Tim Tebow signed with the Patriots on Tuesday.
Tim Tebow joined the Patriots on Tuesday. (USATSI)

And ye, it was done. Tim Tebow was officially signed by the New England Patriots on Tuesday, a day after the rumors and reports nearly shut down the Internet.

The team announced the deal Tuesday morning with a press conference from Bill Belichick planned at 10:45 a.m. ET. CNN and other major media networks are already in the neighborhood apparently. It should be fun.

Less fun will be Tebow's first few days on the Patriots. He's a good fit with the team but the media crush during his initial run with the team is going to be brutal even though he's simply a backup quarterback trying to make the team.

There's no guarantee of that either. And if you don't believe me, well, the numbers speak for themselves: CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora reports that Tebow's signed a two-year deal with no guaranteed money. That deal, per La Canfora, is a straight veteran's minimum deal in 2013 with no incentives.

Tebow, La Canfora reports, can earn incentives in 2014 through playing time -- those incentives run across any position and are not in any way specific to quarterback

Having Tebow on or off the team by the time the season rolls around and the Patriots are getting down to a 53-man roster isn't a big deal for Belichick. They don't owe him any money, they only owe him, now, a slight chance to earn a spot on their roster.

Whether or not he ends up making it may very well depend on whether or not the media hype dies down as the season approaches.

One thing's for certain though. The media is ready. To wit -- today's front page from the Boston Herald via the always fantastic folks at Newseum: