After New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan's bonehead decision to insert starting quarterback Mark Sanchez in the 4th quarter of the team's third preseason game with an inexperienced line protecting him and getting injured as a result, Sanchez, luckily listed as day-to-day, said, "I'm not here to second-guess the coaches. If they call you to play, you better be ready to play, and I was. So I went in and and played and tried to win."
He added: "Look, I'm a competitor. And as a player, it's not my job to worry about when you're going in, who's in, what string, this or that. If they call your number, you've got to play and that's what I do, that's what I've always done. That's not my call. That's the coach's decision."
What else did ESPN expect Sanchez to say? So long as the guy is healthy, he's going to start at quarterback for the Jets, so why publicly speak out against his coach's facepalm-inducing decision? But while Sanchez may not have publicly questioned his head coach, I can all but guarantee he's silently doing so, as are many of his teammates.
Ryan better hope Sanchez is ready to play come week 1, and unlike in the team's third preseason game, Ryan better be ready to coach.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/9602668/mark-sanchez-new-york-jets-question-use-preseason-game
He added: "Look, I'm a competitor. And as a player, it's not my job to worry about when you're going in, who's in, what string, this or that. If they call your number, you've got to play and that's what I do, that's what I've always done. That's not my call. That's the coach's decision."
What else did ESPN expect Sanchez to say? So long as the guy is healthy, he's going to start at quarterback for the Jets, so why publicly speak out against his coach's facepalm-inducing decision? But while Sanchez may not have publicly questioned his head coach, I can all but guarantee he's silently doing so, as are many of his teammates.
Ryan better hope Sanchez is ready to play come week 1, and unlike in the team's third preseason game, Ryan better be ready to coach.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/9602668/mark-sanchez-new-york-jets-question-use-preseason-game
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