Is Fitz better then Tebow?

[Jack Lambert]

What you say?

[ShotgunDawg]

Physically I think they are close, but the intangibles aren't. Also, Tebow had a long release but he was somewhat accurate. Certainly more accurate than Fitz.

Although, it would be interesting to see Fitz surrounded by the talent Tebow had.

[Commercecomet24]

I love Fitz but no.

[Lord McBuckethead]

No. Tebow had a better supporting cast and Mullen lazer focused on offensive coordinating, which made him better and the offense more dynamic.

[West Tn Dawg]

Fitz, better running.
Tebow, slightly better passing. I think Fitz could be as good passing if he would learn to put some touch on the ball instead of throwing fastballs all the time!

[Lord McBuckethead]

Tebow, Newton, and Johnny Football are probably the the three best college qbs I have seen personally. All three possibly trumped by Tua if he continues to do what he is doing against better defenses.

[Dawg61]

Lol I love Fitz but it's not even close. Tebow is a top 5 CFB all-time.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Not even close..... and Tebow would honor his bets.

[confucius say]

Yes. Better runner. As good of a passer. Tebow had elite college offensive players around him. His wr were always open. Fitz has never had a Harvin or Hernandez or even a Riley Cooper type playmaker.

[Maroonthirteen]

Wow. I’m a little surprised by the responses. Or I don’t recall Tebow’s career correctly.

I recall Tebow wasn’t much of a passer. Inaccurate.

I’m not sure Fitz has Tebow’s focused but I would say all the physical tools are the same. Running and throwing. I would say it is impossible to compare because Tebow had national championship talent around him.

[ShotgunDawg]

Wow. I’m a little surprised by the responses. Or I don’t recall Tebow’s career correctly.

I recall Tebow wasn’t much of a passer. Inaccurate.

I’m not sure Fitz has Tebow’s focused but I would say all the physical tools are the same. Running and throwing. I would say it is impossible to compare because Tebow had national championship talent around him.

Tebow was an NFL QB and won a playoff game.

He wasn't super accurate but a good bit more than Fitz

[Commercecomet24]

Tebow completed 66.4% of his passes in college and 88 Td to 16 Ints. I'd say that's pretty accurate.

[Commercecomet24]

It would have been interesting to see Fitz surrounded by the talent Tebow had around him though. Fitz might've run for 6000 yards.

[Matty Dispatch]

Tebow threw 88 touchdown passes, 16 INT and 9,285 yards. After he left Florida fell off a cliff.
Fitz has 43 touchdown passes, 24 INT and 5,149 yards.

3-4 years from now it will be interesting to see which team had more NFL talent: 2009 Gators or 2018 Bulldogs. The difference probably won't be enough to justify the difference in records between the two teams.

Fitz is a great college player - he's faster and quicker than Tebow. But Tebow was stronger, a better passer and a legendary leader.

[thf24]

If Fitz had multiple guys to throw to like Cooper and Hernandez who were always open and caught everything within 3 feet of them, I don't think it's a stretch to say his career completion percentage would be above 60. I still think Tebow was a little more accurate though, especially when it counted most.

[BuckyIsAB****]

No. I love Fitz but no

[bluelightstar]

...No.

[MStateDawg]

Or I don?t recall Tebow?s career correctly.

Year School Conf Class Pos G Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate
*2006 Florida SEC FR QB 14 22 33 66.7 358 10.8 12.5 5 1 201.7
*2007 Florida SEC SO QB 13 234 350 66.9 3286 9.4 10.4 32 6 172.5
*2008 Florida SEC JR QB 14 192 298 64.4 2746 9.2 10.6 30 4 172.4
*2009 Florida SEC SR QB 14 213 314 67.8 2895 9.2 9.8 21 5 164.2
Career Florida 661 995 66.4 9285 9.3 10.4 88 16 170.8

Tebows worst completion percentage season was 64.4%. That season he threw 30 TDs and 4 INTs

[confucius say]

Tebow threw 88 touchdown passes, 16 INT and 9,285 yards. After he left Florida fell off a cliff.
Fitz has 43 touchdown passes, 24 INT and 5,149 yards.

3-4 years from now it will be interesting to see which team had more NFL talent: 2009 Gators or 2018 Bulldogs. The difference probably won't be enough to justify the difference in records between the two teams.

Fitz is a great college player - he's faster and quicker than Tebow. But Tebow was stronger, a better passer and a legendary leader.

Fitz is shattering Tebow's rushing records.

Tebow had better passing numbers because he played with multiple NFL wr/te, guys who started in NFL for multiple years. All 4 skill guys off the 2009 team played multiple years in NFL (Hernandez, cooper, Nelson, and Thompson). Also played behind the Pouncey twins and Gilbert, all three of whom are decade-long NFL starters on the OL. Tebow had way more offensive skill NFL talent than Fitz.

And all 11 starters off FL defense in 2009 played in NFL according to wiki (damn!!). Not practice squad, actually played.

[Johnson85]

Nahhh. It's a lot closer than the stats show because Tebow had wayyyyyy better receivers to work with.

I think Fitz could have been better had chips fallen a little bit differently. Fitz was a better runner. If he had played QB in high school before his senior year, Mullen stayed for his senior year, avoided the ankle injury, and had a solid wide receiver corps all three years he started, and I think he would have gotten the passing reps to develop into roughly as good of a passer as Tebow. The biggest issue is I think Tebow ate, drank, and breathed football in a way that Fitz doesn't. Nothing wrong with that; most players don't, but that let Tebow take his leadership to a different level also.