Sanchez – The contract leads to starts

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Mark Sanchez just became a very rich young NFL quarterback. He has never thrown one pass in an NFL game and yet he is assured of making 28 million dollars. He may not even be the Jets new starter. That job could go to the other player that Mark Sanchez’s agent represents, Kellen Clemons.

So far Clemons has looked better, but there will be 28 million reasons to start Sanchez sooner rather than later. It could work, but the odds are against it. Sanchez does not even have a lot of college experience from his time at that quarterback factory known as USC. Eventually, Sanchez will be ready and then maybe his on field prowess can catch up to his off field life.

Sanchez has the charm and the money

But if quarterbacks are to make their legends both on and off the field then Mark is way ahead of everyone with countless endorsements and a pictorial in GQ magazine. He also has the personality to carry it off.

“This is just the beginning,” Sanchez said. “I’ll be working every day to justify this contract.”

The Jets traded three players and two draft picks to select Sanchez fifth overall in April’s draft, despite his lack of starting experience at Southern California. The quarterback taken before Sanchez, Matthew Stafford, who was chosen first over all, recently signed a six-year deal, with $41.7 million guaranteed.

As to why Sanchez and the Jets settled on five years — which meant less guaranteed money for Sanchez — General Manager Mike Tannenbaum said, “Without getting into all of the details, there were tradeoffs.”
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