New York Jets: Mark Sanchez Departs for Philadelphia

March 28, 2014   ·   Victoria Sterling   ·   Jump to comments

It’s official, Mark Sanchez is an Eagle. He heads down the I-95 to Philadelphia for greener pastures.  The last two tumultuous years with the Jets are fading in the rear view mirror.  I speculated previously that Sanchez would probably want to stay and try to regain his job in New York. Sanchez’s college coach Pete Carroll appears to back that take. But Sanchez was never going to start again in New York.
The Sanchez fatigue among the fan base and GM John Idzik’s ego would never allow it. Why do I say that? Check out any Jets fan site or the comments on any article about Sanchez.  In between posts by reasonable people, those able to view Sanchez’s Jets career in the context of the entire team and organization, are an army of haters whose vitriol can be shocking. I guess that’s the high cost of being a pro athlete in today’s interconnected world. 
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