Pressure on Mark Sanchez

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The bar has been raised and it is awfully high right now. The New York Jets fans see Mark Sanchez taking them to the playoffs. Not two years from now, they expect it this coming season. Ryan and Flacco have altered the landscape for rookie quarterbacks and throw in the fact that this is New York and the pressure is on.

Mark Sanchez will be expected to take Jets to playoffs, ouch!

Meanwhile, Mark is saying all the right things.

“You can’t promise that you are going to make the playoffs and you can’t promise a Super Bowl win or anything like that,” Sanchez said Sunday. “If I’m playing, I’m expecting success. I’m betting on myself. I’ve got to, as competitive as I am, that’s the way I am. Us as Jets, we’ll bet on the Jets.”

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The Jets started out hot last year with Brett Favre playing quarterback, but went cold at the end of the season and Brett Favre retired once again. The Jets have a middle of the road team and even with an experienced quarterback, it would leave them with very little margin for error to make the playoffs.

Maybe we should relax and watch Mark go through his growing pains. This is a quarterback that had about 16 college starts, but has tons of athletic ability. Hopefully, New York will not turn on him if the Jets start losing.

Then again, this is New York, better strap on that helmet, Mark; you are going to need it.

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