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Conley
03-09-2012, 11:16 PM
Quarterback Mark Sanchez agreed to a three-year contract extension with the New York Jets on Friday night, meaning he's signed through 2016. He had two years remaining on his rookie deal.

Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum said they were in negotiations for "several weeks."

Obviously, it means the Jets are out of the Peyton Manning sweepstakes. Tannenbaum confirmed they expressed interest in Manning, but he refused to say what extent they were interested.[/URL][URL="http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/7668318/new-york-jets-extend-mark-sanchez-deal-end-pursuit-peyton-manning"]

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Well getting Manning was a long shot but I don't think Sanchez is a long term answer.
MMC
03-10-2012, 12:41 AM
Good, I don't want to see Manning go out with a Ryan scrub team. :wink:
Conley
03-10-2012, 07:04 PM
The NY Media is really giving it to the Jets:

It's bad enough that Rex Ryan has failed on his Super Bowl predictions. It's even worse that Mark Sanchez spent so much time last season proving how ridiculous such guarantees were in the first place. But this latest move by the New York Jets -- in which they've basically resorted to their same old coddling tendencies, rewarding regression instead of progression -- just shows this franchise to be the second-class citizen it truly is.

Perhaps Gang Green will be something more tangible, significant, on another day. But on this day, let it be said that the Jets are a joke. When you take the time and effort to reward your quarterback and the leader of, arguably, the NFL's most dysfunctional franchise with a three-year, $40.5 million extension -- knowing the man still had two years remaining on his contract -- clearly, you're looking to be laughed at.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/7669610/new-york-jets-extend-mark-sanchez-kidding