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Report: Tim Tebow was “forced on” Jets owner Woody Johnson

Found January 20, 2013 on Speleb: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Tim Tebow,  Woody Johnson,  Mike Tannenbaum
TEAMS: New York Jets

The New York Jets are expected to part ways with benchwarmer Tim Tebow next month — and that’s prompted a Big Apple blame game.ESPN New York reports that Jets owner Woody Johnson told former Broncos general manager Ted Sunquist — who interviewed for the Jets GM job — that Tebow was “forced on him.” Most observers thought Johnson was the one who pushed to sign Tebow in an attempt to sell tickets. But Sunquist tells a different story.

 

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