Tebow- Mania Hits the Big Apple
BLITZER: He is certainly one of the most popular players in the NFL especially among Christians but can Tim Tebow keep his faith in the city that never sleeps? Here's CNN's Jeanne Moos.</s>JEANNE MOOS, CNN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): America's most Christian quarterback headed for Sodom and Gomorrah?</s>JAY LENO, HOST, "THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO": Tebow in New York City? Talk about throwing a Christian to the lions. Oh my god.</s>MOOS: Amen. The tabloids are already making god-puns. "God- him." And just when New Yorkers thought the whole pun thing with the Knicks Jeremy Lin had been exhausted --</s>KELLY RIPKA, TV HOST: Lin-explicable.</s>WHOOPI GOLDBERG, CO-HOST, "THE VIEW": Lin-sanity.</s>MOOS: Now it's Tim-sanity. Tim Tebow facing so much Tim-tation in sin city.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is not a sin city. We got a lot of Christian people here.</s>MOOS (on camera): So am I talking to one of them?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, you are.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think he's going to get adjusted to all these beautiful women out here.</s>MOOS (voice-over): It sort of reminds us of Buck in "Midnight Cowboy."</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I am heading on to New York City, ma'am.</s>MOOS: Except instead of taking a bus, Tebow flew in on a private jet. Instead of a hustler, Tebow has said he's saving himself. That didn't stop TMZ from asking, who would you rather, Tebow or the Jet's first-string quarterback, Mark Sanchez? Tebow won. But he's not winning with former Jets quarterback, Joe Namoth, who said of the Jets --</s>JOE NAMOTH, FORMER QUARTERBACK: I don't think they know what they're doing over there right now.</s>MOOS: Sports commentator Stephen Smith called Tebow the worst quarterback in the</s>NFL. STEPHEN SMITH, SPORTS COMMENTATOR: Not only that, he has a low football</s>IQ. MOOS: But fans tend to be more forgiving.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm glad he's here. He is positive. We need positive.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's not cocky.</s>MOOS (on camera): He's humble, he's nice and New Yorkers can go for that?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I think so. They have a choice?</s>MOOS (voice-over): One fan chose this, suggesting it be the Jets new logo, while another tweeted, "MetLife stadium is now prolife stadium." Tebow will be working under a coach known for salty language and a fetish for feet. A year or so ago intimate videos surfaced --</s>REX RYAN, JETS COACH: Wow, they're like really soft.</s>MOOS: But at least they were Coach Ryan's wife's feet. Remember, Tebow is saving himself for marriage.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He is pretty cute. I think there is something wrong with him. But he's cute.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, that's what I don't like about it. You know?</s>MOOS (on camera): Why, that he is a virgin?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Who really knows that's true.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Only God knows, Tebow.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He does it like this.</s>MOOS (voice-over): Meanwhile, New Yorkers who don't usually get on their knees for anybody, prepare to dip for late-night comics to cartoonists taking liberties with Lady Liberty. These Denver fans want Tebow back. Jeanne Moos,</s>CNN. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Here's to you, Tebow.</s>MOOS: New York.</s>BLITZER: Tim Tebow, only, only the best in New York. Good luck, Tim Tebow with the new New York Jets. That's it for me. Thanks very much for watching. I'm Wolf Blitzer in THE SITUATION ROOM. The news continues next on CNN.