Tagged: Geno Smith

Patriots pick off Geno 3 times in 4th, sink Jets

ESPN.com|Associated Press
Tom Brady threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Dobson on the game’s first series before both offenses played as sloppily as the second-half weather, and the New England Patriots got by the New York Jets 13-10 on Thursday night.
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Rex Ryan: I wasn’t watching the Jets’ offense

ProFootballTalk » Rumor Mill|Michael David Smith
Asked after the game about his team’s quarterback competition, Jets coach Rex Ryan had an easy way to avoid committing one way or the other: He said he wasn’t paying attention. Ryan said he was mostly focused on the defense in Friday night’s preseason loss to the Lions, and so he doesn’t have a ….
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Jets’ Sanchez OK with Smith, plans to start

ESPN.com|Arash Markazi
New York Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith did not attend Mark Sanchez’s annual “Jets West” camp, but Sanchez did not hold that against his new teammate while saying he will be starting quarterback when the season begins.
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Report: Jets will consider releasing Mark Sanchez

Yahoo! Sports

Now that the New York Jets have selected West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith in the second-round of the 2013 NFL draft, the team will consider releasing incumbent starter Mark Sanchez, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.

Former Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum moved up to the No. 5 pick of the 2009 NFL draft to select Sanchez, who was the quarterback of teams that advanced to the AFC championship game in each of his first two seasons in the NFL. However, despite that team success, Sanchez’s completion percentage was mired in the low fifties and he tossed more interceptions (33) than touchdown passes (29). Sanchez’s numbers improved slightly in 2011, but he took a step backwards in 2012 when he was confronted with competition from Tim Tebow and was ultimately benched in favor of 2011 seventh-round pick Greg McElroy.

Releasing Sanchez would have significant ramifications on the Jets’ cash budget and salary cap.

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