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Josh McDaniels plans to make use of Tim Tebow's "unique skills"
Josh McDaniels plans to make use of Tim Tebow's "unique skills"
Posted by Michael David Smith on July 23, 2010 12:31 PM ET
Broncos coach Josh McDaniels has been adamant since the team drafted Tim Tebow that the former Florida star is in Denver to play quarterback, not to change to another position. But Tebow is coming into the league as an excellent runner who struggles with his throwing mechanics, and McDaniels acknowledges that he may look to get Tebow on the field and use him differently than he uses starter Kyle Orton.
"Tim's got some unique skills and there's certainly no boundary on what we may try to do with any of our skill players, and Tim may allow us to do some things a little differently," McDaniels told Will Brinson of CBS Sports.
McDaniels added that "time will tell how we'll use different packages and that kind of thing," but he doesn't sound interested in having Tebow take snaps in the "Wild Horse" offense that the Broncos used effectively last year.
"No, the Wild Horse is different -- it's a different element for us," McDaniels said. "It's a little different than the Wildcat and if we were using the Wild Horse package, which we certainly used some last year, it would certainly be a halfback back there and it would likely be Knowshon [Moreno] or [Correll Buckhalter]."
So Tebow will play quarterback. He'll just play quarterback a little bit differently than Orton does.
"Tim's got some different skills," McDaniels said. "We're gonna experiment a little bit with a lot of different things in terms of our system, and we've made a lot of different changes both offensively and defensively and we'll see how Tim factors in.
Josh McDaniels plans to make use of Tim Tebow's "unique skills"
Posted by Michael David Smith on July 23, 2010 12:31 PM ET
Broncos coach Josh McDaniels has been adamant since the team drafted Tim Tebow that the former Florida star is in Denver to play quarterback, not to change to another position. But Tebow is coming into the league as an excellent runner who struggles with his throwing mechanics, and McDaniels acknowledges that he may look to get Tebow on the field and use him differently than he uses starter Kyle Orton.
"Tim's got some unique skills and there's certainly no boundary on what we may try to do with any of our skill players, and Tim may allow us to do some things a little differently," McDaniels told Will Brinson of CBS Sports.
McDaniels added that "time will tell how we'll use different packages and that kind of thing," but he doesn't sound interested in having Tebow take snaps in the "Wild Horse" offense that the Broncos used effectively last year.
"No, the Wild Horse is different -- it's a different element for us," McDaniels said. "It's a little different than the Wildcat and if we were using the Wild Horse package, which we certainly used some last year, it would certainly be a halfback back there and it would likely be Knowshon [Moreno] or [Correll Buckhalter]."
So Tebow will play quarterback. He'll just play quarterback a little bit differently than Orton does.
"Tim's got some different skills," McDaniels said. "We're gonna experiment a little bit with a lot of different things in terms of our system, and we've made a lot of different changes both offensively and defensively and we'll see how Tim factors in.