Former Saints Captain Junior Galette Sure Is Mad About Tim Tebow

Tim Tebow, who is expected to secure a one-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars as a tight end, which figures to amount to a training camp tryout, sure has caused an eruption of emotions across the NFL world. One of those guys losing his mind is former linebacker and Saints team captain Junior Galette, who is furious that the Jags, a team with one of the least engaged fan bases, would do such a thing.

Galette, who was last seen being tased and arrested in a police video published by TMZ in 2017, played 16 games that season and was then given an "objectively-insulting offer of a two-year, $4 million contract with only $500,000 guaranteed as a signing bonus." Galette went on to claim that a "white man from Stanford," Trent Murphy, was offered a better deal than him and claimed discrimination. Galette hasn't been in the NFL since, and now he's turned his attention to bashing Tebow for getting a training camp tryout and anyone who defends the guy.

That includes Tebow's former college teammate Brandon Spikes, who was met with this insult from Galette:

Galette and those on his side claim that Tebow doesn't deserve to be anywhere near a training camp because he has been out of the league for eight years, he offers nothing to the NFL, and there are guys out there who deserve the spot Tebow will be taking up in camp.

Let's face the facts here. Guys like Galette who are out of the league want back in the league to make cash. Dez Bryant wants that cash. Junior Galette wants that cash. They've held that cash in their hands, and now they see Tebow getting a chance to hold that cash -- but in reality, it's a training camp ploy -- and it burns inside that they're not getting that chance.

The facts are that Junior got more chances after his stint with the Redskins. The Browns and Colts kicked the tires in 2018, but those teams made the call that a guy who went through two Achilles injuries didn't have enough left in the tank. Galette is burning inside with jealousy that Tebow will get that taste of camp one more time to fight for a roster spot. He so badly wants to be that guy getting the shot, and yet here he is watching a white guy eight years removed from his last stint in the NFL getting to relive that dream.

What's sad here is that Galette and the Dez Bryants of the world can't see that this move is clearly about marketing. This is using a training camp spot to drum up interest. Tebow was a marketing ploy for the Mets, and he'll do the same for the Jags. That's his brand.

The sooner Galette and Dez see that, the quicker that anger will leave their bodies. But, because they need a white guy to be mad at, Tebow will fill that void until they move on to their next target.