My Worst Nightmare: Tim Tebow is a Jet

Tim Tebow is coming to my city. New York's other football team has acquired Tebow from the Denver Broncos in exchange for a 4th round draft pick.

I chose to dismiss the rumors that the Jets were interested in him because I couldn't fathom this ever happening. I mean, they just signed a subpar Mark Sanchez to a very wealthy contract extension, so why would they give up anything for the worst quarterback I've ever seen play professional football?

As I was driving home listening to Evan Roberts break the news on WFAN, I nearly crashed. OK maybe that's a bit of an overstatement, but needless to say, I was, and still am, extremely shocked. Joe Benigno, Jet superfan and Roberts' co-host, immediately said the organization is a "disaster." I turned the dial to ESPN 1050 to only hear Stephen A. Smith say the exact same thing.

The Jets in no way can say they're committed to Sanchez. Peyton said no, so they gave Sanchez a big pay raise and a few more years on a contract. Then within a few weeks they trade for another quarterback.

Does Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum realize what he just did? Does he have any idea what he just said to Mark Sanchez? He just created the biggest possible circus you could imagine in the sports media capital of the world. We haven't even reached the 2012 NFL Draft and there's already a mega QB controversy in the Jets locker room. Who do they go with? Sanchez, who regressed in 2011 from his decent seasons in 2009 and 2010 or Tebow, who is a flat out awful quarterback.

Who do we blame for this? Peyton Manning for telling the Jets no and taking Tebow's job in Denver? Victor Cruz for his 99-yard touchdown which ended the Jets season and sprung the Giants to another Super Bowl title? Rex Ryan for his necessity for being on the back pages of the newspapers?

Regardless of who we blame for this, I can't wait for this to blow up in the Jets faces. If you think Santonio Holmes had a problem with Sanchez, can you imagine what he'll say about Tebow? An hour before the Tebow trade news broke, Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie tweeted against bringing Tebow in.

Are the Jets really that upset because the team they share a stadium with just hoisted another Lombardi Trophy that they had to make such a bizarre move? The Jets are so desperate for attention in this city and it's an absolute joke. Ever since my beloved Giants beat the Patriots (again) in the Super Bowl, the Jets logo has basically disappeared from the city (and it's been beautiful). They are the little brother in this town and do whatever they can to grab the headlines. It's kind of ironic that they're the little brother, but the Giants' little brother QB has won more Super Bowls than that franchise.

If Tebow thought he had haters before, he has absolutely no idea what he's about to get into. Tim Tebow will not survive the New York media. No way, no how. Every Jet fan I know is hammering this move and they're already hating on Tebow (which I've done since his freshman season at Florida).

The media coverage for Tebow throughout the 2011 season (and his entire career at Florida) was beyond insufferable and now he's coming to New York. He's going to be everywhere. He might be bigger than Namath just because of the amount of media that has grown in the nearly 50 years since he won the Jets their only championship.

I'm sick to my stomach about what we're about to experience.