I fail to see what the Jets did wrong here? They released him once they found a better option and he was due his roster bonus. Just as every other team in the NFL would have done.
Why doesn't Idzik see what his supporters see in him? If Sanchez is so good they never draft a QB that high, nor do they have a competition. These Sanchez supporters are delusional. If Sanchez is so good why aren't teams jumping out the window to get this 2 time AFC championship game appearing QB? He'll eventually get signed and he'll be a backup.
It'd be really nice if we could ban threads with Sanchez in the title from the Jets forum and force them to migrate to the NFL forum.
The Jets did what they felt they had to do. In the process they screwed Sanchez. Right or wrong it is done. Until we correct ourselves as a team we will continue to viewed as the circus team. And like it or not Sanchez is showing more class than most of our fans who spew the same garbage from the writers they hate so much.
Where was Sanchez's when the team "deserved better" ? Before his last contract, he could have said, "I really sucked last year, redo my contract so we can bring in more support talent". But no, he had his hand out even though it would hurt the team. I don't blame him for that, but I don't feel for him now either.
I don't know what's worse. The article or the title of this thread. Cannizzaro conveniently forgot to mention Sanchez's abysmal play the last two years. ...and the "buttfumble' wasn't Sancho's fault? Who's fault was it?
Anyone who thinks the Jets treated Sanchez unfairly is insane. Maybe they made some poor decisions regarding mark but unfairly? Come on. I would love that kind of treatment from my emploer. Mark made more money in the NFL then he ever deserved to. Rex made a dumb decision last year but Mark's poor play resulted in that decision. It he didn't play like crap the year before he wouldn't have been put in that situation.
Mark Sanchez deserved better from the media not the New York Jets. The media destroyed Mark and now are trying to turn it on the jets. It's obvious the jets were trying to trade mark like any other team would. Texans just traded Schaub to the Raiders and had reported interest in Sanchez. Not a coincidence we released him the other day rather than waiting till the 25th.
"A week ago, free-agent cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie chose to sign with the Giants over the Jets after visiting both teams. Maybe it only was about the money for Rodgers-Cromartie, with the Giants offering a sweeter deal. But maybe it was a choice of one organization over the other, too." I always appreciate when writers pull total speculation out of their asses. The fact that it was a close negotiation when we were offering so much less should prove the opposite, if anything. Exactly. "We'll play the buttfumble every week for 3 months, but really it wasn't his fault and he deserves better than to be cut by the organization. Way to stay classy, Jets."
If he didn't want the roster bonus so late into the league calendar, he should have negotiated it out of the contract.
I agree with what he wrote. But it also shit like this is why I don't blame players for holding out and demanding trades. Most team don't show respect to there players. No I'm not a Sanchez fan.
The notion that Mark Sanchez (arguably one of the most overpaid players in the NFL over the course of his brief career) was somehow treated unfairly by the JETS is utterly preposterous and patently absurd. Despite consistently being one of the worst tenured starting quarterbacks in the NFL, the guy was granted over 60 games as the unquestioned starter. He sucked . . . does that somehow make him a victim?
Except it's not an article. It does not report the news. It's an opinion piece. The opinion of one man. Big deal. I, for one disagree. This is business and the organization made a business decision to keep Sanchez under contract until they had a viable replacement at a reasonable price. If Sanchez had been released going into free agency, any and all quarterbacks negotiating with the Jets would have had a financial advantage knowing that the team MUST sign a replacement. Keeping Sanchez to the terms of the contract he signed enabled the team to save money on Vick. Sanchez was then released at the soonest possible moment. Thank you, and goodbye!
Sanchez deserves no sympathy, and I was a huge Sanchez supporter. There are still plenty of teams that Sanchez could and will sign with. It just takes one.
The Jets owed Sanchez nothing. This is a business, not a middle school team. The Jets needed to hold on to him until they found a suitable replacement. Mark will most likely be backup this year deal and hopefully he can resurrect his career when he gets the opportunity to play.
Sanchez is a career backup QB that was paid and treated like the top 5 pick that he was - in the end, the Tannenbaum contract extension after a middling 2012 performance proved to be one of the all time worst FO moves by the Jets organization... and there have been plenty. Tannenbaum essentially wrote his ticket out of town on that move alone, and I wouldn't be surprised if he never works high up in an NFL FO for the rest of his career. Sanchez's performance, even at his very best, was that of a solid career backup QB. He signed a contract, the Jets honored that contract and had the right to terminate him at their will. Sanchez doesn't deserve anything. I wouldn't be shocked if he doesn't sign on somewhere until training camp. If you look at the news right now, no one is apparently pursuing him. Wonder why....
