Sanchez-Tebow Conflict

Two days after a New York newspaper announced him as the driver of a clown car, the Jets head coach, Rex Ryan said he was tired of his team being looked at as a circus. In the same week, wide receiver Santonio Holmes said Jets quarterback, Mark Sanchez, was rattled by the Jets’ acquisition of quarterback Tim Tebow.

"I think (Holmes) made it a little more dramatic. When you read it in the paper, it sounds like a Lifetime movie script or something, (like) he's talking me off the ledge or something like that," Sanchez said, via Mike Mazzeo of ESPN New York. "Anybody in that situation would have a couple of questions about a trade like that. But as soon as I talked to the team, I really started to understand that (Tebow) is an addition, he's not changing anything. He's here to help us." On Friday, the jets general manager announced that Mark Sanchez would play 80 to 90 percent of the snaps this season, which also means that Tim Tebow has changed things.

"I'm the starting quarterback," Sanchez said. "It's nice to know that for your confidence, but at the same time, nothing was going to change how I came into the season, mentally and physically. I've said it before: Whether it was Peyton Manning or Tim Tebow, it didn't really matter. I was going to play, and I plan on playing well."

Moriyah Tulloch

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