N.Y. JETS PLAYERS RIP SANCHEZ AS LAZY, ENTITLED AND WANT PEYTON MANNING

By Nate Davis, USA TODAY

Updated 17h 28m ago

UPDATE, 2:45 p.m. ET: ESPN analyst Damien Woody, who retired from the Jets following the 2010 season, offered his insight on Sanchez after blocking for him for two seasons.
"He did have a great work ethic," Woody said of Sanchez. "He's trying to do all the right things. ... (But players) don't see the results."
Woody chalks up the anonymous comments to frustration after the team took a nosedive after falling a win short of the Super Bowl in Sanchez's first two seasons.
"I didn't see any laziness out of Mark Sanchez," said Woody. "He's not getting it done as fast as the players want."
Woody did concede that Sanchez seems to lack a connection with offensive skill players and needs to hone his leadership skills. He also cited the "ultra-competitive" nature of Tom Brady, whom Woody played alongside in New England.
"That's what guys want to see out of Mark Sanchez," said Woody.
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The venom continues to spew out of what seems to be a fractured New York Jets locker room with several players making off-the-record comments to the (New York) Daily News which served to crush QB Mark Sanchez while expressing hope that GM Mike Tannenbaum finds a way to acquire Colts QB Peyton Manning.

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By Nam Y. Huh, AP

First, the ire directed at Sanchez, who helped take the team to two AFC Championship Games his first two years before the team finished a disappointing 8-8 in 2011.
Said one unidentified Jet of Sanchez:

"We have to bring in another quarterback that will make him work at practice. ... He's lazy and content because he knows he's not going to be benched."

Sanchez has been backed up by journeyman Kellen Clemens and over-the-hill Mark Brunell during his career.
This was a Jet response regarding Sanchez's ability to win the Super Bowl:

"How can we when he's not improving at all? He thinks he is, but he's not. He has shown us what he's capable of."

Sanchez was also portrayed as lacking confidence, looking at pass rushers rather than receivers and reportedly had difficulty synthesizing the gameplans of OC Brian Schottenheimer, who informed the team Tuesday night that he would not be returning.
HC Rex Ryan has occasionally taken away practice snaps from Sanchez but never benched him during a game. The quarterback threw a career-best 26 TD passes in 2011 but also committed 26 turnovers (18 INTs, 8 lost fumbles). He's never completed more than 57% of his passes in a full season.
His 73.2 regular-season passer rating climbs to 94.3 in postseason, where he owns a 4-2 record. However one player said the defense and running game were largely responsible for the team's postseason runs in 2009 and 2010.
Said another:

"They don't want to be truthful with him. They treat him like a baby instead of a man. He goes in a hole when someone tells him the truth."

An unidentified team source added:

"They see the organization babying him. They see him with a sense of entitlement. He's been given all this and hasn't done anything. They call him 'San-chise.' They make him the face of the organization. They gave him the captain tag. He's not a captain. He should have never been a captain."

Ryan admitted following the season that he'd lost the pulse of the team and said he would no longer anoint team captains, though he did not specifically cite Sanchez or embattled WR Santonio Holmes as unworthy.
However Ryan has gushed about Manning in the past. And it's possible he could be available this offseason if his surgically repaired neck doesn't sufficiently heal for Indianapolis to keep him and/or the Colts draft Stanford QB Andrew Luck and opt for a divorce from their four-time MVP.
Should the Jets make a play for Manning?
"Come on. That's a no-brainer," a Jets source said. "If you have a chance to get a healthy 36-year-old Peyton Manning and you don't do it, then you're stupid. If I could get a healthy 36-year-old Peyton Manning, then, hell yeah, I would trade Sanchez."
Added a player:
"We already have his coach -- Tom Moore. Plus, he's a field general and will get everyone lined up. He will get his playmakers the ball. We can win a Super Bowl with Peyton."
However luring Manning -- and other coveted talents -- may have suddenly become much more difficult for Ryan and Tannenbaum.
"I don't think that (Manning will) come here," said an unidentified member within the Jets franchise. "We have to change the perception of our organization. We're not the organization that players said they wanted to play for a year or two ago. We're starting to come across a little flaky. We talk the talk. We don't back it up. We're out of control. There's no discipline. It's a mess right now."