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Maybe Rex Ryan's midweek gum-flapping had nothing to do with the Monday night Jets-Ravens game. Or maybe it did. Either way, rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez found out two plays into his first NFL start that he wasn't facing the University of Washington. On his first pass attempt, Sanchez threw a pick-six to defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, but not before getting knocked silly by linebacker Ray Lewis. And on his second pass attempt, Sanchez would have thrown another pick-six had Lewis not dropped it.
Before proclaiming that Sanchez isn't yet ready for the New York City spotlight or the rigors of life as an NFL starting quarterback, it's probably worth repeating this tweet from Football Outsiders: "Basing your QB decision on preseason play is like deciding on a NASCAR career because you won at go-karts."
"I don't care if you've coached for us or not, when you play against our defense, it's hard," Lewis told the Baltimore Sun. "You put a young guy like Sanchez in there and you see our defense, it can be difficult. They really threw everything at us - draws and reverses. We just made some great plays."
On the upside, Ryan, after admitting that the defense was the difference in the game, said that "We're not there yet, but we're closing in on them." Um, okay.
And Jets linebacker Bart Scott, who played under Ryan in Baltimore, offered this revelation. "[Ryan] was the head coach of that football team [the Ravens] last year, whether you guys know it or not. He kept that team together. The defense leads that team over there, and he controls the defense."
So Jets fans don't have to concern themselves with having a rookie head coach; this is old hat for Ryan. One question, though: who's responsible for the 2007 season? You know, when the Ravens won five games?
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