Sunday, August 08, 2010

Tim Tebow and Demaryius Thomas - Denver Broncos rookies show skills

The talk about Tim Tebow's Hillbilly haircut aside, both the heralded quarterback and fellow Denver Broncos NFL 1st Round Draft Pick Wide Receiver Demaryius Thomas put on a show for 20,782 fans at Invesco Field at Mile High Saturday night, according to The Denver Post. The audience formed a record crowd for this annual "open practice" event.

Tim Tebow threw a 24-yard touchdown strike to Thomas, then celebrated by doing a flying chest-bump with him after the score. "I think it's great for us to come down here and play in an atmosphere like this," Denver Head Coach Josh McDaniels said to The Denver Post. "I think the guys who hadn't done it before start to understand what Denver's all about and how much this city loves this football team, and we're all blessed to be able to coach and play for it."

Brady Quinn plays catchup

As of this writing Quarterback Kyle Orton, who has more experience in the system Denver Head Coach Josh McDaniels installed, is the best performing passer. Brady Quinn, the Notre Dame quarterback who was drafted in the 2007 NFL Draft 1st Round by Cleveland, then traded to Denver after the 2009 season, has some catching up to do. That's why Quinn's getting more reps in practice, but Orton's said to be light years ahead of Quinn and Tebow.

But at Saturday's practice, Tebow, who's only seen sporadic on field action to this point, was allowed to direct an entire drive and before fans who came out to see him play. Tim Tebow's the fan favorite.

Demaryius Thomas comes into his own

If you regularly read this space, you remember meeting Demaryius Thomas at the 2010 NFL Draft in this video interview:



And where we talked about Demaryius Thomas playing with Tim Tebow at Denver. Well, after Saturday's touchdown pass from Tebow, it looks like the two are off to a promising future. The only thing standing in their way are the other teams of the AFC West, especially the Kansas City Chiefs and The Oakland Raiders, which have added the most promising sets of talented rookies in the division.

Stay tuned.

1 comment:

  1. Tebow is looking the best he has in years. On and off the field.

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