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Touched By A Tebow: 8 Biggest Highlights From Tim Tebow's Year With The Jets
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Ben Yakas
Published Mar 22, 2013
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This week marks the one year anniversary of the Jets making the fateful decision to trade for part-time quarterback/full-time proselytizer Tim Tebow. The move was met with a lot of controversy and apprehension at the time—could Tebow fit into the sin-filled cesspool that is NYC? Would this undermine Mark Sanchez's fragile ego? Could Tebow even throw a decent pass? We all know how fantastically things turned out! Below, we've compiled a list of the biggest highlights from Tebow's first year with the team. Here's to many, many more!
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