National Football League

Chip Kelly: Tim Tebow is here to compete for a job

Published May. 3, 2015 7:01 p.m. ET

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By Rachel Wold

The Philadelphia Eagles have had the biggest circus in town this offseason. It’s actually comparable to the Ringling Brothers with Chip Kelly running the show.

The circus act features quarterbacks Mark Sanchez, Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow and Matt Barkley.

While nothing should surprise us when it comes to the Eagles’ offseason moves, many questioned why the team chose to add Tebow to the mix. Shedding a bit of light to that situation, Sanchez previously indicated that Tebow was signed solely as a practice player while Bradford recuperates from his ACL injury.

That's an assessment that Kelly refuted in an appearance on the NFL Network over the weekend.

"No. I think everybody here that we bring to our organization is here to compete for a job," Kelly insisted. "That’s what Timmy is going to do. He’s an unbelievable competitor."

Throughout the years, Kelly has gone from not being a fan of Tebow to thinking he’s the best thing to come to Philly since spreadable cream cheese. And it definitely sounds like Sanchez and Kelly are on opposite pages.

Kelly even threw a joke in there when chatting about the much maligned Tebow.

"If we were just going to have guys throw drills, we’d take [Mike] Mayock in the offseason and bring him down here and let him throw to them," he said.

With this latest news, it appears that Sanzhez has more to worry about than Bradford. Then again, Kelly could be blowing hot air. That’s not necessarily rare for him.

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