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Darrelle Revis isn’t worried about getting beat by Tim Tebow’s left arm.
The star cornerback said his biggest challenge Thursday night — and the challenge for the entire New York Jets secondary — will be fighting boredom.
Revis sees Tebow as a bigger threat as a runner than passer, but he wouldn’t go so far as to say the Denver Broncos can maintain long-term success with the read-option offense. He believes it takes a special player to run that system in the NFL.
“Yeah, if you have Michael Vick and, I don’t know, Chris Johnson at running back,” he said. “Yeah, it can work. Those are probably the two fastest guys that can probably get out on the edge on you.”
But not Tebow, according to Revis.
“No, not for a whole season, because we know what they’re doing, and we feel comfortable in our game plan,” he said.
The Jets expect the Broncos (4-5) to run, and keep running — the only reasonable conclusion, based on past performance. In last Sunday’s 17-10 win over the Kansas City Chiefs, the Broncos ran on the first 14 plays and finished with an astounding 55 runs.
Tebow attempted only eight passes, completing two. The Broncos became only the third team in the last 25 years to win with two or fewer completions, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
Jets coach Rex Ryan’s advice to his defense this week is, if it looks like a pass, play the run. So, no, Revis doesn’t expect the Mile High air to be filled with Tebow spirals.
“We can’t fall asleep back there in the secondary,” Revis said. “It can get boring, especially when a team just keeps running the ball, series after series, play after play.”
Tebow ran nine times for 43 yards and a touchdown, becoming the first quarterback since 1974 with more rushes than passes in a game in which he threw every pass for his team, according to Elias. In ’74, Joe Ferguson did it for the Buffalo Bills on a windy day against the Jets.
Revis said he can’t afford to get lulled into a nap because the Broncos’ receivers rely on double moves and Tebow, despite his accuracy issues, is capable of hitting the deep ball. He found Eric Decker last week for a 53-yard touchdown, which came on a double move.
In a span of four days, the Jets will go from the pass-oriented New England Patriots to the run-first Broncos, from Tom Brady to Tebow. It doesn’t get more dramatic than that.
“You just have to take a different mentality into the game,” said safety Jim Leonhard, adding that Tebow is “more like a fullback than a true tailback, the way he runs the football.”
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Written By: Â Rich Cimini covers the Jets for ESPNNewYork.com. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report & FULL STORY HERE
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