Notes from Shanahan interview at owners' meeting

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

It can't be. He simply has too many holes to warrant a 2nd round draft pick. It's the media hyping this guy up cause he changed his throwing motion. Big deal. He's in a t-shirt tossing the ball around. I really hope we're not looking at taking this guy. Let someone else fall for this nonsense.

I agree with this. He may turn out to be awsome but even with all the media talking about him, people like Casserly are throwing out the warning that he will do fine up until teams decide to throw pressure at him cause all QB's have a tendency to revert back to their original form when under pressure and scrambling for their life vs. sitting in the pocket and making sure he's using the right technique. Their not saying anything bad about him just pointing out that with a QB like him other teams will bring pressure all day cause they know he won't have time to think about all the fine tuning and will simply start using his longer throwing motion which will give the DE's a chance at swating the ball loose.

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Originally Posted by SBXVII

I agree with this. He may turn out to be awsome but even with all the media talking about him, people like Casserly are throwing out the warning that he will do fine up until teams decide to throw pressure at him cause all QB's have a tendency to revert back to their original form when under pressure and scrambling for their life vs. sitting in the pocket and making sure he's using the right technique. Their not saying anything bad about him just pointing out that with a QB like him other teams will bring pressure all day cause they know he won't have time to think about all the fine tuning and will simply start using his longer throwing motion which will give the DE's a chance at swating the ball loose.

To me, that just means that Tim Tebow may need a little more time to develop as an NFL QB. Many repetitions of doing things the "right" way until the new way feels natural to him.

The reason he might warrant a second round pick is his upside. Just look at what he accomplished against top competition. He is a fierce competitor and a winner. He finds ways to get the job done. For example, he is able to shake off tacklers in the pocket and then move around and find receivers downfield. He reminds me of of Big Ben in that respect.

We know that he won't be overmatched physically, he's coachable, he won't be outworked, and he's a leader. There are a lot of positives in Tebow to justify his selection in the second round of the draft.