Saints QB Drew Brees became the most recent Super Bowl MVP to advise against messing with the mechanics of Broncos QB Tim Tebow . He also noted that Denver starting QB Kyle Orton serves as an example of what Tebow can accomplish with development and persistence.
"It's hard to change a guy's throwing motion at this level in the game. If you can get a guy in middle school and high school, there are certain things you can probably tweak. Once you get him past college, it is really hard to do that," Brees told XX Sports Radio in San Diego on Friday.
"Each guy throws the ball a little bit different and has their own style. I think there are certain fundamentals that you would like to have, and in the end your goal is to try to get the ball out as quickly as possible when you talk about the quick release. But obviously for what he didn't do a whole lot of in college was the straight dropback passing (where) you stand in the pocket and go through your progressions and that kind of thing. That's something you are required to do a lot in the NFL, so I think for him it's just a matter of repetition and experience. The more he gets of that, the better he will get at those things.
"And then obviously the guy has a ton of ability, a ton of athletic ability, leadership ability. It seems like he has all the intangibles. Now it's just a matter of him getting the reps and experience he needs to refine his game a little bit."
Brees was also asked about the relationship between Tebow and Orton, a former Purdue Boilermaker like Brees. Brees played in San Diego when the Chargers drafted Philip Rivers in the first round in 2004 and parted with the team after the 2005 season as Rivers was anointed the starter.
"Look at Kyle's situation from his Chicago Bears days ... Rex Grossman and then Kyle would start and play well, but then it was always you have to compete with Rex again (in the) offseason for the job. Kyle would do it and win the job.
"I think Kyle has been one of those guys over the course of his seven-year career right now who's had to fight for everything he's gotten. He's had to earn it all along the way. Here he is in a situation right now where maybe he's kind of going up against a younger version of himself in a little way.
"Kyle is a really confident guy, and he wants to be the starter. He believes he is the best guy. I think we all feel that or we wouldn't be playing the position. I think it's interesting you got the both of them down there where the road Kyle has had to travel to get to where he is maybe the road where Tebow will travel for a little bit."
Joe Montana also said this week that he wouldn't alter the throwing motion of Tebow, who was unable to dethrone Orton as Denver's starter and is currently battling Brady Quinn for the backup job.
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