February 3, 2013 - 5:12 PM
By Tim Graham
NEW ORLEANS
-- Trent Dilfer was unequivocal when asked if the pistol offense and
read-option runs were here to stay.
"Without a doubt," Dilfer said about the offense
that's helped propel the San Francisco
49ers to Super Bowl XLVII.
Dilfer, an ESPN analyst and the quarterback when the
Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl 12 years ago, sees a significant tactical
advantage for 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick tonight.
Continue reading "Drawing the pistol: Trent Dilfer says it's bigger than a fad" »
February 1, 2013 - 1:50 PM
By Tim Graham
NEW ORLEANS
-- Steve Tasker will be a sideline reporter for Sunday's telecast of Super
Bowl XLVII and is protecting his objectivity. He refuses to pick a winner.
But the popular Buffalo Bills alum did make one prediction
about what will transpire between the San Francisco
49ers and Baltimore Ravens.
"I predict overtime," Tasker told me today in the
Super Bowl XLVII media center. "The head coaches may as well be twins. The
teams are built with the same philosophy. They look alike when you watch them
practice.
Continue reading "Steve Tasker: Super Bowl XLVII destined for sudden death" »
February 1, 2013 - 10:33 AM
By Tim Graham
NEW ORLEANS
-- Trent Dilfer already has his No. 1 overall draft choice slotted for 2015 or
so.
"I know what's coming," Dilfer said Thursday in
the Super Bowl XLVII media center. "I know the kid at Florida State,
Jameis Winston, will be an absolute rock star.
"He'll be the first pick of the draft if the first pick
goes to a team that wants to run the pistol, zone-read, have a passer. He's
that kind of kid."
Dilfer, the Super Bowl-winning quarterback 12 years ago and ESPN
analyst, also instructs high school and college players. He has seen a glimpse
into the future, and he's convinced the pistol formation and
read-option are here to stay and will change the game.
Continue reading "QB revolution: Trent Dilfer pegs Jameis Winston future No. 1 pick" »
January 30, 2013 - 1:11 PM
By Tim Graham
NEW ORLEANS
-- Dennis Dixon is on the Baltimore Ravens' practice squad.
Though if the Ravens beat the San
Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII, Dixon will have earned his championship ring.
Dixon
has been the Ravens' secret weapon, imitating the 49ers' hard-to-replicate quarterback,
Colin Kaepernick.
Kaepernick is difficult to prepare for. He has a big
arm and is a threat to run in the 49ers' read-option offense. Dixon
is familiar with the read option from his days at the University of Oregon.
"That guy has been doing a major job," Ravens
cornerback and Turner-Carroll alum Corey Graham said of Dixon. "You'd think he might want to go
somewhere that runs that offense so he can have an even bigger role in this
NFL.
"But he's done an outstanding job. He's run this
offense at Oregon.
He knows it, and he's done an amazing job of preparing us for this stage."
Continue reading "Dennis Dixon is the Baltimore Ravens' Rich Little" »
