Tim Tebow the next Steve Young?

Since the draft last week... It's been slow in the college football world.



http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_14980266?

When Young retired, I went to San Francisco, and in his hotel room he told me that he still had that column I wrote about him in college. "You were the first one to really praise me as a QB.

What say ye fellow Cougar Brothers???

It could be - Tim has the wheels. It's really all about how he develops. Can he learn to read the NFL defenses quickly & accurately - and - can he shorten & quicken up his release. That's a real concern per NFL scouts. Tim is a project. We shall see if he works out. I lean towards thinking he will do fine - but will he be great?? I don't think so. Just my gut instinct. We shall see. I wish Tim well. He's a class act.

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Steve made his transition from running quarterback to West-Coast-QB-with-scrambling-ability-out-the-wazoo while at college.



Tebow is already 4+ years behind the Steve Young curve, and even then Steve struggled through squalor in Tampa Bay and rode the bench behind Montana for years.

I don't know if Young would have turned out the way he did IF he didn't backup Montana for all those years. I'm sure he learned tons by watching and learning from him for as long as he did.

Let's make it clear that the article compares the CHARACTERISTICS of Steve Young to Tim Tebow.



They are both good runners for different reasons. Steve had speed and Tebow has size. Young ran a 4.4 40, and that was in 1980. Tebow is not close to 4.4 speed. I don't know how long Tebow's size will play to his advantage as a running qb.



It is nice to draw the connection since both are left handed and both ran a lot in college, but I don't think that Tebow will be the same rushing threat in the NFL, except for short yardage/goaline situations. Steve was a threat to run anytime, anywhere.

Maybe Tebow should have opted for the USFL. I've heard the LA Express haven't had a good QB since Young...

The main thing Steve had going for him in SF is that Bill Walsh was his coach, and Mike Shanahan was his OC. And I believe Mike Holmgren was the QB coach for a time as well at BYU and with SF. Seriously, that is some awesome coaching the 49ers assembled. Steve had he talent for sure, but those guys helped him refine it. Tebow will need something similar to come close to comparing.



Starting with Josh McDaniel v. Bill Walsh, he already is at a HUGE disadvantage.

So will we be seeing Tebo doing this anytime soon?



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snoscythe wrote:
Steve made his transition from running quarterback to West-Coast-QB-with-scrambling-ability-out-the-wazoo while at college.



Tebow is already 4+ years behind the Steve Young curve, and even then Steve struggled through squalor in Tampa Bay and rode the bench behind Montana for years.

That's a HUGE point. I think Steve Young was 2nd string behind Montana for about 5 yrs. I think the fact that Steve was tutored by Montana & Coach Walsh (both outstanding, without peers during their time & both H.O.F.) I don't think Tim Tebow will have the same time frame given for him to develop & grow. The expectations will be more pressing & immediate.

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Sticking to the Steve Young comparison, why compare coaches and teammates now? As noted, Steve was with 2 other teams before succeeding with the 49ers. If we are comparing Tebow to Young, then give Tebow the leeway of failing for a few years and with a few teams before becoming Drew Brees' back up in New Orleans with Sean Payton as his coach (this is just an example, I am not implying that Brees = Montana, and Payton = Walsh, but they are two of the best in the game at what they do.)



We should be asking, where will Tebow be when he becomes a future HOF like Young?

Maybe... if they can send Tebow to the USFL to earn his stripes... (he's no Steve Young and never will be)

ABYUFAN wrote:
So will we be seeing Tebo doing this anytime soon?



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I love this run, especially when the 8 yard line jumps up and almost trips him up!!

i hope tebow has a good career. I dont see how anyone could cheer against this guy.

Y12 wrote:
Sticking to the Steve Young comparison, why compare coaches and teammates now? As noted, Steve was with 2 other teams before succeeding with the 49ers. If we are comparing Tebow to Young, then give Tebow the leeway of failing for a few years and with a few teams before becoming Drew Brees' back up in New Orleans with Sean Payton as his coach (this is just an example, I am not implying that Brees = Montana, and Payton = Walsh, but they are two of the best in the game at what they do.)



We should be asking, where will Tebow be when he becomes a future HOF like Young?

Hmm...sounds more like another BYU quarterback currently playing for the Ravens....

I think Jake Locker has a better chance of being Steve Young like than Tebow. Locker is a faster, better runner and has a stronger arm than Tebow. Locker is also a better thrower and more accurate.



Stick Locker on the Gators and he would have won Heismans and NC's.

PurpleReign wrote:
I think Jake Locker has a better chance of being Steve Young like than Tebow. Locker is a faster, better runner and has a stronger arm than Tebow. Locker is also a better thrower and more accurate.



Stick Locker on the Gators and he would have won Heismans and NC's.

Agreed. I think Locker has got a much better NFL tool-kit than Tebow. If locker played for a championship caliber team, he would be as much a household name as Tebow, if not more so.

snoscythe wrote:
If locker played for a championship caliber team, he would be as much a household name as Tebow, if not more so.

That's some good food for though. You could extend it out to other college QB's too. What if Dan Lefevour or Max Hall had the talent around them that Tebow did. Just something to think about.

PurpleReign wrote:
I think Jake Locker has a better chance of being Steve Young like than Tebow. Locker is a faster, better runner and has a stronger arm than Tebow. Locker is also a better thrower and more accurate.



Stick Locker on the Gators and he would have won Heismans and NC's.

Agreed. Locker is tough, big, and has a killer arm. Tebow has enough Rudy in him to make me like him as a person/player, I genuinely hope he has a great career, but if I were a GM that had to choose between the two, I'd take Locker every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Locker has a cannon, the problem is that he's been about as accurate as Ryan Leaf circa rookie year nfl... I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't end up a huge bust in the league... regardless he's going to get paid and at least he's got a better attitude than Leaf.



Locker and Tebow are only comparable in the fact that they both are ultracompetitive athletic guys playing the qb position, but when it comes to qb skills, Locker blows Tebow away with arm strength, footwork, etc.

I wouldn't make either the face and foundation of an NFL franchise;that's how GMs get fired.