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Steele breaks down how to stop Tebow


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From Boston Herald:

So, to gain some intelligence into how to stop Broncos QB Tim Tebow and his option-happy running attack, I turned to Kevin Steele Kevin Steele

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View Full Profile , the respected Clemson defensive coordinator. He was the defensive coordinator at Alabama when the Crimson Tide faced Tebow in the 2008 SEC title game.

The result was this story in today’s Herald, with Steele providing in-depth detail on the issues a running QB like Tebow present. Mostly, it’s a numbers game that he forces defenses to play.

“I guess the first thing you gotta preface it with is, everybody says, ‘You can’t do this in the NFL,’ ” Steele joked. “Well, I guess that teaches you you can’t ever say ‘Can’t.’ ”

True. Then, Steele got down to business.

“The hardest thing is is people don’t realize, if Tim Tebow’s the quarterback and you have a one-back set, you have a two-back set,” Steele explained. “So, you have a two-back running game with a two-back set. You’ve made all your adjustments and now you’re looking at a one-back set with your standard adjustments, but there’s two running backs back there. And then it goes on.”

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Crump®
spacer wow. and i thought it was bad that he couldn't figure out
tigerinkvillenc
spacer He didn't even stop Tebow in that game.***
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EazyE
spacer Anyone else laughed?
White_Tiger
spacer Re: Anyone else laughed?
wftiger
spacer We playing the Broncos in the Orange bowl?
fretiger
spacer Anyone ask him why that didn't work with
clover65®
spacer Interesting. Ask him how to stop Connor Shaw next time.***
Rowdy28
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#1TIGER
spacer ^^^ Three in a row. Great minds think alike!***
clover65®
spacer a brand-spankin' new 5th place ring and a
Tigerbothesh
spacer asking steele how to stop running qb's huh? dang***
ArmyRanger28®
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JDubya
spacer next - Jeffrey Dahmer on the virtues of being a vegetarian***
dark side of the moo®
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cunms
spacer Is today April 1st ? ? ?***
argonaut1992®
spacer I think pretty much every DC in the nation
T_I_P
spacer Now I understand why our defensive players are running...
WS Tiger®
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spacer ROFLMAO***
RC Tiger®
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Litefoot
spacer What a joke!
jss150
spacer Dear LAWD! He couldn't stop Tevin Washington or Conor Shaw***
andylayne®
spacer Re: Dear LAWD! He couldn't stop Tevin Washington or Conor Shaw***
Litefoot
spacer Good thing he isnt a DC in the NFL***
ClemyTigers13®
spacer Really? Stop a running QB***
MackDaddy®
spacer Steele on how to stop a mobile QB? Now that's funny right
Ridgeland Booster®
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hopper
spacer Stop GT. Then you can talk about how to stop Tebow.***
bleedRnge
spacer Kevin Steele needs to shut the F@$% up.***
doctiger
spacer Kevin Steele needs to shut the F@$% up.***
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