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[Auggie]

From the AP and San Francisco Chronicle

&quot Denver coach John) Fox ... made adjustments all game long. He changed things when the Steelers stacked the line of scrimmage early, took away the middle of the field when Ben Roethlisberger had success there in two early field-goal drives, and continually changed up his pass rushes and coverage looks."

SNIP

"And that first (overtime) play, the long strike to Thomas over the middle, was set up by Fox, who acknowledged he was 'showing a tendency to run on 1st-and-10 all game.'"

The play-action in OT was a great call -- drew the safties in leaving Thomas in man coverage. Fox and OC McCoy set it up beautifully.

"Like most teams early, Pittsburgh had no answer for the plays on which Tebow lines up in the shotgun formation and looks as if he is going to hand the ball to a running back going right. Tebow can give him the ball, pull it back and run himself to the left, or step back and throw to a receiver in single coverage downfield."

"As Raiders linebacker Aaron Curry said after the Broncos ran for 299 yards in a Nov. 6 win in Oakland, 'That's a lot to react to.'"

Earlier in the week John Elway suggested Tebow not be so timid about passing the ball. On Sunday, Tebow's passer rating of 125.6 was the highest in Broncos postseason history.

LINK: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/08/SPDJ1MMHHC.DTL

LINK: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/01/08/sports/s171907S26.DTL

Pittsburgh wins that game in regulation with a healthier contingent of players. We acknowledge the fine coaching and play-calling by Fox & Company and the play of Tim Tebow who made the passes he needed to make.