Mark Sanchez Named Starting Quarterback

by John B on Aug 26, 2009 11:24 AM EDT

The Jets are making it official. Mark Sanchez will start Week 1 in Houston.

Team sources confirmed that rookie Mark Sanchez has been named the starting quarterback.

I won't lie. Originally the thought of this scared me. Sanchez came in with so much hype, and is so inexperienced making only 16 starts in college. He seemed set up to fail. All of this still applies.

Here's the thing. He outplayed Kellen Clemens in camp and the preseason. Based on what we've seen, he frankly gives the Jets a better chance to win. Benching him for the sake of development would come at the team's expense. At some point, he's going to have to deliver. It might as well be now.

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Jets fans need a little patience....

I’m excited to see him play. I just hope that people give him some time to grow into the role, realizing that we have a tough schedule to open the year and probably wouldn’t be any better off if Clemens was QBing… What I mean is if we find ourselves 3-5 half way through the season, I hope Jets fans will have a little more patience than chanting Ainge’s name whenever Sanchez takes the field, considering if Clemens starts the first 8 games, we might also be 3-5, but then we’d be chanting for Sanchez to play and he’d be 8 games less experienced at that point riding the bench.

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by NC_Scott on Aug 26, 2009 1:15 PM EDT reply actions

i havent been the biggest sanchez fan

but the fact is that we know what to expect from clemens and it isnt good enough

by Doghnut on Aug 26, 2009 1:56 PM EDT reply actions

Your right

It’s not good enough.
I just hope the fans have more then a little patience.
This season is not going to be pretty. I would be happy with 6 wins.
I doubt many others would.

by Tricon11 on Aug 26, 2009 8:00 PM EDT reply actions