(05-28-2021, 12:57 PM)Race Bannon Wrote: If he can competently back up TE (a tall order), it's pretty valuable to have him as punt protector.  I watched closely that Jets season.  Two things were true:

1.  Most teams left their starters in for punt returns in short yardage situations.  So they had to prep during the week for punts.
2.  Tebow batted 1000 on fake punts (direct snaps).  I can't remember the number, but I think he was 8-for-8 that season on picking up the first down in fourth down situations.

You would have heard it from the rafters if he wasn't getting those first downs.

The question is, how high a price do you have to pay (roster wise) to get out of him the things he is great at.  He's always had the moves of a bodybuilder when running routes, etc. (not a compliment).

That's another thing, is Meyer is a ST guy and Tebow completed a few nice fake punts with the Jets

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(05-28-2021, 12:58 PM)RicoTx Wrote:

(05-28-2021, 12:41 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: You realize that during those wins, the Denver defense held the other team to 15 or less in 5 of the 7 wins? Or that Tebow only passed for more than 200 yards once? Tebow had 69 passing yards in a win against the Chiefs.... and 104 in a win against the Jets.

You are so delusional when it comes to Tebow that having a genuine conversation about him is impossible.

I saw every game in that streak and to say that Tebow was 'responsible' for them making the playoffs is a HUUUUUUUUGE stretch.  There were so many weird plays in that whole string, it was crazy.  Onside kicks recovered, fumbles, interceptions...it was nuts.  but I'm sure Timmy had something to do with all of those.  Fun fact - he also had 14 fumbles in 11 games.

He loves to focus on the 15 yard pass that Thomas turned into a touchdown against the Steelers.  His 'performance' against the Patriots the following week was almost comically bad.

He was very bad in the Pats game, im not saying in anyway Tebow was a great QB, but he would of been miles better for us than Gabbert.  We already had the leading rusher in the NFL and our run game would of been that much better

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