SacFalcFan Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 florida's tebow injures non-throwing shoulder the associated press published on: 10/21/07 gainesville, fla. florida coach urban meyer has talked all season about trying to limit the number of carries for quarterback tim tebow. now, he might really have to do it. tebow has a bruised right, non-throwing shoulder, an injury sustained in the second half of florida's 45-37 win at kentucky on saturday. safety major wright (thumb) and offensive tackle carlton medder (heel) also were banged up in the game, maybe more serious than tebow. tebow played through the pain and sealed the victory with 2-yard touchdown run that followed a 40-yard pass to percy harvin. meyer said tebow won't have any contact in practice this week as the 10th-ranked gators (5-2, 3-2 southeastern conference) prepare for no. 19 georgia. "we have to be careful," meyer said sunday. "we've got to continue to coach him up to manage the game. he's had so much success (running). he's the kind of persona that takes it. that's a concern." meyer said there were several plays saturday in which tebow could have thrown the ball to an open receiver for short yardage, but instead tucked it and ran taking the safer option but also taking unnecessary hits. the gators have tried to limit tebow's touches all year, especially after he ran 27 times for a career-high 166 yards at mississippi last month. but tebow has carried 19, 16 and 20 times in the three games since. he finished with 78 yards on 20 attempts against the wildcats. "he's getting about 20 carries a game, but a lot of those are him all of a sudden making a play," meyer said. "when you take that away from tim tebow not that he's a normal quarterback but he's not what tim tebow is to our offense. "the thing we all have to understand is we can't get him hurt." that may have already happened. tebow, however, said he would be ok. "it's just a little banged up," he said. "it's fine." the gators who control their fate in the sec east with consecutive games against georgia, vanderbilt and south carolina sure hope so. after all, tebow has accounted for 73 percent of their offense this season. he has 125 carries for 578 yards and 10 touchdowns. he also leads the nation in passing efficiency (177.5), completing 66 percent of his passes for 1,711 yards with 17 touchdowns and three interceptions. "you can see him changing," meyer said. "a year ago, he would have had many more carries because that's kind of who he is. now, he's getting a lot of confidence in distributing the ball. that comes with experience and confidence in the people, the personnel, around him." but florida would like to see him pass more often. meyer said a typical game plan calls for no more than 10 runs by tebow. tebow's competitiveness and desire to make something happen lead to many more too many more for meyer. still, there's one thing meyer doesn't want to take away from his star quarterback. "we don't let him lose his edge, no. 1," he said. meyer said he would know more about medder and wright later sunday. wright's injury seems to be the most serious. he broke a thumb and might need surgery. "they could cast it, which we all know a safety without a hand that can grasp and make a tackle and intercept a pass, that's awful difficult," meyer said. "we have some injury issues." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_i_f Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 i'm hoping he plays us like he did last year... badly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_i_f Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 i'm hoping he plays us like he did last year... badly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacFalcFan Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 some 'hopefuls,' other injured dogs out vs. florida by carter strickland the atlanta journal-constitution published on: 10/21/07 georgia coach mark richt is "hopeful," linebackers brandon miller (calf) and marcus washington (shoulder) will be ready against florida. the pair sat out against last week against vanderbilt. each will be worked back into practice this week. miller will go through about 50 percent of monday's practice, be re-evaluated and go again tuesday if everything checks out. washington will get his first serious contact tuesday on some inside drills, richt said.wide receiver mikey henderson (hamstring) is probable unless he suffers a setback. wide receiver a.j. bryant (knee) could also be back after missing the last four weeks. running back thomas brown (collar bone) has been all but ruled out. georgia will go with knowshon moreno and jason johnson at the running back spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacFalcFan Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 some 'hopefuls,' other injured dogs out vs. florida by carter strickland the atlanta journal-constitution published on: 10/21/07 georgia coach mark richt is "hopeful," linebackers brandon miller (calf) and marcus washington (shoulder) will be ready against florida. the pair sat out against last week against vanderbilt. each will be worked back into practice this week. miller will go through about 50 percent of monday's practice, be re-evaluated and go again tuesday if everything checks out. washington will get his first serious contact tuesday on some inside drills, richt said.wide receiver mikey henderson (hamstring) is probable unless he suffers a setback. wide receiver a.j. bryant (knee) could also be back after missing the last four weeks. running back thomas brown (collar bone) has been all but ruled out. georgia will go with knowshon moreno and jason johnson at the running back spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_i_f Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 running back thomas brown (collar bone) has been all but ruled out. georgia will go with knowshon moreno and jason johnson at the running back spot.ho boy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_i_f Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 running back thomas brown (collar bone) has been all but ruled out. georgia will go with knowshon moreno and jason johnson at the running back spot.ho boy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacFalcFan Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 ho boy...jason johnson is a very capable and talented back.. no worries for me.. him and moreno will be plenty enough on saturday. it all starts up front.. that's the issue imo. also cunningham is a beast.. stafford better be ready to get rid of that ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacFalcFan Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 ho boy...jason johnson is a very capable and talented back.. no worries for me.. him and moreno will be plenty enough on saturday. it all starts up front.. that's the issue imo. also cunningham is a beast.. stafford better be ready to get rid of that ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton80Kid Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 that's a tough break for thomas brown...hate to see something like this happen to a player in their final year...hopefully he'll be able to get back on the field again before the end of the season... