The Facts: Following up on the ongoing story. ... GM Mike Tannenbaum made clear on Wednesday night that he traded for Tim Tebow to be a backup, not to supplant Sanchez as the starter. “Mark Sanchez is, has been and will be our QB,” Tannenbaum said. “We’re adding Tim to be our backup and be used in other packages.”

Diehards Line:As PFT's Michael David Smith noted, those other packages primarily refer to the Wildcat formation that HC Rex Ryan and OC Tony Sparano both like to employ, and Tannenbaum noted that both Ryan and Sparano learned first hand last year that Tebow can beat a team with his legs. “I’m looking at two head coaches who lost to Tim last year,” Tannenbaum said of Ryan and Sparano. Tannenbaum suggested that Tebow will have a more active role on the field than most backup QBs, but he will be a backup. “Every QB in the NFL has a backup, we just changed who ours is and we feel good about it,” Tannenbaum said. Newly-signed Drew Stanton now falls to No. 3.