- Sep 6, 2005
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Re: Tim Tebow
It's been a re-education of Elway's (and general pro-football fans, coaches and owners) previous beliefs about QBs and pro-football. A pocket QB who can scramble off every now and then is completely different to an Option QB running an entirely Option-based offense
Tebow doesn't have to be a traditional QB putting up traditional QB stats for him to be an 'effective QB'. It all depends on the system being used. If you have an Option offense, an 'effective QBs' stats are generally those non-gaudy numbers we have seen from Tebow this season. The offense is entirely different to a traditional system. Calling 40 rush plays to 12 passes is no longer "abnormal".
Basically, what I'm saying is, Newton and Tebow, have opened the floodgates now for Pryor, RGIII etc. Legitimizing the effectiveness of college systems, not forcing college-system QBs into becoming pro-style QBs, validating more 'types' of QB in today's NFL than previously.
It's been a re-education of Elway's (and general pro-football fans, coaches and owners) previous beliefs about QBs and pro-football. A pocket QB who can scramble off every now and then is completely different to an Option QB running an entirely Option-based offense
Tebow doesn't have to be a traditional QB putting up traditional QB stats for him to be an 'effective QB'. It all depends on the system being used. If you have an Option offense, an 'effective QBs' stats are generally those non-gaudy numbers we have seen from Tebow this season. The offense is entirely different to a traditional system. Calling 40 rush plays to 12 passes is no longer "abnormal".
Basically, what I'm saying is, Newton and Tebow, have opened the floodgates now for Pryor, RGIII etc. Legitimizing the effectiveness of college systems, not forcing college-system QBs into becoming pro-style QBs, validating more 'types' of QB in today's NFL than previously.