Tebow watch gaining steam

Tim Tebow detractors are keeping their eyes on the waiver wire today, hoping that the charismatic quarterback is released from the New England Patriots as the team reduces its roster to the league mandated 75 players by 4:00pm on Tuesday.

The roster currently sits at 76, the latest roster move coming this morning as the team cut camp body tight end Evan Landi, clearing the way for all eyes to land squarely on Tebow.

After dismal performances in the team's first two preseason games, the polarizing former first round draft pick of Josh McDaniels while he was the head coach in Denver was held out of the Patriots' third preseason game in Detroit, leading many to speculate that he would be among the Tuesday cuts...

...and if not Tuesday, then certainly Saturday's 6:00pm cut down to 53 players - the only decision left to make is when it will happen, not if - which means that the eternally impish head coach Bill Belichick has both the detractors and supporters alike by the proverbial short hairs, keeping them on their toes waiting for news of Tebow's fate.

The situation has taken on the air of a death watch for a condemned prisoner, and Belichick can either end it quickly this afternoon, or drag the inevitable out until Saturday evening - but either way, the smart money is on Tebow being a free agent very soon.