Tebow and Sanchez Vow to Work Together Tim Tebow made his first appearance as a Jet in front of 200 members of the news media. "We'll be stronger together than we will be apart," Tebow said of Mark Sanchez. FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Missing from the spectacle at Jets headquarters Monday was a Goodyear blimp circling overhead, transmitting panoramic images of this woodsy suburban pocket that was overtaken by something no organization had ever done. The wide-angle views could have captured the scope - lines of cars at the security booth seeking entry; drive-through credential stations; satellite truck after satellite truck, a dozen in all - without intruding into the event itself. And it was an event, disguised as an introductory news conference. Tim Tebow said he was excited and thankful and humbled and grateful and excited, as he did on a late-night conference call last Wednesday. Only this time, he was standing at a podium before more than 200 members of the news media in the team's field house - the only area large enough to accommodate such interest in a backup quarterback. "The reason we're doing this today is because I have bosses, too," Tebow said, "and they wanted me to stand up and talk to you all. I can blame it on them because they made me do it. Several hours later, the starting quarterback, Mark Sanchez, had a conference call from California with reporters. Speaking about this new arrangement, Tebow and Sanchez struck similar notes, each expressing enthusiasm at working with the other and a willingness to sacrifice for the betterment of the team. "If Tim's going to help us win, I'm excited about that," said Sanchez, who added that he felt "not at all" threatened about Tebow's potentially infringing on his job security. "I don't think so; I think Mike T. and Rex have been firm on that I'm the starter," Sanchez said about General Manager Mike Tannenbaum and Coach Rex Ryan, adding: "I don't get into the negative hypotheticals like that. I don't think he's a distraction. I'm just focused on playing well and improving this off-season. At the news conference, photographers kneeling behind a rope resembled Tebow in repose - knee on the turf, camera at the ready - and their flashes popped as he strode through a set of double doors escorted by Jared Winley, the Jets" director of public and media relations (the backup P.R. man for the backup quarterback, a sheer coincidence) and toward the platform. Covering a distance of perhaps 70 yards - or about as many as the Denver Broncos amassed through the first three quarters against the Jets on Nov. 17 before Tebow engineered a stunning last-minute comeback - Tebow ascended a stage relocated from the team's media room and remarked, "A lot of people here." And there were a lot of people - from CNN and Fox Business News; his hometown, Jacksonville, Fla.; and his birthplace, the Philippines - but no one of note from the team, its front office or coaching staff. The principals - the owner Woody Johnson, Ryan and Tannenbaum - are attending the annual N.F.L. meetings in Palm Beach, Fla. It was only Tebow, then, and he gazed out at a sea of television cameras and reporters and, in the distance, images featuring the Jets" Ring of Honor members - like Weeb Ewbank and Freeman McNeil and the only quarterback so enshrined, Joe Namath, who in a radio interview last week lambasted the trade and called it "a publicity stunt." Disarming a question about that perception with a laugh and a smile, Tebow said, "I think it has more to do with just some coaches believing in me and hopefully thinking that I'm an O.K. football player." The Jets" coaches do not think that Tebow is merely an O.K. football player. For two draft picks and $2.53 million (paid to Denver over the next three years), the Jets think he will transform and diversify their offense, emerging as a versatile threat in short-yardage, red-zone and Wildcat opportunities. They think he will complement Sanchez, not undercut him. Those who know Tebow well say that he would never undermine Sanchez's standing, both in the locker room and as the starter, but that he will compete every day with the hope of securing an expanded role. Whether that role does increase depends on how both players handle their responsibilities - and the pressure. "We'll be stronger together than we will be apart," Tebow said.