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Should We Compare Tebow and Flutie?
Written by playerpress.com, Thursday November 17 2011
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By GB Bongiovanni
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Tim Tebow of the Denver Broncos has been compared numerous times to Doug Flutie who once played for the Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers, Chicago Bears and New England Patriots. There is no arguing that they are very similar and recently Doug Flutie has come to the defense of* Tebow and similar running quarterbacks.
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According to SI.com, “You bet I’m rooting for him,” Doug Flutie says. “I get so frustrated at all the skeptics who want to bury the kid before he’s even had a fair chance. The NFL wants to fit everybody into this cookie-cutter mold. You have to be a certain height, a certain weight, you have to play a certain way. If you don’t fit into that, they assume you can’t win games.” He pauses. “I’m sorry,” he says. “I get a little worked up about this.”
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Flutie looks at Tebow and sees himself, just a larger than life version of him.
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He struggled out of the gate and was seen by many as too small to be a quarterback. At 5’10 and 180 pounds the recent Heisman Trophy winner’s rights were traded to the Chicago Bears but Flutie would not find success in the NFL until resurfacing with the Buffalo Bills in 1998, marking the longest absence from the game.
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Flutie is correct in everything he says. The NFL has a particular mold of how they want a prototypical quarterback and within the 2011 NFL season it’s all about finding your man down-field and throwing the ball. Example Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Drew Brees.
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Tim Tebow breaks the mold and puts a wrinkle in a system that is built to stop the pass.
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The Denver Broncos are running the option, hybrids of the option and more College plays than NFL plays according to annalists and believe it or not it’s working, but why?
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Coaches and defenses are not used to this just like Doug Flutie. The former Buffalo Bills’ quarterback brought “Flutie-Magic” to Buffalo and showed his great escape as a magician running the ball and escaping the sack.
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Flutie brought something to the Buffalo Bills that they needed, a winning attitude and a never give up determination that they had not seen since the early 90′s. The same winning attitude and determination that Tim Tebow possesses.
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Tebow might not be the next John Elway, he might not even be the next Kordell Stewart but despite the amount of haters you can’t deny his determination and push to learn and become something that he wants to be. That type of determination rubs off in the locker-room and Denver is off to a 3-1 start since he was named the starter.
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Like Flutie, many doubt Tim Tebow and while their styles may be different and Flutie could throw the ball, there is a strong comparison to the type of person both of these athletes are and are still working to be.
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GB Bongiovanni is a syndicated sports writer and owner of The Penalty Flag Sports Blog and can be contacted at GBongiovanni@journalist.com and found on Facebook
Should We Compare Tebow and Flutie?
Written by playerpress.com, Thursday November 17 2011
Text Size - A +
inShare
By GB Bongiovanni
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Tim Tebow of the Denver Broncos has been compared numerous times to Doug Flutie who once played for the Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers, Chicago Bears and New England Patriots. There is no arguing that they are very similar and recently Doug Flutie has come to the defense of* Tebow and similar running quarterbacks.
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According to SI.com, “You bet I’m rooting for him,” Doug Flutie says. “I get so frustrated at all the skeptics who want to bury the kid before he’s even had a fair chance. The NFL wants to fit everybody into this cookie-cutter mold. You have to be a certain height, a certain weight, you have to play a certain way. If you don’t fit into that, they assume you can’t win games.” He pauses. “I’m sorry,” he says. “I get a little worked up about this.”
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Flutie looks at Tebow and sees himself, just a larger than life version of him.
*
He struggled out of the gate and was seen by many as too small to be a quarterback. At 5’10 and 180 pounds the recent Heisman Trophy winner’s rights were traded to the Chicago Bears but Flutie would not find success in the NFL until resurfacing with the Buffalo Bills in 1998, marking the longest absence from the game.
*
Flutie is correct in everything he says. The NFL has a particular mold of how they want a prototypical quarterback and within the 2011 NFL season it’s all about finding your man down-field and throwing the ball. Example Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Drew Brees.
*
Tim Tebow breaks the mold and puts a wrinkle in a system that is built to stop the pass.
*
The Denver Broncos are running the option, hybrids of the option and more College plays than NFL plays according to annalists and believe it or not it’s working, but why?
*
Coaches and defenses are not used to this just like Doug Flutie. The former Buffalo Bills’ quarterback brought “Flutie-Magic” to Buffalo and showed his great escape as a magician running the ball and escaping the sack.
*
Flutie brought something to the Buffalo Bills that they needed, a winning attitude and a never give up determination that they had not seen since the early 90′s. The same winning attitude and determination that Tim Tebow possesses.
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Tebow might not be the next John Elway, he might not even be the next Kordell Stewart but despite the amount of haters you can’t deny his determination and push to learn and become something that he wants to be. That type of determination rubs off in the locker-room and Denver is off to a 3-1 start since he was named the starter.
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Like Flutie, many doubt Tim Tebow and while their styles may be different and Flutie could throw the ball, there is a strong comparison to the type of person both of these athletes are and are still working to be.
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GB Bongiovanni is a syndicated sports writer and owner of The Penalty Flag Sports Blog and can be contacted at GBongiovanni@journalist.com and found on Facebook
