Big Ben is sort of the "type" of quarterback I see as Tebow's potential ceiling. Tebow is quicker and better at running the ball, but I'm talking about the passing and pocket escapability and toughness. Ben throws it for chunks. His tendencies are usually winning tendencies. He doesn't put up gaudy stats, but he's really hard to beat.
To say that I'm not a Roethlisberger fan is an understatement, but when Tebow was drafted, I felt the Steelers were a great fit for him. But from the lack of respect shown by the Steelers game plan last year, I'm not sure Tebow was ever on their radar.
I don't think it was a lack of respect. That's the troll/fans talking to try and explain the 300+ yards passing. It was just pick your poison. The fact is, the way Denver was calling that offense, they ran the ball over and over and over, and never really play-called anything else. Tebow got 300 yards with only 10 completions -- his typical style throwing for chunks. I'm sure the game plan was to make plays down the field when he tried a long one. Just didn't happen. And the play the Broncos ran in overtime had never been run before -- McCoy never seemed to come up with plays that looked like the typical zone read and then burned them. The fail by the corner and safety caused the YAC by Thomas, but that type of throw should have been there all season.
The coaches in Denver obviously had no experience running that sort of offense, and the playcalling made that apparent. They were able to win some games though, so I guess I can't get on them too much for it.
More than often he's going to continue to scramble and still miss his open target. He's made some big plays in the NFL unfortunately like the Steelers they wanted to play man to man the entire game and let Tebow make that throw to end the playoff game. That was prob the best throw of Tebow's career so far and it was man to man coverage.
Actually, it was zone coverage, inverted cover 2. It's why there was a fairly small window for Tebow to put the ball into.
Unfortunately? Are you a Steelers' fan or something? Why is it unfortunate? His best throw? Not even close. Was it the most significant throw of his career (if by "career" you mean within his first 16 starts)? Yes, it was the most significant throw. His best throw? No. He's made many "big" plays. What I would like to see from him are improvements in making some of the smaller plays that successful NFL QBs make consistently.
When Tebow makes a really great throw (which he has done many times), there's a tendency for his critics to chalk it up to luck. That's one of the byproducts of not making enough of those "smaller plays." It drives people crazy and makes them figure the longer, more unlikely throws are luck.
Agreed... in his first 16 starts, he's had more "spectacular" kinds plays than most QBs would over twice as long of a period due to his style of play. But since he doesn't do the dink-dunk passing very well to get the comp % higher, it all gets lost in the sauce.
Actually, I was talking about this one: Not a tiny window to be sure, but he still had to put it out of the reach of the linebackers and with enough zip on it so that Mundy couldn't undercut.
Te(blow)me is the worst thing to happen to the Jets since Rich Ko(tex)tite utilized his superior coaching skills to lead the Jets to a 15-1 record in '96.........backwards!
Hilarious how you zoomed in the picture and cropped it to remove the other 6 guys that were in front of, on the side of, and behind him.
You guys are looking at the catch and how open DT was when the ball got there. Look at the field when the ball was thrown. There were about 3-4 DB between Tebow and DT and one behind him. The other safety was playing short. It was thrown where it was going to be open. It was well executed by the offense. Tebow has put many passes in the bucket. His issue is consistency.
worse than Hunter? really? Hyperbole much? It sure sounds like a deep personal bias that has nothing to do with football.
It is the same play from a different angle. That window is nowhere near 'relatively small' as you put it earlier. DT is wide open. He was so open that even after breaking stride to go up for a not-so-well thrown ball, he was able to pull away from the covering corner.
