The Jets have protected their plans for Tebow like a running back would a pigskin, saying only that the second-stringer would play anywhere between one and 20 snaps per game.

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And if Sanchez has a lock on the job no matter what, it limits whatever incentive a potential second-stringer who would want a fair chance to compete for the job might have to join the Jets.

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"I am laying on my back, clutching the ball, looking up at a bunch of red helmets peering down at me and hearing a bunch of cuss words over the roar of the 80, 000 people in the stadium, " said Robin Weber, the second-stringer who made the catch that lives on in Notre Dame lore.

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The margin was restored in the 50th minute as Parks banged over his second penalty following back-chat by Stringer.

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Stringer's second-half introduction also appeared to boost the Irish last weekend and he takes the number nine jersey from Eoin Reddan.

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But Munster pulled away in the second-half after introducing several experienced internationals, including Ronan O'Gara, Peter Stringer and Paul O'Connell.

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