Tyson Alualu, Tim Tebow share strong religious beliefs
By Michael DiRocco/Jacksonville.com
It took Tyson Alualu 13 hours to travel from Honolulu to Jacksonville so he can participate in the Jaguars' three-day minicamp that begins today.
It took little more than four minutes before he got his first Tim Tebow question.
The defensive tackle from California knew it was coming, and he also knows he's not exactly going to be embraced right away by a large segment of Jaguars fans who wanted the team to draft the hometown quarterback instead of the 6-foot-3, 294-pound defensive tackle.
"I don't know the answers to all those questions about how I would get fans to like me," Alualu said Friday in his first appearance at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium since the Jaguars drafted him 10th overall. "I want to come out and show them who I am as a person, on and off the field, the competitor I am on the field, and what I can bring to this organization and to the Jaguars family as far as contributing to the team in any way possible."
It took Tyson Alualu 13 hours to travel from Honolulu to Jacksonville so he can participate in the Jaguars' three-day minicamp that begins today.
It took little more than four minutes before he got his first Tim Tebow question.
The defensive tackle from California knew it was coming, and he also knows he's not exactly going to be embraced right away by a large segment of Jaguars fans who wanted the team to draft the hometown quarterback instead of the 6-foot-3, 294-pound defensive tackle.
"I don't know the answers to all those questions about how I would get fans to like me," Alualu said Friday in his first appearance at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium since the Jaguars drafted him 10th overall. "I want to come out and show them who I am as a person, on and off the field, the competitor I am on the field, and what I can bring to this organization and to the Jaguars family as far as contributing to the team in any way possible."
I'm not really sure where the writer is trying to go with this one. Is he simply trying to calm a fan base that might be outraged that the Jags reached for a no-name DT from Cal? Or is Jacksonville the new Mecca of fundamendalist Christians who have to be sure the player their NFL team drafted has strong Christian values. It just seems pretty stupid to me. If Jags fans are mad they missed out on Tebow, its probably because he's a tireless worker and a proven winner not because he snips foreskins in missionary camp all summer. So let's take a look at the Jags first round draft pick with honest eyes. He sucks, Christian or not.
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