Sanchez Says Jets Are ‘Totally Behind’ Coach Schottenheimer at LinesMaker

Sanchez Says Jets Are ‘Totally Behind’ Coach Schottenheimer

More than once, Jets coaches have voiced sup­port for their young quar­ter­back, Mark Sanchez, who’s taken his share of abuse while learn­ing on the job since 2009.

This time around, it was Sanchez stick­ing up for his offen­sive coor­di­na­tor, Brian Schot­ten­heimer, the sub­ject of vocal second-guessing by fans and ana­lysts dur­ing New York’s tur­bu­lent three-game free fall.

“That’s an easy out for fans and crit­ics but that’s fine,” Sanchez said dur­ing his weekly spot on ESPN Radio, via The Star-Ledger. “That’s their job and they’re sup­posed to have opin­ions and when you don’t play well, peo­ple are going to let you know what they think and how they feel … but I’m totally behind Brian …. and all the coaches and play­ers are as well.”

Sanchez said he didn’t believe reports that Jets receivers San­to­nio Holmes, Plaxico Bur­ress and Der­rick Mason (before he was shipped to the Hous­ton Tex­ans on Tues­day) met with coach Rex Ryan to voice their dis­plea­sure with Schottenheimer’s scheme, which ranks 28th in the league.

“I don’t think that hap­pened and I’m sure the team would have addressed it if it did,” Sanchez said. “… I’m not buy­ing it.”

This week, Ryan is sell­ing the idea that his 2009 Jets team went to the AFC Cham­pi­onship Game after sur­viv­ing a pair of three-game los­ing streaks. That sea­son included two losses to this week’s oppo­nent, the Miami Dol­phins, who have beaten the Jets in three of their last four meet­ings but appear in sig­nif­i­cant dis­ar­ray this time around.

Ryan was fir­ing on all cylin­ders Mon­day in a Hulk Hogan-esque effort to pump up his team’s drift­ing Q rat­ing: “We’re 2–3 right now. That’s when you get stronger. That’s when you come in together and you build that char­ac­ter. This is a resilient bunch, I’m telling you.”

He’s telling us, but he’s been telling us these things for a long time.

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