# The Tim Tebow thread - NFL 2010 draft

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 24, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tim-tebow-thread-nfl-2010-draft/537253 "2010-04-24T23:17:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tim-tebow-thread-nfl-2010-draft/537253/41 "2010-04-27T18:55:57Z")

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Seems to me that Tebow is a lot like Vince Young–questionable mechanics with some scrambling ability, considered by “the old guard” to be a first-round prospect mainly because of his team’s success in college. And I think his playing career arc for the next few years might emulate VY’s early career: a few flashes of greatness, mainly in scrambling out of the pocket on broken plays, but not a great deal of passing success. But then Young did improve his mechanics and is a better passer now; the verdict will be out on Tebow’s work.

But that raises a good question (and one which, I’ll admit, was raised in today’s Peter King mailbag): why are so many people furious that Tebow went in the first round, but few eyebrows were raised when VY went #3 in the draft? At least you know Tebow isn’t going to be a headcase, and there were questions about VY’s mental toughness even when he was at Texas.

I don’t think Tebow is going to revolutionize the game…but then supposedly-smart analysts said things about Young like

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> (H)e will rewrite the position. This guy physically is such a combination of arms and legs. People want to make him out to be a Michael Vick. He’s not that. He’s different.

So what gives?

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**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tim-tebow-thread-nfl-2010-draft/537253/42 "2010-04-27T19:05:17Z")

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> [@Duke](#):
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> So what gives?

Tebow’s white?

I’m only being slightly sarcastic there.

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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tim-tebow-thread-nfl-2010-draft/537253/43 "2010-04-27T20:02:24Z")

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Vince Young’s passing skillset is much more well rounded and suitable to working in the NFL. He was a quarterback who could run, rather than a runner who could sometimes awkwardly launch the ball.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tim-tebow-thread-nfl-2010-draft/537253/44 "2010-04-27T20:09:02Z")

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And there was plenty of backlash about Vince Young - remember the uproar over him scoring the lowest Wonderlic Test score of all time for a QB, and how he’d never have the ability to keep up with the pace of the NFL game?

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