The end does not appear to be nigh as the Mayans would have it. And what a relief. But Tim Tebow’s career (if it could be called that) with the New York Jets is evidently over. After the Jets starting quarterback, Mark Sanchez, played miserably Monday night in a loss that eliminated any hope the Jets had of making the playoffs, Jets’head coach Rex Ryan announced that he would be starting Greg McElroy in this weekend’s game against San Diego. Tebow would stay on the bench, where had had spent most of the season, in spite of the fact that he was, notionally, the backup quarterback and McElroy the third stringer. The Jets let it be known that they will shop Tebow after the season.

Tebow to the Jets always had a faint scent of cynicism about it. It was a kind of stunt, aimed to gin up media interest and what they call … buzz. It had a narrative, don’t you know. The choirboy comes to Gomorrah.  There was a football argument for the move but it was tepid stuff.  Sanchez was still the franchise quarterback, according to the party line, and Tebow, with his running and improvisational skills would come in, now and then, to “add another dimension.”  What the presence of Tebow seems to have added for the most part was pressure on the psyche of Sanchez who went from being an improving young quarterback to a head case and a turnover machine.