NFL is trying to make ‘Tebowing’ come back

Tim Tebow is inching closer to his return to the NFL, making it through Tuesday’s 75-man roster cut deadline with the Eagles, who are scheduled to play a final preseason game on Thursday before cutting down to a 53-man roster on Saturday.

Tim Tebow is inching closer to his return to the NFL, making it through Tuesday’s 75-man roster cut deadline with the Eagles, who are scheduled to play a final preseason game on Thursday before cutting down to a 53-man roster on Saturday.

With the league’s most talked-about quarterback back in the news, the NFL Network decided it might be a good time to bring back “Tebowing,” the briefly unavoidable trend from way back in 2011, when the Heisman winner was still with the Broncos.

Rise and TEBOW!

Tweet us a pic of YOU Tebowing -- best ones make air this morning!

— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) September 3, 2015

We're Tebowing! Send in your version of the move & we'll post the best one on @nflnetwork HarrisonNFL @jeffrichadiha pic.twitter.com/8kIWZARECr

— Erin Coscarelli (@erincoscarelli) September 3, 2015

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While the league may have thought people would like to bring back the fad, fans mostly had a very different response.

@nflnetwork stop this

— Goodberry (@JoeGoodberry) September 3, 2015

Don't do this RT @nflnetwork https://t.co/1bjj6lSYnR

— Pumpkin Escobar (@ThatGuyEdub) September 3, 2015

@nflnetwork stop trying

— ryan (@Turnovachain) September 3, 2015

@nflnetwork no

— Nate (@NateBenn24) September 3, 2015

@nflnetwork no.

— Marcus McCurdy (@xiphi) September 3, 2015

Because people cannot get enough Tebow, some fans did send back pictures, although they appear to be mostly throwbacks from the original craze and not fresh pieces of Tebowing.

@nflnetwork after the playoff win vs Pittsburgh! pic.twitter.com/ki06H89XSE

— MileHighGreco (@MileHighGreco) September 3, 2015