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Browns don't want Tim Tebow either

Jets quarterback Tim Tebow warms up prior to

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And now, for your daily dose of which-NFL-team-is-saying-no-thanks-to-Tim-Tebow: Today, it's the Cleveland Browns. 

The team's new personnel director, Michael Lombardi, told an audience at a Pro Football Hall of Fame luncheon club in Canton, Ohio, that the Browns didn't have a place on their roster for Tebow. After saying he was interested in adding more quarterbacks to the mix with incumbent...

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Jaguars fans don't want Tim Tebow

Tim Tebow walks back to the sideline in

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Jacksonville Jaguars general manager David Caldwell made it clear that he doesn't want any part of Tim Tebow when he said Jan. 10, "I can't imagine a scenario where he'd be a Jaguar, even if he's released."

Well, now Tebow has been released, and a group of passionate fans have taken Caldwell's statement and made it their mantra.

The Bold City Brigade, a Jaguars fan club, was...

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Jets pull down circus tent, release Tim Tebow

Tim Tebow walks back to the sideline in

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From the day Tim Tebow came to the Jets last year in that head-scratching trade with the Broncos, this was doomed to fail.

Head coach Rex Ryan, offensive coordinator Tony Sparano and general manager Mike Tannenbaum – team owner Woody Johnson, too – had the misguided perception that adding Tebow as a Wildcat quarterback to an offense that was already reeling with Mark Sanchez at the controls....

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Poll: Fans disagree with Jets' decision to stick with Mark Sanchez

Greg McElroy, Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow watch

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The Jets decided to stick with Mark Sanchez as their starting quarterback as they travel to Jacksonville to take on the Jaguars on Sunday. The fans don't seem to agree.

In Newsday.com's latest reader poll, which tallied 912 votes, when asked who you thought should be the Jets' starting quarterback this week, Sanchez was not the No. 1 answer.

Here are the results:

Greg McElroy (457...

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Mike Westhoff on the Xs and Os of the Tim Tebow fake punt

New York Jets special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff

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Jets special teams guru Mike Westhoff is at his best when he can speak freely. If you remember "Hard Knocks" in 2010, you understand what we're talking about.

But here in 2012, a few days after pulling off a fake punt with Tim Tebow, Westhoff breaks down the play in family friendly terms. There's even a slight albeit polite jab at the Houston Texans in here.

Watch and enjoy.

Your...

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Bill Belichick talks little, says little

New England Patriots head coach head coach Bill

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s Wednesday conference call about Sunday’s game against the Jets was as filled with cliches as the day is long.      “All our division games are important,” he said, in response to a question about the apparent intensity of recent Patriots-Jets matches, “but we can only play one game at a time and this is the next game,...

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The 'Madden NFL '13' Kinect review

Detroit Lions' wide receiver Calvin Johnson graces the

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Here's the "Madden NFL '13" for Kinect video game review by one of Newsday's Kidsday reporters.

Jets fans may not be too happy with what happens in the last 10 seconds of the video, but hey, it happened on camera, so there's that....

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