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Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow has been taking snaps under center this offseason, to get "more comfortable" with the motion.

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Tim Tebow is a dedicated guy. Having received the team’s playbook last week when the lockout was temporarily on hold, Tebow has been working hard this off season in hopes of beating out Kyle Orton and emerging as the team’s starter. Tebow works out three times a day (lifting, throwing and cardio) over seven hours a day, every day. Recently, he’s been contacting his teammates to set up some player-organized team workouts. An area Tebow has been working on a lot is taking snaps from under center. As Andrew Mason of MaxDenver.com has pointed out, it’s essential for Tebow to master the trait because Head Coach John Fox’s offenses traditionally don’t use a lot of shotgun packages. "The biggest thing for me is that I’ve been working on play-action passes (and) play-action drop-backs — all under center," Tebow said. "I haven’t had one rep in the shotgun, just to make being under center the most comfortable for me — and to even be more comfortable than the shotgun. So I’ve worked 100 percent on that." Continue reading here.