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12-21-2010, 12:19 PM
The Playbook Abides: Tebow(etheus) Unbound - Part 1
TJ "The Dude" Johnson Dec 21, 2010 12:00 PM
A day after Tim Tebow made his first start, heaven and earth are still divided.
Can the guy play quarterback or not?
Woody Paige thinks so (http://www.denverpost.com/paige/ci_16900757). Colin Cowherd disagrees (http://espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=theherd). Charles Robinson thinks he won't survive with his style of play. Furthermore, he thinks fans of Tebow border on zealotry (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AsW8cwh0w7rpWhRXcKnQcD1DubYF?slug=cr-winnersandlosers121910).
That's a bit much, and not fair at all to real zealots like Peyton Hillis' fans.
Rather than rely on a guy who rambles (Paige), a guy with a funny haircut (Cowherd), and a guy who probably gets carded before he hits a McDonald's Playland, let's take a look for ourselves.
Tebow threw sixteen times during the game. Over the next four days, we'll be looking at each and every throw.
Let's start out today by examining the first four. I present to you Tebow(etheus) unbound, Part 1. If the literary reference of the title (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_Unbound_(Aeschylus)) escapes you, you just might be a Hillis fan redneck.
Pass 1:
When: 13:42 of the 1st Quarter:
Where: Denver's 31-yard line
Down & Distance: 3rd and 5
The Dope: The Broncos didn't make things complicated for Tebow (15) on this play. They came out in a 113 personnel grouping (1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR) and ran out of the shotgun--with one slight adjustment. They went max protect by putting Daniel Graham (89) in the backfield next to Tebow.
With only five yards to gain on this play, Brandon Lloyd (84) was the primary receiver. Lloyd ran a quick 6-yard "out" pattern.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/5278849714_1e8ed7c728_z.jpg
What Tebow Saw: The Raiders are a classic man-to-man-coverage team who like to stack the box. This play was no different, at least in part. With Nnamdi Asomugha locking down Jabar Gaffney (10) on the left side of the formation, Tebow saw seven defenders in the box. A safety and a linebacker were both threatening the "A" gaps along the center. The cornerbacks on the right side of the formation showed Tebow man coverage early in the play clock, but a few seconds before the snap, they dropped into their zones.
The Happening: At the snap of the ball, instead of blitzing, the Raiders dropped into zone coverage and the free safety played tight on Lloyd. Tebow probably thought the blitz was coming just as the Raiders wanted him to believe. He rushed a little, and the ball was thrown wide of Lloyd. The play resulted in an incompletion.
The Bottom Line: Tebow was amped up and in a hurry on his first throw of the game, so this wasn't unexpected. I wouldn't be surprised if Tebow was told by OC Mike McCoy to err on the side of putting the ball wide: a lazy throw in that situation ran the risk of being picked in tight coverage. Still, this was one of Tebow's poorer throws of the day. As a young quarterback, the pre-snap read was difficult. However, the keys were the corner and free safety on the right side showing zone coverage. Typically, the cornerback wouldn't give give up that much space on a 3rd-and-5 if the defense is going to bring the house because of the ceded space he would be giving up for a first-down throw.
Grade: D
Continued at IAOFM (http://www.itsalloverfatman.com/broncos/entry/tebowetheus-unbound-part-1)
TJ "The Dude" Johnson Dec 21, 2010 12:00 PM
A day after Tim Tebow made his first start, heaven and earth are still divided.
Can the guy play quarterback or not?
Woody Paige thinks so (http://www.denverpost.com/paige/ci_16900757). Colin Cowherd disagrees (http://espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=theherd). Charles Robinson thinks he won't survive with his style of play. Furthermore, he thinks fans of Tebow border on zealotry (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AsW8cwh0w7rpWhRXcKnQcD1DubYF?slug=cr-winnersandlosers121910).
That's a bit much, and not fair at all to real zealots like Peyton Hillis' fans.
Rather than rely on a guy who rambles (Paige), a guy with a funny haircut (Cowherd), and a guy who probably gets carded before he hits a McDonald's Playland, let's take a look for ourselves.
Tebow threw sixteen times during the game. Over the next four days, we'll be looking at each and every throw.
Let's start out today by examining the first four. I present to you Tebow(etheus) unbound, Part 1. If the literary reference of the title (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_Unbound_(Aeschylus)) escapes you, you just might be a Hillis fan redneck.
Pass 1:
When: 13:42 of the 1st Quarter:
Where: Denver's 31-yard line
Down & Distance: 3rd and 5
The Dope: The Broncos didn't make things complicated for Tebow (15) on this play. They came out in a 113 personnel grouping (1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR) and ran out of the shotgun--with one slight adjustment. They went max protect by putting Daniel Graham (89) in the backfield next to Tebow.
With only five yards to gain on this play, Brandon Lloyd (84) was the primary receiver. Lloyd ran a quick 6-yard "out" pattern.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/5278849714_1e8ed7c728_z.jpg
What Tebow Saw: The Raiders are a classic man-to-man-coverage team who like to stack the box. This play was no different, at least in part. With Nnamdi Asomugha locking down Jabar Gaffney (10) on the left side of the formation, Tebow saw seven defenders in the box. A safety and a linebacker were both threatening the "A" gaps along the center. The cornerbacks on the right side of the formation showed Tebow man coverage early in the play clock, but a few seconds before the snap, they dropped into their zones.
The Happening: At the snap of the ball, instead of blitzing, the Raiders dropped into zone coverage and the free safety played tight on Lloyd. Tebow probably thought the blitz was coming just as the Raiders wanted him to believe. He rushed a little, and the ball was thrown wide of Lloyd. The play resulted in an incompletion.
The Bottom Line: Tebow was amped up and in a hurry on his first throw of the game, so this wasn't unexpected. I wouldn't be surprised if Tebow was told by OC Mike McCoy to err on the side of putting the ball wide: a lazy throw in that situation ran the risk of being picked in tight coverage. Still, this was one of Tebow's poorer throws of the day. As a young quarterback, the pre-snap read was difficult. However, the keys were the corner and free safety on the right side showing zone coverage. Typically, the cornerback wouldn't give give up that much space on a 3rd-and-5 if the defense is going to bring the house because of the ceded space he would be giving up for a first-down throw.
Grade: D
Continued at IAOFM (http://www.itsalloverfatman.com/broncos/entry/tebowetheus-unbound-part-1)