebow sucks!

by OakCityRam on Jan 31, 2012 12:45 PM CST reply actions

Well he'll be with the Bronco's for at least 4 or 5 years as there starter so there the ones

who will have to deal with him and his crazy ass fanatical fans. The problem is they made it to the playoff’s and beat the steeler’s who were not firing on all four cylinders and of course they give all the credit to Tebow there superman and when they face the patriots there embarrassed and of course they won’t recognize the fact that he sucked they’ll just attribute it to the fact that it was Tom Brady they were playing so it was to be expected. I believe that they’ll play decent against mediocre team’s but they’ll be embarrassed against good teams I think his habit of keeping the ball for to long instead of tossing it is going to bite them in the butt.

by Freewheeler2 on Jan 31, 2012 1:25 PM CST reply actions

4-5 years?

not a chance, they start 1-5 next year and this whole thing dies.

by statue_left on Jan 31, 2012 3:04 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions

The Teebs

Neither Jake Plummer nor Jay Cutler were able to beat the Steelers in the playoffs…screw you…!
and…it wasn’t the amount of games that The Teebs won…it was WHO HE BEAT…!

figure it out, losers…he beat Dago, the Raiders and the Chiefs…ALL DIVISION RIVALS…and he beat them in their own stadiums…deal with it…Elway NEVER WAS ABLE TO DO THAT…
That is why they were able to beat the Steelers…tie-breakers…get it, losers…?
That is why the Broncs won the division for the first time in more than half a decade…deal with it…

…and deal with this…The Teebs will take Champ Bailey to the Super Bowl next year…

you can count on that…deal with it…another year of non-stop Tebow news…I actually feel sorry for Brady and Manning…outside of the USA nobody cares…but the whole world cares about The Teebs…
Deal with it…

by Tmock on Jan 31, 2012 4:09 PM CST reply actions

Exhibit A of what I meant by crazy ass fanatical fan's

by Freewheeler2 on Jan 31, 2012 4:50 PM CST up reply actions

True

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by Douglas M on Jan 31, 2012 4:51 PM CST up reply actions

Tebow did not win them the steelers game, demayarius did. the pass tebow threw was weak and almost picked of and behind demayriyus. He took it to the house with speed and broke to tackles.You should praise him not tebow

by ramsfanindia on Feb 1, 2012 8:13 AM CST up reply actions

After reading the interview, I think Khan is planning to turn into Jerry Jones 2.0

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by Douglas M on Jan 31, 2012 4:35 PM CST reply actions

Opinions are like ....

..A__holes, everyone has one. GOD chooses whom he will elevate or put down. He honors Tebow & vice versa.

Go RAMs !!!

by VETT on Jan 31, 2012 7:52 PM CST reply actions

Exhibit B of crazy ass fans....they seem to come out of the wood work like cockaroaches.

by Freewheeler2 on Jan 31, 2012 9:56 PM CST up reply actions

Rose colored glasses I presume.

..from one to another.

Go RAMs !!!

by VETT on Jan 31, 2012 10:06 PM CST reply actions

how can u say tebow sucks???

I’m a rams guy 4life but I’ll give credit where its due. People who dnt like tebow are simply jelous of the fact that they said he’d never be sucsessfull in the nfl and he proved them all wrong. And that simplely makes them mad and tebow haters. I’m not no die hard tebow fan I’m just not gana bash a guy in give him no cridit for taking a down the drain team and making them a contender . Give the guy credit he earned it. If sam bradford took us deep in the playoffs regardless of stats we would all love him and say stats dnt matter W’s do and he gets W"s. Tebow dose that so stop it in give the guy what he deserves and earned

We might be down now but when we get back up u better move out are way are ul get RAMED!!!

by Ramzman18 on Feb 1, 2012 2:45 AM CST via mobile reply actions

he got the wins against mediocre teams and it was in the last few min. of the 4th quarter I would

be worried not happy that he does that and he lost the last 2 or 3 games in fact they wouldn’t even be in the playoff’s if not for another team losing.

by Freewheeler2 on Feb 1, 2012 11:49 AM CST up reply actions

They wouldnt be in the playoffs period if it wasnt for tebow

Kyle orton threw for 350 but still lost tebow took a recycoled willis M and made him better than he’s ever been he took a running game that was ranked 25 to 1st plus beat good teams and a playoff win agenst a vary good steelers …just come off it man

We might be down now but when we get back up u better move out are way are ul get RAMED!!!

by Ramzman18 on Feb 1, 2012 1:38 PM CST via mobile reply actions

I think your stuck on the Tebow and won't recognize the fact that he isn't that good in the NFL

The last game they played was a must win game if the other team that needed to lose did not lose and guess what the Bronco’s lost that game period and it was because of Tebow but lucky for them the other team that needed to lose lost so it was a throw away game so in actuality it was not Tebow that got them there but the other team that lost in fact if it had been up to Tebow they wouldn’t be in the playoffs they would be watching it on T.V.

by Freewheeler2 on Feb 1, 2012 2:03 PM CST up reply actions

Haha you still dont get it

If it wasn’t for tebow they would be watching tv anyway cause they woulda never won 7 of 8 with kyle orton. they were 1 and 4 remeber. I don’t get it why can’t u just give him credit he’s a winner.

We might be down now but when we get back up u better move out are way are ul get RAMED!!!

by Ramzman18 on Feb 1, 2012 9:12 PM CST via mobile reply actions