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SANCHEZ, JETS CRASH TO EARTH
by Steve Serby, The New York Post
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/10175242/SANCHEZ,-JETS-CRASH-TO-EARTH-
NY is brutal
by Steve Serby, The New York Post
More...NEW ORLEANS - Here's the word from Mark Sanchez after Saints 24, Jets 10: "Blame me."
As you wish.
The beautiful swan turned into the ugly duckling on the day the Saints, the deafening Superdome and the world came crashing down on him.
When you cut your teeth in the NFL, whether your name is Elway or Aikman or Manning or Sanchez, there will be occasions when you simply will have to endure a ROOT canal.
Against the 4-0 franchise that no one these days refers mockingly to as Aints, the rookie quarterback of the 3-1 Jets (three interceptions, one returned 99 yards for a touchdown, one lost fumble in the end zone) played like a rookie quarterback and showed up as Aintchez.
They held a Mardi Gras inside the Superdome and Sanchez (0-1 in pink cleats) was the host of the party...
... Gang Green reduced Brees (20-32, 190 yards) to a mere mortal, until bending and finally breaking under the strain of carrying the team in the fourth quarter.
"He played smart," Sanchez said. "He didn't make the mistakes I made. My mistakes killed us."
Sanchez (14-27, 138 yards) played dumb and dumber. Savvy safety Darren Sharper barely budged on a ball Sanchez, looking left for tight end Dustin Keller in the end zone against Tracy Porter, gift-wrapped for him at the Saints 1-yard line. Sharper fooled Sanchez when he didn't bite on a Jerricho Cotchery post.
"That's a classic rookie quarterback looking right at his receiver and Sharper reading me all the way," Sanchez said. "There's absolutely no excuse for that."
Gang Green had staged a heroic goal-line stand at its 1 when Aintchez struck again. Coach Rex Ryan had the kid work all week on ball security. Apparently he forgot to remind the kid that the most important place to hold on to the ball for dear life is his own end zone...
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/10175242/SANCHEZ,-JETS-CRASH-TO-EARTH-
NY is brutal