Tim Teebow or Sam Bradford in the NFL?

[nyfg89]

Tim Tebow made a great speech earlier in the year about studying, training, playing harder etc and he did stay true to those words by winning the BCS National Championship but..... To me he looks like a QB that has one look then his next option is to pull the ball down and run. From what I know about the NFL that doesn’t work.
Tebow is a big bloke built more like a RB so he could take some punishment from the Ray Lewis’ of the league, but will he make it in the NFL?
Sam Bradford looks the better QB apart from that funky hurry up offense, then stop, and then get the play in from the sideline that Oklahoma was using in the BCS Championship game.
Any thoughts?

 

[coach]

Listening to Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer talk the other day they both appear to have some doubts about Tebow making it in the NFL. Johnson did say he would like to coach him in the NFL.

There has been a lot of great college quarterbacks who just didn't match up to it in the NFL.

 

[Monk]

bradford for mine, out of them two.

 

[nyfg89]

Steve Young and Randel Cunningham are the only QB's for me that could be passing QB's and also be light on their feet.

 

[CJG 182]

Florida run a spread option based offense, the main reason Tebow chose to go there.

People will see him only being successful in this style of offense, a college style of offense. However he has the mindset, attitude and work ethic to adapt his game to being suitable to NFL style of play. He's notably strong, athletic and quick, but equally quick between the ears. He can be coached to be better than a Vince Young calibre of player who i see as a run first pass second QB (mind you, I don't rate Young). He also has a year left to continue to develop his already decorated college career.

Bradford is your typical Drew Brees pocket QB with deadly accuracy. At the moment he reminds me a lot of Matt Leinart who has struggled to find his feet in the NFL in the limited opportunities he has been given. Remember Bradford has had the benefit of being in the highest ranked college offense for the past two years and while he has contributed greatly you cannot over look the out standing O-Line, this year containing two All Americans, superb running options with outstanding depth, and play making receivers. If drafted by someone like Cleveland (just an example) he seem just as likely to flounder as Leinart did.

 

[nyfg89]

Nice post CJG182
You seem to know your college football, I don't.
I thought the spread offense would require the QB to seek out other receiver options rather than pull the ball down and run. I did notice Tebow is in the shotgun a lot but that's not unusual for college football from what I see.
I did watch a game earlier in the year Florida v LSU I think it was and I thought the same thing about Tebow.
I will admit I don't get to watch a lot of College ball, we don't get all the games.

 

[CJG 182]

Nice post CJG182
You seem to know your college football, I don't.
I thought the spread offense would require the QB to seek out other receiver options rather than pull the ball down and run. I did notice Tebow is in the shotgun a lot but that's not unusual for college football from what I see.
I did watch a game earlier in the year Florida v LSU I think it was and I thought the same thing about Tebow.
I will admit I don't get to watch a lot of College ball, we don't get all the games.

Cheers mate.

The spread option gives him many receiving options but also (I gather you watched the Championship game yesterday?) the ability to run multiple option plays such as he was running with Hernandez inside, Rainey, Moore, Demps etc outside. You noticed the high percentage of plays from the shotgun formation. Each time he has a back to his side and often would motion a guy to run the width of the field just in from of him. It gives him five options right there.

1. The hand of for the motioned player
2. The designed pass play
3. Hand off to the stationary back
4. The option play
5. QB blast

In this respect the offense is a bit gimmicky, and vastly different to the standard NFL offense. With the options being so successful in the championship game the run opened up for Tebow well and also helped develop the play action and jump pass TD. He's got brains though.. with the right coaching he could transition better than both Vince and Jamarcus.

 

[dragonfire]

I think Stafford will go in front of Bradford. Bradford is accurate. He will be a better option than Tebow at the next level at QB. A lot of people feel Tebow will not play QB in the NFL but change position

 

[Tom155]

Tebow won't make it Bradford will be better than tim but not a great nfl QB

 

[nyfg89]

Thanks CJG182
I've only watched the Championchip game once but have it on DVD so I'll watch it again and see what you are talking about.
I agree I'm not a big fan of Vince Young, good athlete and all, but I couldn't see what all the fuss about J Russell was about either.
Before the draft all the experts were talking about Brady Quinn and Brian Brohm, even though Brohm didn't enter the draft that year, then JR beats ND in the Bowl game and throws the ball 70 yards off his knees in the NFL combine and all of a sudden he is the #1 pick?
JR may turn out ok, but he's behind the 8 ball in Oakland.

 

[Tom155]

Thanks CJG182
I've only watched the Championchip game once but have it on DVD so I'll watch it again and see what you are talking about.
I agree I'm not a big fan of Vince Young, good athlete and all, but I couldn't see what all the fuss about J Russell was about either.
Before the draft all the experts were talking about Brady Quinn and Brian Brohm, even though Brohm didn't enter the draft that year, then JR beats ND in the Bowl game and throws the ball 70 yards off his knees in the NFL combine and all of a sudden he is the #1 pick?
JR may turn out ok, but he's behind the 8 ball in Oakland.

Quinn>Brohm>>>>>>>>>Daylight>>>>>>>>Russell

 

[CJG 182]

Quinn>Brohm>>>>>>>>>Daylight>>>>>Young>>>Russell

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QFT.

 

[Jono078]

I think Tebow will make it as a QB, he seems dedicated enough to do so.

Apparently he has a slow release and not the best read of defenses, but I think some team with an established QB will draft him and develop him for a couple seasons.

 

[nyfg89]

Editted and

QTF.

you'll have to enlighten me???

QTF??

 

[CJG 182]

haha shhh.. typo. QFT. Quoted for Truth.

 

[Tom155]

you'll have to enlighten me???

QTF??

:?Me too