Jets Officially Introduce Tim Tebow

Tebow has the body type and running style of a large, bruising fullback, so it makes sense that he would be given a special teams role normally reserved for large bruising fullback. If Tebow fills the role well, get ready for a lot more calls for him to change positions.

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A few highlights of Tebow’s first Jets presser are below:

Tebow and Sanchez have been talking. He says the two have a “great relationship” and they’ve been exchanging texts since the trade went through. Some feel that Tebow was brought on to put more pressure on Sanchez, to let him feel a little heat.

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More: Tim Tebow’s first press conference is live.

Stanton gave the Jets a list of teams that he would like to be traded to, and there’s a clear theme among all of the teams listed.

All of those teams are in need of a solid backup quarterback, but in all cases, he would be a clear No. 2 option. There’s a possibility that the Colts could choose to delay throwing Luck into the fire, but more likely than not, the Colts will pick Luck and then make Stanton his backup.

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I think New York will be bored by Tim Tebow’s likely average and event-free football career. The odds are strongly in favor of this: quarterbacks average about 4.5 years in the National Football League, and going into year three, this means Tebow should pass the statistical average for midpoint quarterback life sometime around Week 7 of the 2012 season. If he suffers some kind of football-appropriate midlife crisis, you will know why.

The boredom wager depends in large part on Mark Sanchez keeping his starting job, another likelihood given familiarity with the team’s systems and his ability to sometimes complete passes. (Not that Sanchez’s 56.7 percent completion rate will make anyone confuse him for Aaron Rodgers, but it still outpaces Tim Tebow’s 46.5 percent.) The team’s chemistry is reportedly awful. Upsetting it even further by putting in a single-wing specialist with a spotty arm for anything but short yardage situations would be Rex Ryan skipping happily into his own suicide machine. I imagine this happening to some jolly fat guy music.

Tebow flew to New York on Thursday and was scheduled to be introduced as a Jet in a news conference, but that has been delayed until Monday, so even when the trade is officially done ... it won’t really be done.

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Confused yet? A lot of us are. In the video below, SB Nation’s Brad Wells breaks down why all hell broke loose on the Tebow trade and then looks at how Tebow fits in with the Jets. And anytime you’re talking about Tebow’s role with the Jets, you have to mention Tony Sparano, the Jets offensive coordinator. Brad explains the connection between Sparano, Tebow and why this Jets trade could actually work out.

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We saw a few teams add new starters, a few more pick up quality backups while others will take their chances in the NFL draft. A couple more teams still don’t have a clear answer at quarterback.

There was a lot of quarterback movement this year so it’s time to recap some of the highlights.

This isn’t just any backup quarterback. This is Tebow, and it’s going to be an absolute circus if/when Sanchez starts to struggle and Tebow is standing on the sidelines. Fans will start chanting his name, sports talk radio will be using four-letter words when talking about Tannenbaum and it’ll all be so familiar to what we saw in Denver last year.

With someone like Tebow, you need to go all-in on offense. It’s either Tebow all the way or nothing. I think the Jets are asking for trouble if they’re treating Tebow like a traditional backup quarterback.

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I thought Tebowing was over. But here we are.

First, Elway:

Next, Fox:

The deal that was reported earlier Wednesday still stands, but here’s a reminder of what the Jets are giving up:

The hang-up that threw the deal into limbo earlier in the day was reported to be a clause in Tebow’s contract that required the Jets to pay the Broncos $5 million to compensate for the front-loaded contract that Tebow signed after Denver chose him in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft. The Jets have reportedly agreed to pay half of that, which was the final hurdle in accomplishing the trade.

If Schefter’s sources are to be believed, then the smart money has to be on Tebow choosing the Jaguars. He’s already said to have expressed his desire to play near his alma mater in Florida, allegedly saying, “I miss home, I miss the South, and hopefully I’ll land somewhere in Florida.”

Until the papers are filed with the league office, all we can do is speculate. But isn’t speculating fun?

Check out the video, including Ufford’s explanation of the coming Tim Tebow plague in New York.

That’s put on hold for the moment. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Jets and Broncos have “encountered a hangup” in Tebow’s contract that could end up nullifying the trade.

For more reactions on the Tebow trade, stay tuned to the SB Nation blog Gang Green Nation, as well as our ongoing StoryStream.

Now that Tebow is headed to New York, everyone wants to know how he fits in. I argued that there is no clear role for Tebow right now and, according to Manish Mehta of the NY Daily News, that’s the case. Mehta reports that the Jets don’t have a “clearly defined role” yet.

One Jets source tells Mehta, “He is a winner no matter how you slice it.” And more: “I would never bet against Tebow.”

As noted in the article, he could also help in short yardage situations. He’s not a traditional quarterback but Tebow may have some value for the Jets in the 2012 season.

Check out the full story at SB Nation New York.

If you’re wondering why, join the crowd. I can’t figure out how Tebow fits with the Jets. Is he competing for the starting job? Backup? Only in on special packages?

He’s probably not a better quarterback than Sanchez, although Tebow does offer a unique skill set. The problem is that his unique skill set can’t thrive in a traditional NFL offense so if the Jets wanted to take advantage of his skills they would have to drastically change their offense, which just doesn’t happen from play-to-play in the NFL.

Yep, this is going to a lot of fun to watch over the next few months.

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Jay Glazer of FOX Sports reported on Wednesday that Tebow has been traded to the Jets in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick. The New York Jets confirmed the news via their official Twitter feed just a short time later.

The Jets will also send a sixth round pick to Denver while the Broncos will give up a seventh round pick.

We were a little more than three months from living in a world where Tim Tebow was at the center of the sports universe, but now that Peyton Manning’s under center for the Broncos, Tim Tebow is on the outside of the huddle looking in, waiting on a trade. The way this all went down will never not be surreal.

Tebow may not have been perfect, but he was still evolving, and as recently as three weeks ago we had a lot of reasons to believe he’d be the face of the Broncos for the next two or three years. Then this week happened, and it’s all happening; the Broncos really seem determined to trade him and wash their hands of Tebowmanina.

Broncos vice president John Elway has stated that there is the possibility of Tebow being traded before the season begins, although some have speculated that the Broncos may just release the QB altogether.

According to Andrew Mason of CBS Sports, Broncos GM Brian Xanders has gone on record as saying that releasing Tebow is not an option.

John Elway has confirmed that a trade involving Tebow is a possibility for Denver, so the rumor mill is now swirling about where the polarizing QB might land. Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk has learned that there are four teams in the running for Tebow’s services.

Regardless of where Tebow lands, the 2012 offseason is shaping up to be far more interesting than anyone could have predicted.