January 14th, 2012 
Matt Loede 
Posted in During a conference call with reporters to introduce offensive coordinator Tony Sparano, head coach Rex Ryan took a moment to come to the defense of starting quarterback Mark Sanchez.
Earlier this week, the New York Daily News ran a report where anonymous players on the Jets ripped Sanchez for being lazy and coddled by the organization, as well as advocating for a trade that would bring in Peyton Manning.
“I don’t know how many (players) don’t feel confident in Mark Sanchez,” said Ryan. “I’ll tell you this, if it is not all of them, it’s the majority of (the players) that have a great deal of confidence in Mark Sanchez. And when he walks through that door, his head is going to be held high. There’s no question about it. That’s what I know.”
Defending Sanchez was the only approach Ryan could take on Friday, but that likely reinforces the belief the quarterback is coddled by the organization for those anonymous players that fed their quotes to the Daily News. Rooting and shipping those guys out of the building should be Ryan’s next move.
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I know Rex is trying not to put any of his players down in the media, but do you really expect us to believe that the players on the team really have faith in Sanchez? Of course those players with class won’t call him out in the media, but considering Sanchez for the most part lost the games against the Giants,Broncos,and Dolphins how would you be able to entrust in him. Don’t get me wrong last season he made some awesome comebacks under pressure, but did a complete 180 this year. The only way I feel Sanchez can prove himself at this point is to win out the starting role against a QB who will give him competition. Once his teammates see this, they know that Sanchez does have the capability to lead the team.