Running bowl thread

I think Tebow will have a fairly long long NFL career, but not as an every-down quarterback; he just doesn;t have the arm for that level. He's the perfect short-yardage Wildcat QB, though — that alone will keep him on any number of rosters — he's big enough to play H-back or tight end, and he doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who thinks he's too good to play special teams. In today's specialized NFL, he can be pretty valuable. He'll never be a star, but I think you'll be hearing his name for years to come.

 

we shall see. but i just see a terrific athlete who is big but with an average arm and awful passing mechanics. me sees a qb who will have nfl defenses picking him off left and right.

the athleticism that wows in college doesn't mean spit if you can't drop back in the pocket and throw the ball with accuracy. beyond that everything else is gravy. i see a guy who is not as athletic as michael vick and doesn't have vick's arm, either.

translation: i see an occasional "wildcat" type to be useful for a handful of plays a game, tops.

but, again, we shall see.... this debate will rage on for well beyond the draft.

 

I'm not talking about after round three

 

The stat that makes me think he will succeed is 66% completed passes. He throws an accurate ball and does get intercepted that often. He can be taught mechanics in the NFL easier than accuracy, IMHO.

If he was completing 55% of his passes in college, I wouldn't give him any chance at QB in the NFL.

 

Um, if that's what you've been reduced to, ball game over, I think I have successfully proven my point...

 

I'm not going to spend much energy debating this ridiculous point, but look at one key position: there are 3 or 4 teams with starting RBs from the Big East (Slaton, McCoy, Rice) ... hardly comparable to I-AA. Spare the hyperbole.

 

All that stat means is he plays in a system which throws a ton of high-percentage passes.

 

Rice was just named to the Pro Bowl, right?

 

It's also an 8-team league, so any comparison should be divided players/teams.

 

Which is every NFL team that wears facemasks.

 

The best defensive player in the NFL this past year might be the kid from Pitt.