Mark Sanchez: "Man, I was awesome..."
Jets rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez could have had his season go from good to bad to worse.
What helped save it?
Apparently, a DVD given to Sanchez by coach Rex Ryan did, per Rich Cimini of the NY Daily News.
When viewing the DVD called "What We Want," which began with clips of Hall of Famer Joe Montana, Sanchez thought to himself, 'Jeez, who's next, Troy Aikman? Dan Marino? I'm like, 'I really have to start playing.'"
Instead the video Ryan gave Sanchez included highlights of Sanchez (from USC and his start with the Jets).
"Just looking at the throws, I was like, 'Man, I was awesome. That's me doing it,'" said Sanchez, according to Cimini. "It was a little boost, a little something I could really use. That's exactly what I needed and Rex knew it."
It's easy to forget with the performance of rookie quarterbacks from last year's draft class (Atlanta's Matt Ryan and Baltimore's Joe Flacco) that it's common for rookie quarterbacks to have ups and downs.
Overall Sanchez has played reasonably well "for a rookie."
With the exception of two games (Buffalo and New Orleans), Sanchez never had a QB rating lower than 81.4 for a game. In those two horrible games, Sanchez threw no touchdowns and eight interceptions.
In his other six games, however, Sanchez has eight touchdowns and only two interceptions.
But Sanchez says, "A lot of people will say, 'Hey, man, you're a rookie and you're playing really good for a rookie.' But I don't want to play like a rookie. I want to play like a 10-year vet, a Pro Bowler, a Super Bowl champion."
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