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Now that he has been released by the Jets, there is one certainty as it relates to Tim Tebow: He will be in the NFL next season.

Now that the Jets' futile attempts to trade Tebow have put him on the open market, available to any team that wants him, the reality is that -- despite the naysayers -- there will be interest from at least a handful of teams.

Meanwhile, that interest will increase dramatically if Tebow is willing to play roles beyond QB -- something he was willing (if not dreaming) to do in New York. Remember: It just takes one team, a lesson that everyone should remember from the 2010 NFL Draft, especially as we identify the most likely landing spot for Tebow:

(1) New England Patriots. Not unlike before the 2010 draft, I think this is where Tebow ends up, for a couple of sensible reasons:

*Josh McDaniels, who drafted Tebow in Denver, is the offensive coordinator. No one is a bigger Tebow fan. McDaniels also has a vested interest in proving Tebow to be a solid NFL contributor.

*Bill Belichick loves to tweak -- conventional wisdom, the media -- almost as much as he loves a strategic advantage, which Tebow gives him.

Watch Belichick get Tebow 10 TDs, just to show he can. (And if you doubt that, just consider that Belichick got 8 receiving TDs for linebacker Mike Vrabel from 2002-2007, including 3 in 2005, which gave him more TDs than, say, Andre Johnson.)