Tebow may be gone, but the Jets' circus hasn't left town

Tim Tebow is gone. So this should be a much calmer off season, training camp and start of the 2013 season for the Jets, right? Wrong.

With the drafting of Geno Smith, and the tumultuous and inconsistent tenure from Mark Sanchez, the Jets are set-up for an on-going quarterback controversy that the NY media and ESPN are going to cover until none of us can stand it any longer.

The Jets roster now includes:

Geno Smith
Mark Sanchez
David Garrard
Matt Simms
Greg McElroy

With Garrard and Sanchez already having spent significant time as starting quarterbacks and McElroy receiving time with the starting job in 2012, the cupboard is full and an exciting young player like Smith will give fans a lot of reason to pressure the organization into giving him playing time.

Not only were the fans fed up with Mark Sanchez last year, so was Rex Ryan. So one would think he would be in an impossible position heading into 2013. But with Garrard's age and diminishing production, it is a very real possibility that Sanchez wins the starting job. This will create havoc. As the first sign of struggles comes, the fans are going to be calling for Smith, and the rabid New York media will be doing the same. By the way, how spot on was this NY Post cover from last season?:

The circus hasn't left town. And as long as Mark Sanchez is on that roster, it probably won't.