Tim Tebow says ‘it’s cool to see’ how Saints use Taysom Hill (1 Viewer)

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By Christopher Dabe - NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

Just about everything Tim Tebow has seen Taysom Hill do for the New Orleans Saints was what Sean Payton pitched as a vision for the one-time Heisman Trophy winner before he switched to playing baseball.

It just wasn’t what Tebow wanted at the time.

Instead, Tebow wanted to keep trying his hand at playing only quarterback. While Hill also has aspirations of being a No. 1 quarterback somewhere, he’s currently doing whatever is asked of him as a blocker and ballcarrier on offense and as a multi-faceted player on special teams.

That’s something of the pitch Payton made for Tebow “back in the day,” Tebow said Monday (Dec. 31) while in New Orleans at Audubon Gentilly Charter School for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. ...

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This year I definitely realized how innovative Payton is as a playcaller. I definitely think that Tebow could have had more prolonged success in the league if he had been willing to accept such a role.