March 18th, 2010 01:46pm
by Robbie Andreu
I was probably like everyone else at the practice field who saw true freshman quarterback Trey Burton throw the ball for the first time. I was a little shocked at how awkward his throwing motion is. But after watching those NFL guys nit pick and harp on all the negatives about Tim Tebow for the past two months, I’m not going to use this space to be critical of Burton. Instead, we’re going talk about the positives.
The big thing I …
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March 17th, 2010 09:35pm
by Robbie Andreu
Former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow said after Wednesday’s Pro Day that he still had not decided where he would be for the NFL Draft at the end of April. New York is now an option.
Tebow has been invited by the NFL to attend the draft. The NFL apparently also has invited several other probable non first-round picks in an attempt to get more players involved in the draft. Because Tebow is probably the most marketable athlete in the world at …
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March 15th, 2010 04:59pm
by Robbie Andreu
Here are some of the young players I’m going to be checking out this spring:
* Gerald Christian — This true freshman has a chance to win the starting role at tight end. He’s a very good athlete who runs well and has extremely good hands. And the position is wide open with the early departure of Aaron Hernandez. Another young guy to watch here is Jordan Reed, who is making the transition from quarterback to tight end. This is …
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March 8th, 2010 05:30pm
by Robbie Andreu
Former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was on a Jacksonville radio station Monday morning. In his interview with WJXL’s David Lamm, Tebow had some interesting things to say about possibly playing in Jacksonville, about Urban Meyer and what his favorite NFL team was growing up.
On whether he would like to play with the hometown Jaguars: “I would. It’s here at home and I would enjoy that. I have been a Jaguar fan my whole life. I have enjoyed being here in …
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March 2nd, 2010 05:10pm
by Robbie Andreu
In what is the biggest upset at the NFL Combine, in my mind, is cornerback Joe Haden’s performance in the 40-yard dash Tuesday. According to reports, he was timed at 4.57 seconds in his first attempt and 4.6 in his second.
I didn’t see that coming.
I thought Haden would blow the coaches and scouts away with his workouts in Indianapolis. He’s always been a workout warrior and Florida and I figured he’d go up there and run a 4.4 or better. …
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March 1st, 2010 04:58pm
by Robbie Andreu
About a dozen members of the media had a chance to sit down with John Brantley for about 20 minutes last Friday to talk about the start of spring football on March 17. Here is some interesting stuff from Brantley that I didn’t have a chance to write about last week:
* Brantley said he’s really developed a strong connection with redshirt junior wide receiver Deonte Thompson, and that Thompson is having a great offseason and shining in passing drills. “He’s …
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February 26th, 2010 03:00pm
by Robbie Andreu
Being Florida’s new starting quarterback, March 17 is a crucial date for John Brantley. That’s the day spring football practice begins and he officially takes over for Tim Tebow.
But there is a bigger, more important date looming before then. March 10. That’s the day Brantley’s father, former UF quarterback John Brantley, will undergo surgery for prostate cancer.
“It’s going to be a tough day, a really tough day,” Brantley said Friday. “But stuff happens. He should be fine.”
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February 25th, 2010 03:20pm
by Robbie Andreu
When it comes to the NFL Draft, the fans have no voice. They’re free to watch, free to cheer or boo selections, but they have no say in who their team selects.
That may be about to change in Jacksonville. Jaguar fans are applying some major pressure on their team to draft hometown hero Tim Tebow in the first round of the draft.
Some Jags’ fans have created a Web site called draft15.com. The message on the site is simple …
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February 24th, 2010 05:20pm
by Robbie Andreu
Before we dive into this, I’ll like to bring up a few facts about Tim Tebow.
Over the past three seasons, he was one of the most efficient passers in all of college football. For his career, he threw for more than 9,200 yards, completed almost 66 percent of his passes and produced 89 touchdown passes. Oh yeah, and he won the Heisman as a sophomore after throwing for 3,132 yards and 32 touchdowns.
I bring all this up because …
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February 23rd, 2010 04:26pm
by Robbie Andreu
I just saw the ESPN tape of Tim Tebow’s new throwing motion. To be honest, it doesn’t look all that different than his old throwing motion, even in slow motion.
Yes, he’s holding the ball higher, right next to his left ear (something quarterback coaches teach at an early age), and by positioning the ball there, the tendency to drop his throwing hand below his waist (which he did before) is a lot less likely.
Tebow certainly looked good zipping …
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