GREAT stuff from Michael Lombardi at NFL.com:
How does this affect Mark Sanchez? I think greatly. I wish, upon hearing the news of Tebow's signing, Sanchez would have displayed the same anger that recently signed backup Drew Stanton showed. For all the talk of being a leader, Sanchez never operates like one. He should have leveled the Jets for making this move, and made it clear he was not interested in leaving the game for a gadget offense. Sanchez needs to stand up for himself and not appear as if he was paid off to be a good soldier.
Even though I strongly disagree with cornerback Antonio Cromartie's comments about the Jets not needing Tebow, Sanchez should have made that comment. If he is not going to stand up for himself and has to rely on teammates, how can he be the leader of the team? He can't and he won't, unless he gets ticked off.No matter what the Jets claim publicly, they don't really believe in Sanchez. They can say all the right things about him being their guy, but their actions say otherwise. How can they think their locker room is going to improve by creating a quarterback controversy? The question I keep coming back to is how is this trade going to help smooth things over with Sanchez and Santonio Holmes? That situation is worth watching.