Harbaugh: “The value of a running quarterback, somebody who can pick up four or five first downs a game, is huge. That keeps drives alive and leads to points. That’s a huge asset. [Tebow is] a winner. He’s got tremendous athletic instincts. I’m sure the Broncos know what they’re looking at it in terms of accuracy, decision-making and timing.”

“I look at Tim Tebow’s throwing motion and it doesn’t look that much different than Steve Young‘s, if you put them next to each other. Steve Young would drop the ball when he threw it. And he’s a Hall of Fame quarterback. To me it’s more important to be natural than it is to shave a tenth of a second off the time it takes to get rid of the ball.”

“I don’t mess with a guy’s throwing motion. It’s more mechanics. It’s footwork. It’s accuracy and decision-making. […] Say he only looks at one read and then runs. He can be effective that way. [But] I don’t think that’s the most effective way to be a quarterback. […] Ideally, you want to be able to get through three reads and then, if [the open receiver is] not there [run].”