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Some men see things as they are and say why? Chip Kelly dreams things that never were and says why not?

And with that Kennedy-esque vision, the mad scientist of the Philadelphia Eagles, who has cut his best wide receiver, traded his best running back and acquired a quarterback who can barely stay upright long enough to call a play in the huddle, is bringing Timothy Richard Tebow back to the NFL, according to various reports.

But save the snickers, guffaws and debates about whether Chip Kelly has finally lost his mind. And instead, ask yourself, “why not?”

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Tebow hasn’t played a meaningful football game since the week after throwing that miracle to Demaryius Thomas in the 2012 AFC wild-card game (he and the Broncos were shelled by Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots in the divisional playoffs the following week).

In the offseason, Tebow was replaced by Peyton Manning, went to the New York Jets and started two games in the biggest circus to hit New York since Ringling Bros.

He latched onto to the New England Patriots the following preseason and was cut before the season. Recently, he’s been the star of ESPN’s SEC Network and a contributor to Good Morning America and television appeared the far better landing spot for him.

When asked about football, Tebow would say his goal was to still play in the NFL, and you wanted to gently pat him on his well-manicured hair and say “sure you will buddy,” like you do to your 4’6″ son who wants to play center on his middle school basketball team.

But here comes Chip Kelly and his wild ideas, giving another chance to a player who figured to have run out of chances a long, long time ago. The move will be met with derision and contempt. It’s another sideshow in Philly, they’ll say. What’s next, bringing Jaws out of retirement?

But what, exactly, is the harm?

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Tebow was a special football player at the University of Florida — one of the best in the history of college football. And it’s not as if he was putting up huge numbers against inferior talent. He was winning national championships and the Heisman Trophy against the best teams the NCAA had to offer. Those skills didn’t all of a sudden erode once he hit the NFL.

When he got his chance to play in the NFL midway through his second season, Tebow led Denver on an improbable run of victories that were so ugly, newspaper reports should have put phrases such as “Tebow’s offense” in derisive quotations. Tebow would play miserably, start out the game 6-19, the defense would keep the team in the game and then, somehow, Tebow would lead the team to victory in the final seconds. It was truly a football miracle and the NFL’s dream come true.

Here was a true golden boy.

Tim Tebow after his first, and only, playoff victory. (Getty Images)

But it was all a mirage. There were two problems when he went to the pros: 1) Josh McDaniels and Denver had no idea how to use him. 2) Tebow insisted on playing quarterback the way he played at Florida. It sort of worked in those ridiculous wins, but the house of cards quickly crumbled.

Tebow isn’t an NFL quarterback. His style — an odd, flat-footed, sidewinding throwing motion that renders him unable to throw the ball with any sort of accuracy — ensures that. When he signed with Belichick, the consensus was that if Belichick couldn’t figure out a use for Tebow, then no one could.

And while Belichick certainly has his hands in the Patriots offense, he’s more of a defensive guru. So there’s a new consensus (unless you’re of the consensus that Tebow has had his shot — three of them to be exact): If Chip Kelly can’t figure out a use for Tebow, then no one can.

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This is why it’s a perfect move for the Eagles. Nothing Kelly has done all offseason has made sense. His quarterbacks are Sam Bradford, Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow. He just brought in a running back that carried the ball approximately four million times last year. It’s his offense that’s supposed to thrive and he doesn’t have playmakers. What, exactly, is the plan? Only Kelly knows and bringing in Tebow is the ultimate wild card. But unlike the other moves, the Tebow one carries no risk.

Either Kelly resuscitates Tebow’s NFL career by making him a part-time quarterback or an H-back hybrid or a tight end, and is hailed as a hero as he leads Philadelphia on this quixotic quest throughout the NFL offseason and onto the playoffs in 2015, or Tebow fails again and this is another footnote — the final one — on his football obituary.

So, once again: Why not?

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