Tebow: The Final Numbers

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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

He is good at what he does, that doesn't mean he doesn't have to improve. The biggest place he needs to improve is his anticipation. He can throw accurately enough. He has a decent touch pass. He's good at slants, curls, and okay at post routes. He's good at misdirection. He's good at running the ball and extending plays. His footwork got really better as the season went on. He decent at controlling the saftey with his eyes. And he's learning to read defenses.

This is a good season for a project QB that was considered a 3 year project.

Anticipation and reading the entire field certainly needs to improve... he locks in on a WR and has missed several open guys the last few games.

I don't know if "accurately enough" is a good way to describe it. He can be accurate, but he has a lot of short passes and just as many high passes. If 'accurate enough' means within 5 feet of the WR, then yes...

I do think he is improving at checking his options and going through the progressions, but he is locking in too much on one guy - whether it's Thomas or Decker.

Decker is simply not getting the looks and is missed thanks to inaccurate passes too often. The guy can make some great catches and he also needs to improve his routes, same with Thomas.

The KC game was the worst that I've seen from him... again, it was like he was playing with the reality that OAK had already lost, giving Denver the win and he was just trying to not screw up. You can't play like that. Maybe they're trying to 'reel him in' too much, I don't know.

If you have a guy like Tebow, you have to let him do what comes naturally and trust his instincts if things break down or the heat is on. If that means he runs more - fine, but don't run hesitantly and then fumble right as you're about to make that 1st down.

The lack of a solid short passing game is killing them... waiting until late to pass more often is not going to work.

They have 2 of the 3 things you need to win - strong run game and a strong defense. Special teams (punt and kick returns) has hurt them a lot recently. Combine that with more turnovers in the last 3 games than they had in the previous 7 and it's just a disaster waiting to happen.

Denver can certainly win this game on Sunday, but they can't play like they did vs KC... they need to come out strong like they did vs NE and BUF, find a way to get over the mental hurdle that has become the 2nd quarter and be smart.