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton80Kid Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 that's a tough break for thomas brown...hate to see something like this happen to a player in their final year...hopefully he'll be able to get back on the field again before the end of the season... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballin in atl Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 that's a tough break for thomas brown...hate to see something like this happen to a player in their final year...hopefully he'll be able to get back on the field again before the end of the season... tough break for thomas brown?!?!?! what about lump? its way worse for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballin in atl Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 that's a tough break for thomas brown...hate to see something like this happen to a player in their final year...hopefully he'll be able to get back on the field again before the end of the season... tough break for thomas brown?!?!?! what about lump? its way worse for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton80Kid Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 tough break for thomas brown?!?!?! what about lump? its way worse for himyou're right...i forgot that he had surgery last week...but didn't richt say that he felt lumpkin would be back in time to play in a bowl game?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton80Kid Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 tough break for thomas brown?!?!?! what about lump? its way worse for himyou're right...i forgot that he had surgery last week...but didn't richt say that he felt lumpkin would be back in time to play in a bowl game?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransack Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 ho boy...jason johnson runs about as hard as moreno does... you won't be disappointed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransack Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 ho boy...jason johnson runs about as hard as moreno does... you won't be disappointed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacFalcFan Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 you're right...i forgot that he had surgery last week...but didn't richt say that he felt lumpkin would be back in time to play in a bowl game?? they hope he is back, but there is of course nothing definite there. at least brown has got some playing time .. lumpkin has barely seen the field.. this has been a rough year for our senior tailbacks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacFalcFan Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 you're right...i forgot that he had surgery last week...but didn't richt say that he felt lumpkin would be back in time to play in a bowl game?? they hope he is back, but there is of course nothing definite there. at least brown has got some playing time .. lumpkin has barely seen the field.. this has been a rough year for our senior tailbacks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 god i can't wait until saturday. there is nothing that comes close to georgia/florida for me personally. i really hope tebow carries it around 10-12 times instead of his usual 20. pssst...hey urban...give the ball to kestahn moore 20 times, they'll never expect it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 god i can't wait until saturday. there is nothing that comes close to georgia/florida for me personally. i really hope tebow carries it around 10-12 times instead of his usual 20. pssst...hey urban...give the ball to kestahn moore 20 times, they'll never expect it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacFalcFan Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 god i can't wait until saturday. there is nothing that comes close to georgia/florida for me personally. i really hope tebow carries it around 10-12 times instead of his usual 20. pssst...hey urban...give the ball to kestahn moore 20 times, they'll never expect it.i believe they will expect that with tebow's shoulder being a bit danged up.. meyer does not want to get tebow hurt so imo he will use moore in this game a lot.. and moore imo has shown some good speed and burst. he is a guy that worries me a lot. they could also use harvin more out of the backfield in this game as well. they will do all they can to get the ball into the playmaker's hands. same here. i can't wait until saturday. should be a fun game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacFalcFan Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 god i can't wait until saturday. there is nothing that comes close to georgia/florida for me personally. i really hope tebow carries it around 10-12 times instead of his usual 20. pssst...hey urban...give the ball to kestahn moore 20 times, they'll never expect it.i believe they will expect that with tebow's shoulder being a bit danged up.. meyer does not want to get tebow hurt so imo he will use moore in this game a lot.. and moore imo has shown some good speed and burst. he is a guy that worries me a lot. they could also use harvin more out of the backfield in this game as well. they will do all they can to get the ball into the playmaker's hands. same here. i can't wait until saturday. should be a fun game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 i believe they will expect that with tebow's shoulder being a bit danged up.. meyer does not want to get tebow hurt so imo he will use moore in this game a lot.. and moore imo has shown some good speed and burst. he is a guy that worries me a lot. they could also use harvin more out of the backfield in this game as well. they will do all they can to get the ball into the playmaker's hands. same here. i can't wait until saturday. should be a fun game.kestahn moore is averaging about 8 rushes per game. i don't think anyone would be expecting for him to get it 20+. how stupid does that sound now that i read it? our starting rb is averaging 8 rushes per. god i can't wait for moody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 i believe they will expect that with tebow's shoulder being a bit danged up.. meyer does not want to get tebow hurt so imo he will use moore in this game a lot.. and moore imo has shown some good speed and burst. he is a guy that worries me a lot. they could also use harvin more out of the backfield in this game as well. they will do all they can to get the ball into the playmaker's hands. same here. i can't wait until saturday. should be a fun game.kestahn moore is averaging about 8 rushes per game. i don't think anyone would be expecting for him to get it 20+. how stupid does that sound now that i read it? our starting rb is averaging 8 rushes per. god i can't wait for moody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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