Comments on: Demaryius Thomas has to brush off his route running skills

By: beardedhawk

beardedhawk — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:20:35 +0000

here DT goes again jabbing mr. tebow ……he never seems to miss an opportunity to do so, the same goes for the denver media for the most part ever since peyton signed…now we can do this, now we can open this up, now that peytons here….. bla bla bla. Tebow may not have been the best passing qb but he gave he broncos and his teammates all he had every time he went out there….guts and determination week in and week out. the broncos better hope peytons neck holds up…and D thomas better hope he can put up a big numbers this season because timmys not around to be his personal scapegoat anymore. PS. I’m glad that d.t. is now willing to practice his routes and study his playbook……now that tebows gone

By: cmdrsmooth

cmdrsmooth — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 05:04:53 +0000

D.T=Zero Accountability

By: jessethegreat

jessethegreat — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:33:17 +0000

Its too bad Denver traded Tony Scheffler to Detroit. He’d be the ideal “Dallas Clark replacement” for Peyton in Denver.

Most of Denver’s players and staff have been giving the high praise of Peyton’s work ethic this year so far, but this may be the beginning of seeing the Peyton Manning motivation going into full effect. Granted, the players have to work on progressing, but We’re starting to see that just having Manning on the roster makes the players want to get better.

Peyton’s every definition of the word Professional, but he seems to have that rare ability that only the greats have in making everyone around them better as well.

By: smstonerock

smstonerock — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:55:33 +0000

Demaryius Thomas is a glorified Bryant Johnson…looks like he has the physical tools to be successful, but laziness and pancake hands limit his success.

By: fdugrad

fdugrad — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:22:40 +0000

” Get in my book more?” Didn’t he have any coaches the past two years?

By: 2ruefan

2ruefan — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:48:35 +0000

LOL…
Yet ANOTHER reason to pile on Tebow for everyone..

Here’s something to consider:
Tebow often drastically extended plays that resulted in a lazy route runner like Thomas to be able to get passes come his way. (Which he routinely dropped.. about 5 in one half of a game I recall once..)

But with Peyton.. trust me.. there won’t be much “extending”of plays. If young “Demaryius” is not in the right place at the right time in the right position.. the ball is NOT coming his way from Peyton.

Here’s my prediction. His numbers go DOWN drastically under Peyton. Because Manning will be throwing to people he trusts and can run routes… like Decker.

By: rubicon202

rubicon202 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:35:19 +0000

I luv how how Decker is the gonna be the next big thing! Maybe not epic but fail…so much pressure on Denver to win! I love it…

-AFC West foe

By: trevor123698

trevor123698 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:32:03 +0000

Shouldn’t that be a major part of your training regardless of the situation?

By: rubicon202

rubicon202 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:27:01 +0000

@cavallininja he never played with anyone as talented as DT? GTFOH, U even said it Harrison, Reggie Wayne…huh Dwight Clark not to mention the receiving talent of Edge? U must be a homer 4 sure!

By: smstonerock

smstonerock — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:40:04 +0000

radioactivechimp says:

“It’s too bad Chad Johnson didn’t make the same realization when he played with Brady last year.”

No, but he did play with Stafford, not much difference.

By: Playing the Ponzi

Playing the Ponzi — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:11:48 +0000

I agree with ruggerland that Decker is better suited to accel with Manning. Thomas has never run good routes (was true at GTech too). He didn’t have to with Tebow – he and Tebow were a perfect match. They played schoolyard ball together… Tebow could extend plays and Thomas could find h is way into space. But precision route running – being in exactly the “right” spot at exactly the “right” time has never been his game… but it’s what Manning needs to succeed.

By: thraiderskin

thraiderskin — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:02:11 +0000

Coming out of college, I am pretty sure I remember his biggest weakness was his route running. Interesting how he is supposed to dust off his route skills, especially when he didn’t have any to begin with (if you believe what the draftniks were saying about him). If he doesn’t figure it out quick, he will be in Manning’s doghouse, which means he will be in the organization’s doghouse.

By: ruggerlad

ruggerlad — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:48:32 +0000

cavillininja Wayne was overrated but Harrison is 10x the player Thomas will ever be.

By: ruggerlad

ruggerlad — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:46:56 +0000

Eric Decker will have a better season and is a better WR. He does everything better but run a straight line but he is no sloth either.

By: doggz109

doggz109 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:43:56 +0000

He played in a run heavy triple option attack in college at Georgia Tech. They didn’t make him run more than about 3-4 different routes there…..same as he had with Tebow last year.

Just give him some time…if he stays healthy he can dominate.

By: alstottwastheman

alstottwastheman — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:15:21 +0000

I wonder how Tebow feels knowing his #1 receiver didn’t feel the need to learn how to run routes. Isn’t that essentially the main thing you should be practicing?! Maybe with Manning as his QB now he will also work on staying healthy for a full season, I guess that wasn’t a priority with Tebow either.

By: ravenator

ravenator — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:10:59 +0000

He sure looked good burning the steelers

By: bgoochy

bgoochy — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:07:03 +0000

Thomas will disappear in that offense if he’s not where he’s supposed to be when he’s supposed to be there. I give him 2, 3 weeks max. If he’s not running crisp routes Peyton will ignore him.

By: cavallininja

cavallininja — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:00:15 +0000

DT is a poor mans megatron, and that is a compliment. Manning never played with a WR that talented and harrison and wayne are HOF caliber Wrs.

By: rpiotr01

rpiotr01 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:00:56 +0000

A QB who expects his WR to know the playbook inside and out. What a novel bleepin’ concept.

By: prince5000

prince5000 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:53:37 +0000

i’m not a tebow hater but how bad of a qb is he – the receivers never ran routes???

By: miamimike1

miamimike1 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:52:36 +0000

I knew I had to step my game up and get in my book more, run routes more, because I never really ran routes much.
Really you are in the league a couple of years an you mow realize you need to run more routes to become a better wide receiver? That seems to be the problem with many of the players now a days. Do only what is needed but don’t dare to work extra or push yourself to be the best unless someone pushes you to be better. Im a Denver fan an I can’t believe a pro player doesn’t do what was been needed until someone pushed him. So you play foe thru money not to be motivated enough to simply be the best.

By: dbones750

dbones750 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:51:33 +0000

Lazy but talented…swoosh!

By: str8cashomie2

str8cashomie2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:40:42 +0000

brush off or brush up on?

By: pacmantriggerman

pacmantriggerman — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:36:58 +0000

Injury prone.

By: shardar

shardar — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:35:28 +0000

Can’t wait to see him play. I think he has a ton of talent but there weren’t too many opportunities for him to show what kinda WR he really is with Orton and Tebow.

By: radioactivechimp

radioactivechimp — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:32:05 +0000

It’s too bad Chad Johnson didn’t make the same realization when he played with Brady last year.

By: thetroofishere

thetroofishere — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:28:06 +0000

Dez Bryant > Demaryius Thomas

By: nxsteven

nxsteven — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:18:47 +0000

Didn’t DT play 1.5 seasons with pocket passer, Kyle Orton, under center? If he’s just concerned with the playbook now, that’s his fault, no?

By: doggz109

doggz109 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:11:00 +0000

This kid is going to be a beast. He has the physical tools…..Pittsburgh saw that last year. Get those routes down and Manning throwing to him….going to be fun!