Kraft said that Bill Belichick contacted him while making the decision to sign the quarterback. Kraft mentioned several times that Tebows spirituality appealed to him.

If you want to win in this league, you need quality depth management, Kraft said. In the age of the salary cap, whenever you can get a competitive, first-grade person to join your team, you never know what happens. But for me personally, having Tim Tebow on this team, hes someone who believes in spirituality, hes very competitive and works hard and has a great attitude and hes a winner. Having him as part of our franchise is great but he has to compete just like anyone else. Were blessed to have a lot of people like that, but the fact that spirituality is so important to him is very appealing to me.

Tebow has been very open with his religious beliefs throughout this career.

Look, life is about collecting good people around you who you like to have with you and who want to win. I think he, like many of our other players, fall in that category, Kraft said. You cant have enough good people around you. He has the added dimension of spirituality being so important to him and that personally appeals to me a lot.

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Tim Tebow’s ‘Spirituality’ Appealed to Robert Kraft While Making Decision to Sign Third-String Quarterback