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Belichick cut Tebow after he had an excellent game of completing 6 for 11 passes for 91 yards, with two touchdown passes and only one interception, while gaining 30 yards on six carries, in his final preseason game there.
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Tebow game up his major league baseball career with the New York Mets for this tryout opportunity, which appears to have been a sham by the NFL team.
 
Tebow game up his major league baseball career with the New York Mets for this tryout opportunity, which appears to have been a sham by the NFL team.
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== Sham Patriots tryout ==
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Amid the scandal of the investigation (and later conviction) of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez for murder, coach [[Bill Belichick]] boosted the public image of the Patriots by having [[Tim Tebow]] in a tryout in 2013, which was a sham.  Ironically, Tebow's college coach had warned Belichick about Hernandez before drafting him.<ref>https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/urban-meyer-bill-belichick-aaron-hernandez-tebow-buckeyes-braxton-miller/kn4mrv1yn8u01jzemhb5ubwlt</ref>
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Belichick bristled at how much more attention Tebow received from the media than Belichick's coaching efforts did.<ref>https://www.espn.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/9371847/bill-belichick-new-england-patriots-do-part-calm-tim-tebow-frenzy</ref>  Belichick cut Tebow after he had an excellent game of completing 6 for 11 passes for 91 yards, with two touchdown passes and only one interception, while gaining 30 yards on six carries, in his final preseason game there.
 
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