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Denver Broncos trade QB Tim Tebow to New York Jets
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Tim Tebow - photo by Associated Press


    NEW YORK — Tim Tebow is coming to New York. Really.
    After a big false start, the New York Jets pulled off a Tebow-like comeback Wednesday night, getting the quarterback who turned the Denver Broncos from an also-ran into a playoff team last season and became the NFL's most talked-about player — for a fourth- and sixth-round draft pick.
    Now, Tebowmania is opening on Broadway.
    Eight hours after initially agreeing to a deal, the teams completed the trade that was hung up when the Jets apparently balked at repaying Denver more than $5 million for a salary advance due Tebow. The two sides agreed to split that cost, and Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum said the team was "comfortable with the compensation."
    He said there was a disagreement about how to handle the salary advance after Denver received the papers.
    "We knew what the contract was," he said. "We had read it."
    Despite ultimately pulling off the deal for Tebow, it's just another bizarre moment for the Jets, a team that has had its share of them over the years, conjuring memories of Bill Belichick's hiring as coach and his resignation one day later.
    Just a few weeks after "Linsanity" swept the area and the rest of the NBA with the Knicks' sensational Jeremy Lin, "Timsanity" now will take over New York.
    "You've got a tough player on the field, a leader in the locker room and a guy who shares the faith that I share," Jets defensive end Mike DeVito said. "So, I'm very grateful to have him on our team, and I feel it's going to really benefit us as a whole."
    But not everyone's a fan.
    Another teammate, cornerback Antonio Cromartie, took to Twitter on Wednesday to express his confidence in Sanchez and the offense as structured before the deal.
    "Y bring Tebow in when we need to bring in more Weapons for (at)Mark_Sanchez," Cromartie tweeted. "Let's build the team around him. We already signed to 3 year ext."