Opinion: What makes Urban Meyer, Tim Tebow think an NFL reunion won't be a disaster?

Oh, to have the blind self-assurance of Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer.

The duo appears set to reunite with the Jacksonville Jaguars, for reasons obvious only to the two of them. They are more than a decade removed from their days of being the hottest combination in football, in a setting that barely resembles the scene of their greatest success. Yet they’re both somehow convinced this is going to work.

Which just shows how large their egos are, and how little they really know.

Tebow was a bust as an NFL quarterback, shipped out of Denver even after he’d won a playoff game. He threw 17 touchdowns and nine interceptions in 35 games over three seasons, and his career quarterback rating was just 75.3.

He hasn’t played in a regular-season NFL game since 2012. Hasn’t even been around the league since 2015, spending much of the past five years trying to make it in baseball, instead.

But Tebow is convinced he can contend for a spot on the Jaguars roster. At a position, tight end, that he’s never played. At an age – he’ll be 34 in August – when most players are winding down their careers.

Even more mind-boggling, Meyer is putting his own NFL career on the line to let him try.

Meyer is a tremendous coach, there is no denying that. But he has always believed he knows more than he does, and he has a history of letting his personal feelings influence his thinking. This looks like the worst combination of both.

Meyer would be the first to admit he has a soft spot for Tebow, and with good reason. They won two national titles together at Florida. Tebow is, by all accounts, a charming and likeable person.