Tim Tebow: Rex Ryan Says He Will Use Tebow as a Football Player Not Just a Quarterback

Mar 27, 2012 01:20 PM EDT

Tim Tebow the New York Jets back-up quarterback, at least at the time of this writing, will be introduced again by the New York Jets in a press conference at noon today. 

This is a bit unique as the Jets already hosted a conference call with the media, which is standard procedure when a free agent joins a new team. Generally full press conferences are organized when there is a major signing.

Tebow may be expected to discuss where else he might feel comfortable playing on the field. Those questions come from Rex Ryan quotes from this weekend at the NFL spring meetings where he insisted that while Tebow is the second string quarterback, he has other value.

"Tim Tebow is our No. 2 quarterback. But he's also going to do other things for this football team," Ryan told Newsday. "Let's not just look at him as a quarterback. I look at him as a football player. Let's not hear about what guys can't do. Let's talk about what they can do. I see a guy with a lot of ability, and we're going to (use) that."

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