LaDainian Tomlinson has been an outspoken critic of the New York Jets locker room he was a part of in 2010 and 2011. But he doesn't think the addition of QB Tim Tebow will add to last season's problems -- quite the contrary.

"Well I think Tebow and (Jets starting QB Mark) Sanchez can definitely coexist," Tomlinson told XX 1090 Sports Radio in San Diego on Wednesday. "(Tebow is) the type of young man that he's going to accept a challenge of being on a football team and the challenge of being the leader in that locker room no matter what his role is.

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"Tebow is the type of style and the type of football that they want to play. I really don't think it will be an issue in the locker room. I think it actually will help having Tebow in the locker room, but I definitely think the both of them will and could coexist."

Tomlinson speculated that Tebow should be the perfect Wildcat pilot for the Jets but thinks his leadership could have an even bigger impact on the team, regardless of where he lands on the depth chart.

"Tebow is a strong personality that I think a lot of guys may listen to," said Tomlinson, "and so with his beliefs, some guys are going to gravitate toward him and kind of want him to step out and be the leader of the locker room. In due time, I am sure he will. He's going to have to get comfortable and see where he fits in, and I don't really see it being a problem."

Tomlinson, currently a free agent, isn't yet sure whether he'll continue his record-setting career. But if he does, he seems to think Commissioner Roger Goodell made the league a better place with his landmark ruling yesterday on the Saints' bounty program.

"I think the commissioner sent a message. It's clear he is not going to tolerate this type of action," said LT. "Obviously, the focus is players' health, and that's the most important theme.

"This trickles down. What people see in the NFL is what they are going to do in college, what they are going to do in high school, is what they are going to do in Pop Warner. And so we can't put that message up of putting bounties on players out there for everybody else to follow."

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