The Jets appear ready to start over at quarterback. According to the New York Daily News, the team will look to trade Mark Sanchez after the season -- although it likely will be difficult to find a team willing to pay Sanchez the $8.25 million he's owed. Sanchez, in his fourth season in New York after being selected fifth overall in the 2009 draft, has been benched in favor of Greg McElroy for Sunday's game against the Chargers following his disastrous five-turnover performance in this past Sunday's 14-10 loss to the Titans that ended the Jets' playoff hopes.
“I’m not going to make excuses,” Sanchez said after Wednesday's practice. “At the end of the day, no matter what kind of situation that you’re in, the quarterback has the ball and it’s my job to make good decisions with the football regardless of the personnel situation. … I’m not going to go there. Is every interception the quarterback’s fault? Of course not. But they’re attributed to the quarterback. It goes as my stat. You live with that. You own up to your side of the mistakes and you move on.”
The Daily News also reports that Michael Vick, who is expected to be released by the Eagles when the season ends, would be amenable to joining the Jets, and that Rex Ryan has always admired the speedy QB.
"[Ryan] loves him," a team official told the paper.
Vick lost his starting job in Philadelphia after receiving a concussion this season.
Read more about that story and others -- including ESPN "First Take" panelist Rob Parker's apology to Robert Griffin III -- plus check out videos, trivia and more, at Thursday's Morning Mashup [1].
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[1] http://leeinks.weei.com/sports/2012/12/20/thursdays-morning-mashup-jets-reportedly-will-try-to-trade-mark-sanchez-might-have-interest-in-michael-vick
[2] http://www.weei.com/category/boston/general