Ozymandias
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The lockout was in 2011, not last year. We're now in 2013, so that's 2 years ago. Which is the same number of years Mallett has been in the McDaniels-led offensive system. Tebow was in that offense, or something similar to it, in 2010 where he had perhaps his best season when he saw the field in limited exposure until McDaniels was fired. He's now been in that offense, or something similar to it, again for less than 2 months.You're wrong and your comment about Mallett "learning the offense" is irrelevant because of the lockout last year. What is relevant is their play and if Tebow can only utilize two sides of a football field then that gives the opposing defense an advantage. The Patriots are not going to want to give any opposing defense an advantage by dictating which area of the field that Tebow can use because of his limited skill set.
Mallett is really in his 2nd pre-season because of no OTA's and limited training camp last year. Please stick to the facts rather than conjecture. I am re-watching this game on NFLN on Monday. I will be watching Tebow and Mallett closely.
So it isn't fair to say this is only Mallett's second pre-season because it's actually his third. It's just his second in this offense and training camp with preseason playing time.