{"id":68661,"date":"2025-05-21T22:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T22:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/68661\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T22:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T22:33:10","slug":"president-donald-trump-takes-random-shot-at-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/68661\/","title":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump Takes Random Shot at Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Gators are celebrating their national title at the White House, and the team got to not only meet President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a>, but also enjoyed his speech to the team. The championship team wasn&#8217;t the only one present for the honor, as former Gators and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> star Tim Tebow was also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\/nfl-insider-says-patrick-mahomes-will-join-olympic-team-2075455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"multivariate\">NFL Insider Says Patrick Mahomes Will Join Olympic Team<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tebow is highly regarded as one of the, if not the best, college football players in the history of the NCAA. While present for the Gators&#8217; celebration, President Trump shouted out Tebow, while also taking a random shot at the New York Jets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> legend and University of Florida, one of the greatest I&#8217;ve ever seen. I&#8217;ll tell you what, as a college player, maybe the best ever. And you did damn well in the pros, despite being on the Jets, you did damn well,&#8221; President Trump stated while chuckling.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a bit odd for President Trump to take a shot at the Jets, considering he is a big New York guy, but it was also a hilarious moment. He was using the moment to praise Tebow, while also poking at a team has has historically struggled in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tebow was drafted by the Denver Broncos in 2010 and would famously lead the team to the Divisional Round of the playoffs in 2011. Despite being taken down by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/tom-brady\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Brady<\/a>-led New England Patriots, Tebow became a household name.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" id=\"i2649315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/president-donald-trump-jets-game.jpg\" alt=\"President Donald Trump at Jets Game\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\"\/><br \/>\nLATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA &#8211; OCTOBER 20: Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump attends a game between the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets on October 20, 2024 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.<br \/>\nLATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA &#8211; OCTOBER 20: Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump attends a game between the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets on October 20, 2024 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.<br \/>\nEvan Vucci-Pool\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\/browns-shedeur-sanders-roasted-over-awkward-viral-interview-kids-sport-reporter-2075421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"multivariate\">Browns&#8217; Shedeur Sanders Roasted Over Awkward Viral Interview With Kids Sport Reporter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following 2011, Tebow was traded to the Jets when the Broncos signed free agent Peyton Manning. Though it was believed that Tebow would continue being a dominant passer, he was only used in special-teams wildcat situations.<\/p>\n<p>Tebow&#8217;s career would only get more confusing following his time with the Jets. The quarterback joined the Patriots before transitioning into a broadcast role with the SEC.<\/p>\n<p>Tebow would then sign a contract with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2015, before taking a six-year break. Following his time with the Eagles, he would be signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2021 as a tight end.<\/p>\n<p>Tebow was released before the 2021 season began, ending his playing career.<\/p>\n<p>Playing for the Gators was a different story, as Tebow threw for 9,286 yards, 88 touchdowns, and 16 interceptions. He also won the Heisman Trophy in 2007 when he threw 3,286 yards, 32 touchdowns, six interceptions, 895 rushing yards, and 23 rushing touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Tebow is widely regarded as one of the greatest college players ever, and though he did well with the Gators, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> career was far less successful.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a>, head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"multivariate\">Newsweek Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Gators are celebrating their national title at the White House, and the team got to not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[78,7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,9607],"class_list":{"0":"post-68661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jets","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-jets","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkjets","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-president-donald-trump"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114548205606131555","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}