We all saw this coming! After Sanchez blew the Jets playoff chances and Tim Tebow was bypassed for the starting QB position for Greg McElroy, the Jets will now explore all options with Sanchez, including a trade, and the team plans to part ways with Tebow after the season.
There’s also reports of a certain QB that the Jets have their eye on. We heard rumors about it the other day. Story after the jump…
According to Rich Cimini at ESPNNewYork.com:
Responding to the trade speculation, Sanchez’s agent and older brother, Nick Sanchez, said Wednesday night: “Mark is a Jet and he’s going to support the Jets any way he can through the remainder of season.”
Nick Sanchez declined to comment on next season.
Meanwhile, a clearly miffed Tebow, no longer masking his season-long frustration, left no doubt he’s unhappy with his role. He will seek to play elsewhere next season, and the Jets appear willing to accommodate his wishes.
Upset he was passed over for the starting-quarterback job, Tebow spoke of the Jets in the past tense Wednesday, admitting he doesn’t understand why they traded for him last March. Asked if he envisions returning to the team in 2013, he said: “I’m not sure. It’s something we’ll talk about after the season.”
The backup quarterback is expected to ask out, clarifying, “I haven’t asked for a trade yet” — the word “yet” hanging in the air. He’s signed through 2014.
“Obviously, I’m a little disappointed,” Tebow said.
Tebow, who has played in only 70 offensive snaps, was at a loss to explain why the Jets wanted him in the first place.
“Some things are hard to understand,” he said.
For nearly five months, Tebow stuck to the company line, showing little candor under constant questioning about his desire for a bigger role. Finally, he revealed his frustration.
“All you can ask for, all you want is a chance — a chance to go out and play the game you love and help this team win football games,” he said. “That’s all I wanted. I tried to make the most of every opportunity I had. I would’ve loved to have had more.”
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According to Fox Sports:
The New York Daily News went so far as to say that Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick, who like Sanchez has fallen out of favor with his current team, would be open to coming to the Jets if Sanchez is no longer the QB. And the feeling may be mutual.
“Bring it on,” the Daily News quoted a Jets source as saying about adding Vick if he is available. “He was hit too many times [behind a subpar offensive line] the last two years.”
“Ryan loves him,” the Daily News quoted a team official as saying about head coach Rex Ryan’s feelings about Vick.
