Tebow among struggling players on Day 1 of Senior Bowl week

Everyone who watched the South team practice today witnessed a poor performance from Florida quarterback Tim Tebow.

The crux of Tebow’s problems are taking snaps from under center and dropping back. At one point, Spencer noted, Tebow fumbled three consecutive snaps in 7-on-7 drills. Tebow can be as nice as he wants, but that is unacceptable for an NFL quarterback.

Other observers noted that Tebow looked sloppy in his backpedal, but had good footwork when he was set.

The Senior Bowl is about much more than Tebow, so here are some other players who struggled today:

- Cincinnati wide receiver Mardy Gilyard, playing for the North squad, had several dropped passes today. For a player who measured in at 5’11 1/2 and 179 pounds, Gilyard’s hands have to be almost flawless.

- You know this one by now: Alabama’s Terrence Cody is fat. How someone who is auditioning for millions of dollars in contract money shows up that out of shape is ridiculous. This is a failure by not only Cody, but his agent.

- Wisconsin defensive end/outside linebacker O’Brien Schofield was a player to watch this week after doing well at the Shrine Game. He was hurt being blocked by Vladimir Ducasse of Massachusetts and his status is unknown.

- Unless they are injured, big mistakes were made by LSU receiver Brandon LaFell, Southern Cal offensive lineman Charles Brown, TCU defensive lineman Jerry Hughes and Oklahoma offensive lineman Trent Williams. Each dropped out of the Senior Bowl.

The problem for those four is that they’re not premiere prospects. A good Senior Bowl could have gotten each into the first round. Williams and Brown still may project there, but LaFell and Hughes probably have no shirt at first-round money.

That’s it for now. More later after I get home. From the bar. OK, no guarantees on more content.