"The Heisman Trophy winner looks stiff under center. Most quarterbacks go snap-step-step-step-throw. Tebow goes snap-step-step-step-think-ponder-think-some-more-finally-decide-throw-three-feet-behind-the-receiver.

If his first read is covered, he needs a Garmin. He drops his arm as if he wants to run, then thinks better of it. He doesn't quite understand the coverages yet anyway. And when he finally does decide, he's late getting it off. He seems flustered, and it screws up his accuracy. He's much better in the shotgun, but in the NFL you need to have the threat of a run, and the shotgun gives you none.

"The Tebow Thing" is as dead as the Volkswagen Thing. Orton is No. 1 by three city blocks, as the Broncos confirmed with their depth chart Monday: (1) Orton, (2) Tebow, (3) Brady Quinn.

It's the only choice Denver could make. The entire locker room wants Orton. In the NFL, you have to start the guy the players think they can win behind. They see. They watch film. They know what's working. "If they picked Tebow now," said a source within the team, "the coaching staff would totally lose the players."

The other way you know it's over is that Orton is talking to Tebow again. He didn't talk to him all last year. He told people it was because Tebow was a "rookie," but it was more than that. Tebow, ever gracious, kept talking with reporters every day. A lot of the players thought he should've stopped, in deference to the starter, Orton, who was getting scrums one-tenth the size.

Anyway, this lockout crushed Tebow. He's such a hard worker that he would've been at Bronco headquarters every day in the offseason, learning coverages, working on his three-step drop, soaking up every word new coach John Fox uttered. But instead, he reported to camp in fantastic shape physically but still flabby technically."

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/6846531/tim-tebow-not-ready-prime-time

note: I'm a big Tebow fan, but there's always a down side. And here it apparently is. That being said, I'd trade for him in a heartbeat. BTW, if all this was going on, why in God's name was Denver trying to trade Orton? Still smells fishy to me. And Orton not talking to Tebow all last year and up until very recently- what a douche. Make that a super douche. That alone makes me glad that we didn't trade for him.

 

Don't confuse me with the article posted. I find Denver's FO to be a bit schizophrenic when it comes to this issue. Tebow most likely did need all the time that he could get in camp sans labor strike, but the guy did put up 11TD 4 INT 82 rating numbers last year when you know who- Orton- was yanked for him. What I will say is that I'd trade for him in a heartbeat. The twin douches of Orton and the Broncos' FO can stay in Denver and pet each other for all I care.

 

Part of the Kyle Orton saga.

 

Uh, sure. Feel free to move on to the next thread.