Timmy tebow gettin the start against the lowly raiders. He isnt doing to bad either. Eveybody in the league wanted to hate a running qb but its looking to me like that will be the future of nfl qb's...am i wrong????
Dude your "BENCH BRANTLEY" is way wrong. He is a pure QB, may be one of the best UF QBs ever in the NFL. Not his fault (well sorta is for staying but cant fault his love for UF) hes not Tebow, he a passer. Meyer has ONLY had success with an Alex Smith or a Tim Tebow style QBs in college. HE haad NO idea or was not willing? to adapt to his style. (Not sure why he would recruit him in the 1st place??????????????????) Im pretty sure your bench Barntley comment will be removed after next season!
Dude your "BENCH BRANTLEY" is way wrong. He is a pure QB, may be one of the best UF QBs ever in the NFL. Not his fault (well sorta is for staying but cant fault his love for UF) hes not Tebow, he a passer. Meyer has ONLY had success with an Alex Smith or a Tim Tebow style QBs in college. HE haad NO idea or was not willing? to adapt to his style. (Not sure why he would recruit him in the 1st place??????????????????) Im pretty sure your bench Barntley comment will be removed after next season!
You're forgetting, he also had success with Chris Leak (remember the QB in the championship year of 2006). They (Meyer and company) adjusted the playbook after the second loss in 2005 to fit Leak. Problem was for some reason they couldn't do that for Brantley.
Dude your "BENCH BRANTLEY" is way wrong. He is a pure QB, may be one of the best UF QBs ever in the NFL. Not his fault (well sorta is for staying but cant fault his love for UF) hes not Tebow, he a passer. Meyer has ONLY had success with an Alex Smith or a Tim Tebow style QBs in college. HE haad NO idea or was not willing? to adapt to his style. (Not sure why he would recruit him in the 1st place??????????????????) Im pretty sure your bench Barntley comment will be removed after next season!
"...may be one of the best UF QBs ever in the NFL"???
You have NOTHING to base that on except his rep from highschool. Frankly, I'm WAY sick of hearing that sort of thing. First of all, he had his chances here at UF, and did nothing with them. Sure, coaching let him down in all the ways well-documented and analyzed throughout this past season, but that was HIM overthrowing every receiver he had in the open with time to throw to him, HIM missing the WR isolated on a single linebacker from the line of scrimmage, repeatedly not even looking that guy's way, and so on, ad infinitum. His biggest failure, though, and why John Brantley is such a disappointment with so little apparent upside from this point on, is his clear lack of heart, his dearth of leadership. I don't care what he does AFTER he leaves the Gators, but I doubt it will be much, at least on a football field. I suppose he could stay and get the chance in the spring to claim the starting job, and ultimately prove me and all the rest who feel as I do wrong. Muschamp will give him that opportunity, if he wants it--but that alone, stepping up to compete, with no promises, against a complete freshman, plus a couple of guys who weren't recruited for or expected to BE quarterbacks before this past season, best man wins the job (for now), even that may require more take-charge-determination and character than #12 has demonstrated.
Look, it would be better for us if he DID grow a pair, come back strong and take the job, make it his in the new coach's new scheme. It just wouldn't surprise me, wouldn't be out of character for the guy we watched this season to bail, go somewhere where he (and/or his family) feels his future is somehow more secure--maybe Jacksonville U, where his old highschool coach is now in charge: he can be a big fish in a small pond, more within his comfort zone. Yeah, THAT will get him NFL-ready, right?
In the context of the 2010 Gators, Brantley should have been benched. He studied the spread-option for 3 years under Tebow. His team was recruited for the spread-option. It's what his coaches know. To expect the other 50 players and 5 coaches to convert the team to a perfect fit for Brantley is unreasonable. JB had his chances to learn the spread-option and he blew those chances. Chris Leak figured it out. There is no excuse for Brantley. Even in plays where the offense lined up in the I he was missing receivers.
Fast forward to 2011. He has a shot to prove he has "it". He also has competition for the spot and no "get out of jail free card" under new coaches. I'd still remind the new coaches that the fans don't want JB anointed the starter--we want him to earn it. Bad things happen when football decisions are made through politics and the coaches are stubborn.
Back on topic--Tebow watched Orton and learned quite a bit in an offense not suited for him. Isn't this what we ask of our players?
Exactly.
(And BTW, I only saw highlights, but TT looked GOOD doing it, too!)
tebow also getting the start for this weekends game!
I dont know how its even possible to overthrow 6'6 receiver Carl Moore when hes wide open , but JB figured it out lol.
I saw that! idk bout you guys but im seeing a win for tebow an the broncos...24-17.
Gimme your score predictions??