Tim Tebow needs to move on from NFL dreams

This should be the confirmation Tim Tebow needs that it’s just not going to work.

If he can’t play for a coach as smart and open-minded as Chip Kelly, in a Philadelphia Eagles offense made for quarterbacks who can move, on a team that seemed to truly want him to succeed, Tebow’s NFL career may be truly over this time.

His release Saturday came a day after the Eagles traded Matt Barkley to the Arizona Cardinals, opening the No. 3 quarterback job.

Instead, the Eagles are opting to move ahead with two, Sam Bradford and Mark Sanchez, and keep looking for a third on either the 53-man roster or the practice squad, Kelly said. Tebow, meanwhile, hits the street again.

Kelly praised Tebow’s improvement but said the Eagles didn’t think he's good enough to be the No. 3 QB — a fairly strong assessment of a player who’s 28 years old and has made 16 NFL starts. “He just needs to get more playing time,” Kelly said, yet the Eagles decided not to give Tebow those reps on their scout team.

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