Draft Day 2009: Sanchez awaits his selection from an NFL team, despite pleas from his former coach at USC, Pete Carroll, that Sanchez wasn’t ready for the NFL. The New York Jets think otherwise, and draft Sanchez fifth overall. He would sign a a five-year contract with the Jets worth $50 million, the most lucrative rookie contract in that team’s history.
POISE LEVEL: Billowing.
Preseason: After taking part in what was dubbed an “open competition” for the quarterback job, Sanchez is named the Week One starter by first-year head coach Rex Ryan. “I think Mark gives us the best opportunity to win,” Ryan told ESPN. “I think that’s what I owe this franchise.”
POISE LEVEL: Opulent.
Week 1: Sanchez completes 18 of 31 passes for 272 yards, one touchdown, and one pick. The Jets beat the Texans in Houston, 24-7. Sanchez wins the praise of the New York media for his quick grasp of the offense.
POISE LEVEL: Gilded.
Week 4: The Jets, now 3-0, travel to New Orleans to play the eventual NFC Champion Saints. Sanchez throws 3 interceptions and the Jets lose, 24-10.
POISE LEVEL: Penurious.
October: Sanchez strains his PCL in a loss against Buffalo. The following week, Sanchez is caught eating a hot dog on the sideline as his Jets shut out the Oakland Raiders.
POISE LEVEL: Parsimonious.
Wild Card Round: Playing the Bengals for the second straight week, Sanchez completes 12 of 15 passes for 182 , one TD, and no picks. He’s only the second rookie quarterback to win a playoff game on the road.
POISE LEVEL: Steadfast.
AFC Championship: Sanchez throws an ill-timed interception late in the game, his only one of the day, helping the Colts come back from an 11-point deficit to win, 30-17.
POISE LEVEL: Stifled.
Here’s New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez with his own version of the quarterback sneak–trying to eat a hot dog without detection during a TV timeout. And all this time I thought it’d be Brady Quinn caught with meat in his mouth. Sanchez already has apologized for doggin’ it during the end of the Jets’ 38-0 win against Oakland. Hey, the guy’s hungry. And it’s not like the Jets haven’t had their share of wieners on the sideline before.
Jimmy at Hot Clicks (via Maj) just ruined my childhood. Here’s former Bengals/Jets/Cardinals quarterback Boomer Esiason is here onstage with current Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, and they’re…actually, I don’t know what the hell they’re doing. In fact, I stopped the video here because I really didn’t want to find out what happened next. It’s bad enough that Pete Rose is banned from baseball and that Johnny Bench is probably gay. There’s only so much abuse a Cincinnati-area sports fan can take. Those curious can take a gander after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
New York Jets quarterback and upstart sex object Mark Sanchez has signed the most lucrative contract in that team’s history. The 5-year deal will pay Sanchez $28 million in guaranteed money, and could be worth as much as $60 million, according to Sanchez’s agent, David Dunn, who tried to capture the spirit of the thing. From Y! Sports:
“I think from the Jets’ standpoint, there’s probably a little bit less money at risk,” Dunn said. “And from our standpoint, I think $28 million in guaranteed money will tide him over fine for a while. And, obviously, he reaches free agency a year sooner.”
From the moment he was drafted by the Jets fifth overall in April, Sanchez insisted to his representatives—Dunn, Andrew Kessler and his brother, Nick Sanchez—that he wanted the negotiations to be taken care of quickly and not set up a potential holdout situation.
Comparitively, No. 1 pick Matthew Stafford signed a six-year deal worth up to $78 million with about $41 million in guaranteed money, which is about $40.999 million less more than I’m guaranteed to make this year. And, yeah, we’re gonna go all-WAGs today for as long as we can. I don’t think anyone will complain.
New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez hasn’t even signed the contract that expects to give him $30 million guaranteed (or roughly 5 million per ab), but that hasn’t stopped followers from fawning over the future face of the franchise. He’s already done a photo shoot for GQ with model Hilary Rhoda, and our friend at GQ tells us that the two are now supposedly dating. And he executed a baby-delivery touchdown dance with former Iowa running back Shonn Green at the rookie photo day. Up next, curing AIDS and getting the Jets to the playoffs. Heh, like the Jets will ever make the playoffs in our lifetime.
Southern Cal football coach Pete Carroll, who months earlier had lambasted quarterback Mark Sanchez for his decision to skip his senior season and go pro, executed a dubious about-face at the team’s pro day yesterday. In front of the NFL’s scouteratti, Carroll talked up his quarterback–and everyone ate it up.
“[Carroll] made a point to really go to bat for Sanchez,” a scout said. “You could tell he meant it.”
Carroll told the group that his public frosting of Sanchez — including the comment the player made a “bad choice” — was meant to test his resolve, to see if he truly had his heart set on turning pro right away or if he would waffle. Sanchez didn’t waver.
“He told us, ‘I challenged him. I wanted him to make the right decision,’ ” the scout said. “He said, ‘I love the kid. I support him. I think he’ll make a good pro.’ “
How inspiring! And totally believable! See, I would have thought that Carroll finally realized what a douchebag he’d been all along and then suddenly stepped up to support a player that would be representing his program in the NFL. And personally, I think Carroll was right the first time. Sanchez has put together, what, one good season? It works in his favor that there’s nobody in front of him besides consensus No. 1 Matt Stafford. He’s the Hootie and the Blowfish of this draft, and even those guys managed to put together one solid payday.
