If the 2010 season turns out the way I hope it does, I plan to combine the words "Sanchez" and "franchise" in as many irritating ways as possible. The good news for the Jets this week was that their young quarterback, Mark Sanchez, has paid to fly all of the skill position players to California to work on the passing game. Sanchez had offseason knee surgery and missed all of the team's minicamps, which means he missed valuable time working with his receiving corps in the offseason.
If this was 1975 and the Jets had a 6 to 8 week training camp, it wouldn't matter as much as it does in the 2 week camp world of 2010. Sanchez obviously felt the team would be better served by getting in this extra work. Although Sanchez looked awful at times last year, I am confident that he's the right guy for this team, now and into the future.
I also can't help but feel great about having my team's young QB, who is fast becoming a darling of Page Six and the back page, also be one of the team's hardest workers and most conscientious players. It's not easy playing in New York for a young guy, especially when he's going to make the mistakes that every young player at his position makes. Sanchez took a lot of heat during the regular season, but he was poised in the postseason and played his best football. His regular season numbers were poor, but most of the mistakes came in a few games. He threw 15 of his 20 interceptions in just 4 games, spacing the other 5 picks over the remaining 11 games (he missed a game due to injury).
Sanchez has said that he'd like to keep his interception total in the single digits. If he accomplishes that goal and plays 16 games, the Jets will be in excellent shape in 2010.
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