YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES
vikings/nfl
Before joining our Access Vikings team, Dan Wiederer covered Atlantic Coast Conference basketball for the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer and was named North Carolina's top sports columnist in 2010. His previous reporting experience includes covering the Chicago Bears. Follow him on Twitter @StribDW.
Mark Craig has covered football and the NFL the past 20 years, including the Browns from 1991-95 and the Vikings and the NFL since 2003. Since 2008, Craig has served as one of the 44 Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors. He can be followed on Twitter at @markcraignfl.
Spielman: Tebow has done a good job
Posted by: under Vikings, NFC Updated: March 21, 2010 - 11:16 PM
ORLANDO, FLA. -- Vikings vice president of player personnel Rick Spielman watched former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow at his Pro Day recently. Tebow has spent several weeks working on changing his throwing motion so that it's not as long and will be more suited for the pro game. So what did Spielman think? Here are three questions we asked him Sunday on the first day of the NFL owners meetings.
Q. What were your feelings about Tebow's new throwing mechanics?
A. "He did a good workout and put on a performance in front of a lot of people and it was a totally different throwing motion than what you saw down at the Senior Bowl. He's done a good job working at it for the six weeks time he has had."
Q. How difficult is that to do, changing your throwing motion?
A. "The question is, will he be able to keep that motion and keep doing the things he's doing when the bullets are flying or when we actually get to the live stuff? But I'm sure there will be a lot of scrutiny done on him and there's still a long way to go yet before we figure out what is or what isn't."
Q. Is that Florida Pro Day pretty hectic with so many top-notch kids?
A. "I think they do a great job down there. Very organized and they have a lot of good football players. They have eight or nine guys that are probably going to get drafted off of that team so not only are you there to see Tebow, there are a lot of other good football players that you get an opportunity to look at."
By the way, don't forget we'll be posting blogs and tweets from the owners meetings from Monday through Wednesday. Because of the activity at these meetings, it's often quicker to use twitter so make sure to check me out at www.twitter.com/juddzulgad. We'll be back at it on Monday morning and expect to have some news on the 2010 schedule around the lunch hour.
ADVERTISEMENT
recent posts
- Is Leslie Frazier the 27th best coach in the NFL?
- Wiederer: NFLPA not thrilled with league's thigh and knee pad mandate
- Access Vikings blog: Goodell addresses the media
- Update: Vikings agree to terms with seven draft picks
- NFL owners voting on rules changes today
- Vikings sign former Bears offensive tackle Levi Horn
- Feeling defamed and slandered, Jonathan Vilma sues Roger Goodell
- Vikings' Kevin Murphy era ends before it began
- Vikings training camp schedule will include three weeks in Mankato
- Vikings sign defensive end Nick Reed, tackle Kevin Murphy
- Ex-Viking Kramer joins college Hall
- Vikings sign Tulsa's Tyler Holmes, waive Kris Adams
- Stadium deal done. Now what?
- Peterson: 'Stay away from the negative because the devil is at work'
- Youth is served: Spielman explains decision to release Ryan Longwell
- Adrian Peterson: `I plan on being back' on Week 1
- Vikings playing the odds by cutting ties with Longwell now
- Vikings send kicker Ryan Longwell on his way
- Longwell cut by Vikings
Post By Category
ADVERTISEMENT
inside the StarTribune
-
425 Portland Av. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55488
(612) 673-4000
- Company
- Subscriber Services
- Website
- Buy Ads
- Store
- Connect with Us
© 2012 StarTribune. All rights reserved.
StarTribune.com is powered by Limelight Networks
Newspaper Subscriptions
eEdition
RSS
Newsletters