Tim Tebow finally had enough.
When the Jets’ backup quarterback was informed Tuesday he was being passed over for Greg McElroy and would be the third-string quarterback for yesterday’s game against the Chargers, the ultimate team player reached his breaking point.
He told Rex Ryan he didn’t want to be part of the Wildcat package and he wanted to be used solely as a conventional quarterback, multiple sources told The Post.
Tebow conspicuously remained on the sideline when the Jets unveiled the Wildcat in their ugly 27-17 loss to the Chargers at MetLife Stadium. In his place, Jeremy Kerley, the team’s de facto No. 1 wide receiver, did what Tebow couldn’t — deliver a huge play, a 42-yard pass to Clyde Gates in the first quarter.
It never gets dull with Ryan and Co., even when they’ve been eliminated from the playoffs and are playing in a half-empty stadium.
It was another odd turn in Tebow’s season full of inactivity. He was one of three Jets quarterbacks active for the contest — the first time Ryan has dressed three quarterbacks in this disastrous season — though along with benched former starter Mark Sanchez, he never left the sideline.
“I thought we had to create some big opportunities, some big plays,” Ryan said, in explaining using Kerley under center. “That was my decision.”
Ryan didn’t detail why he opted to go with three quarterbacks when he was opposed to doing so all season. He said they practiced the Wildcat during the week with Kerley, and the wideout impressed him with his arm.
The move to Kerley sparked the Jets early, as he completed the deep pass to Gates, the longest pass of the day by a Jets quarterback.
Kerley’s long pass set up the first of two Shonn Greene 1-yard touchdown runs. Gates was wide open, but the pass hung up like a pop fly.
Kerley was under center four times and completed a second pass, a 3-yard delivery to Lex Hilliard, which was nullified by a Brandon Moore penalty. The second-year pro also carried the ball once for a yard and handed off to Greene once.
“I just stepped up and played the spot,” said Kerley, a former high school quarterback.
The completion was three yards longer than Tebow has amassed through the air this year, and the kind of play the Jets talked about when they brought in Tebow during the offseason. That never materialized, of course.
“It’s been disappointing,” Tebow said. “Obviously, it didn’t go as we thought, as I had hoped.”
Tebow declined to directly comment on a report that it is a “virtual certainty” he will land with his hometown Jaguars next year. He did say he remains confident in himself, even though the Jets coaches clearly aren’t.
“I believe in my God-given ability to play this game of football,” Tebow said. “I’ve been playing it for a long time and look forward to playing it some more.”
Tebow smiled and briefly chuckled when asked if he’s been treated by the Jets fairly, before giving one of his typically canned answers.
He didn’t need to answer — his decision to take himself off the field spoke volumes.
zbraziller@nypost.com