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Two questions, no answers

There is no Quarterback Controversy on the Jets.

It’s preseason and all that, but right now, there is no quarterback on the Jets — no quarterback who can take them anywhere near a Super Bowl.

With a turnstile offensive line and fewer weapons than the Swiss Army, neither Mark Sanchez nor Tim Tebow have any margin of error.

To err is human clearly applies to both of them.

“It’s not time to hit the panic button,” Sanchez said after Giants 26, Jets 3. “Are we pleased with what we put out there on film tonight? No. Is it our best? Absolutely not. Do I know we can play better than that? Of course.”

It’s preseason and all that, but Sanchez can’t seem to get his starting team in the end zone (0-for-6 series last night and 0-for-8 overall).

It’s preseason and all that, so Sanchez had to be subjected to the wrath of Jason Pierre-Paul and Osi Umenyiora and Justin Tuck, and Tebow did not.

It’s preseason and all that, but Tebow looked more like a quarterback who can run the football more than he did a running back who can throw it … until he didn’t.

The Snoopy Bowl was decided late in the second quarter when Sanchez looked left, then looked right, thought he saw Patrick Turner open, thought wrong. Sanchez was about to be suckered by a rookie. Jayron Hosley darted in front of Turner and took the 77-yard pick to the house. Giants 13, Jets 0 at the half.

“I think it was a little bit behind P.T. [Patrick Turner],” Sanchez said. “It just goes to show you how fragile that ball is and how close things are.”

A painful lesson he should have learned last season.

It is the kind of mistake Sanchez (9-of-11, 59 yards, three sacks) absolutely cannot afford if he wants to keep Tebowmania from swallowing him whole.

It is the kind of mistake that does not allow anyone who smokes the objective pipe to cut him slack for an offensive line (embattled right tackle Wayne Hunter vs. JPP should be outlawed) that cannot protect him (or anyone) or gain a yard on fourth down, or for the absence of Santonio Holmes, Jeremy Kerley and Chaz Schilens.

It’s preseason and all that, but calling a timeout backed up at his 7-yard-line immediately after a TV timeout is inexcusable.

Tebow — the Wildcat is still being tinkered with in an underground bunker somewhere near NORAD — entered to cheers with 11:52 remaining in the third quarter and promptly threw the ball with more accuracy and velocity than we are accustomed to seeing from him. Field goal.

Sanchez supporters will be quick to emphasize that Tebow, throwing across his body to his right, had just underthrown a wide-open Stephen Hill in the end zone.

“Didn’t exactly know where the safety was, I tried to put it low for him to come back, and I should have put it up higher for him,” Tebow said, “so that’s just us getting some more reps.”

Soon Tebow (5-of-14, 69 yards, four sacks, five yards rushing) reverted to the quarterback who couldn’t hit the broad side of St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

The Jets’ season will be defined by how well Sanchez plays, by how well he can cope with the much-ballyhooed Wildcat, by how mentally tough he is when the mob turns on him and calls for Tebow. If he falters, all bets are off. For him and for the Jets.

Sanchez threw the ball well early, for whatever that’s worth. Top-10 quarterback? Good luck. His longest completion went for 12 yards. Not that he had the time anyway to look downfield.

“I know our guys up front can block a four-man rush,” Sanchez said.

For their psyches, the Jets desperately need to score their first touchdown in their last dress rehearsal Sunday night against the Panthers. “This is our last chance,” Sanchez said.

It is folly to show your hand in the preseason, but isn’t it a silly idea for the Jets players to hide so much from the Jets coaches?

“No, I don’t think you can get frustrated, we haven’t even played a real game,” Tebow said.

Someone asked Sanchez what he would like to say to the fans already hitting the panic button. He smiled and said: “It’s awfully early. Hang in there. It should be all right. It’s a long year.”

Might be a lot longer than he thinks.

steve.serby@nypost.com