The Jaguars gave Tim Tebow a chance to return to the NFL at the tight end position. However, it didn't work out.After just one preseason game, the Jaguars elected to release Tebow. NFL teams were required to cut their 90-man rosters to 85 by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 17 and he was one of the first players released.Despite Ray-Ray Armstrong Jersey his brief stay in Jacksonville, Tebow was thankful for his opportunity with the organization and thanked them on Twitter Tuesday morning.Thankful for the highs and even the lows, the opportunities, and the setbacks. Ive never wanted to make decisions out of fear of failure and Im grateful for the chance to have pursued a dream Tim Tebow (@TimTebow) So, the Tim Tebow experiment didn't quite work out. It was always a longshot, as Tebow wasreturning to the NFL after six years away from the sport and played his first preseason game Saturday night. Nonethele s, his college coach-turned-Jaguars coach, Urban Meyer, gavethe converted quarterback a chance to fight for a spot at the tight end position during the 2021 NFL offseason.Before the Jaguars-Browns preseason game, Tebow, 34, had last played during the 2015 preseason with the Eagles, at quarterback. Then, he spent five years in the New York Mets organization playing minor league baseball. He hit .223 with 18 homers acro s three minor league seasons.Meyer acknowledged that the path for Tebow would be difficult. While the Jaguars and their staff maintained hope that he could find a role, Tebow evidently couldn't adjust to his new position quickly enough to make the team.IYER: Will Tim Tebow make the Jaguars?Meyer has largely been noncommittal when addre sing Tebow's chances of making the Jaguars' 53-man roster. The first time he did so was in an early June . During that appearance, Meyer acknowledged that making the team wouldn't nece sarily be easy for Tebow, though he spoke well of his work ethic."What's the percentage of making the team? We don't know, this is uncharted water, this is gonna be very difficult, but he's been doing great," Meyer told Eisen. "He's been doing great in practice, he's learning the offense as you can imagine. He's working as hard as anybody. I see a good camaraderie amongst the team and Tim, and it's been good so far."Later that month, when asked point-blank about by USA Today's Mackenzie Salmon, Meyer largely Chris Hubbard Jersey dodged the question. He called Tebow "one of 90" on the roster and implied he wasn't thinking about the 53-man roster much yet."The last thing you just said is the tough part that's 53. That's new to me, that's the reality of the NFL, that you have 90 players. So to me, he's one of 90, he's a guy that's what's the difference between him and the other 40 guys trying to make the team? To me, it's all the same. This is their livelihood, this is their job, this is the way they make a living. And the reality is that a good percentage of your roster is gonna get cut or get transitioned out of here, which, to me, that's completely new. In college, you've got your 85, 90 guys, you fit 'em in, you put the puzzle together. It's much different here."Since then, Meyer has largely been mum about Tebow's roster chances. But at least one unnamed member of the Jaguars' staff believes that Tebow has "a real shot" to make the 53-man squad."I think he has a real shot to make the team." said Greedy Williams Jersey a member of the Jaguars staff in late July, . "It isn't a gimmick or a favor. I think he could be a core special teamer."2021 STANDARD FANTASY RANKINGS: | | | | | | How has Tim Tebow looked in training camp?As expected, Tebow had a long way to go when he started working as a tight end with the Jaguars in May. Meyer called Tebow's first practice with the Jaguars but also noted Tebow had "improved" in the early stages of learning his new role.Oh well, I wouldnt say weird awkward maybe, the first practice,'' Meyer said. ''But its one of 90, trying to make the team. He has improved, its all new for him, but Tyler Bowen is doing a good job with our tight ends as a whole."Meyer continued to laud Tebow's improvement during June OTAs. Meyer noted that his former quarterback at Florida had through practices two weeks after Tebow first saw the field."Oh, Tim has done a decent job. We all know this is a new position for him," Meyer said. "Hes a great teammate. In the locker room, I can see everybody getting along, we have good chemistry on our team. But hes picked it up decently."Is that a ringing endorsement? No; but certainly, it sounds like Meyer believes that Tebow has a chance to continue improving and maybe crack the Jaguars' tight end depth chart.More recently, Meyer complimented Tebow's hands at the very end of July. That said, he also noted that Tebow has to work on one problem spot: catching the ball with his body instead of grabbing it out in front Sione Takitaki Jersey of him."He has good hands. In his drill work, he's great, but when you get in a competitive moment, just (because of his) lack of experience he wants to body the ball," Meyer said, . "When you get to a point where two people are going after it, you have to go get the ball. He is fighting through that a little bit, but he has the skill set to catch the ball."Of course, that was to be expected of a player operating in a new position. But as Jaguars offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer explained to reporters, Tebow's previous experience as a quarterback has been beneficial during his transition.You see the football mind, you see how he sees the game from the quarterbacks point of view, Schottenheimer said after practice on Sunday, . There was a play a couple days ago in the red zone where I think it was C.J. (Beathard) broke out and scrambled left and the first guy that saw it was Tim and we threw him a touchdown pa s. Why is that? Well, he has played the position he has stood back there and seen, Oh well he is moving this direction, I have to go with Olivier Vernon Jersey him. It is going to be fun to watch him compete in the preseason as well."Schottenheimer also discu sed Tebow's quest to learn the nuances of his new position.He knows there are things he does not know," Schottenheimer said. "He asks unbelievable questions, you know, he really does.MORE: How Tim Tebow performed in his first preseason gameTebow's first preseason game as a tight end was forgettable. He was targeted just once in 16 offensive snaps and didn't record a catch. He didn't play on special teams.Tebow first saw the fieldwith le s than 20 seconds remaining in the first half. He had a chance to make a catch over the middle of the field, but he and Tavon Austin ended up in the same spot on the play. Austin managed to snag the throw, which didn't count as an official target for Tebow.Tavon Austin said NOPE. Tim Tebow gets his 1st catch snatched by his teammateWeek 1 of the vs Rookie Highlights (@RookieHigh) After halftime, Tebow didn't see the field until a couple of plays t