No Love For Mark Sanchez From Jets Fans--But That Could All Change

If there is one positive thing that I think anyone and everyone can agree with when it comes to New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez its that he has some seriously thick skin. The man has to with all the abuse he takes just from Jets fans!

Sure enough, he got plenty on Saturday when the Jets scrimmaged with about 6000 fans in attendance.

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With all eyes on him, Geno Smith, and to a lesser extent Greg McElroy the Jets signal caller can't afford to make any mistakes. If he does he can pretty much guarantee that he is going to hear about it from much more than just the coaching staff--like during Saturday's scrimmage.

Fans let him have it with the booes when he threw an interception and they gave it to him even more earlier in the day when he slipped and fell down. You would think they would have booed even more when he overthrew a wide open receiver in the end zone, but I can't find anything that says they did.

To his credit, Sanchez claims it doesn't bother him: “Oh, shoot, I don’t care,” he said to ESPN. “That’s the way it goes.”

No quarterback has been as embattled pretty much since entering the league as Sanchez. Yeah, you could easily make an argument that he asked for it with the way that he's played the last couple years not to mention some of his off-field exploits.

Part of the problem could also be that the team has gotten away from doing things that have worked for Sanchez. His first couple of seasons in the league the team had one of the best rushing attacks in the game (1st in '09 and 4th in '10). That kept the pressure off of him and made it easier for him to learn and adjust to the professional game.

They made it to two straight AFC Championship games so something must have bee working.

Than the team ditched Thomas Jones and the running game fell apart (No. 22 in '11). However, they did rebound last season and move up to No. 12. With Chris Ivory in the backfield this season sharing the load with Joe McKnight and Bilal Powell maybe the unit will do even better.

Sanchez could sure use the help.