NFL Draft: Mark Sanchez Interview, New York Jets

Sporting a dark green tie purc and a New York Jets sports cap, now former USC Quarterback Mark Sanchez came down to the Interview Room at Radio City Music Hall to a small group of media people including yours truly about 30 minutes ago from the start of this blog post.

Sanchez fielded a set of questions starting with my query to determine if it was true he left USC early to avoid the possibility of losing to Cal this year. The Jets' newest signal called got a kick out of that one and recalled the last game played at Berkeley, a rain-soaked affair that USC won when John David Booty was the quarterback, 24-17.

On the matter of how it feels to be a jet, "Oh," he sighed, "It's really special. I'm really grateful that Mr Mike Tannenbaum (Jets GM) and Mr. Woody Johnson (Jets owner) made the trade (up to the number 5th pick, trading places with the Cleveland Browns, who gave their first- and second-round picks, and adding defensive end Kenyon Coleman, safety Abram Elam and quarterback Brett Ratliff)

But Sanchez added "Nothing's been accomplished yet, I've only gotten into a uniform. It's going to take a lot of practice and hard work.

The underclassman Sanchez who has a 14-2 record at USC offered that the reason he came out early (he has one more year of eligibility) was a personal decision arrived at after the Rose Bowl and after talking it through with his family and his high school coach Bob Johnson. "I thought about it long and hard and ..this is what I really want to do."

Will Not Hold Out On Jets

Sanchez' agent David Dunn told me they don't anticipate a hold out situation to develop, but he's concerned about the economy's impact on the ability to get good endorsement deals. "It's definetely a factor, Dunn said.

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[hsquaredxt]

IM IN LOVE WITH MARK SANCHEZ <33333

[Kokiolane]

haha please this dude is good get over yourself

[Alohomora0]

I love how he now calls "coach Ryan" Rex. The players in this team really love their coach and vice versa.

[12lisaluv]

what Mark says at 3:30 is so inspiring..Good looks, talent, and a brain?..

I'm in love!!<<33

[OhHerroPreas]

Type PRIZE before youtube and hit enter

[Luke7868]

@PryorLineBacker

Good enough?

[SwiftHOUSTONETX]

lets mark sanches do wat you do best throw TD!!!!!!!

[amesquita11]

Im from cali and a 49ers fan,been my whole life,mark sanches game on sunday reminded me how Joe Montana use to move the ball in bad situations.you jets are lucky .I can see a super bowl ring soon.maybe not his year but you never know ! HO YEA I FORGOT GO !49ERS ! LOL !!

[scaramoochscaramooch]

bench him...........

[cheezer57]

I have just witnessed the worst offense the world has ever known, on MNF!!....And possibly the end of Mark Sanchez....Already?!!...That's right, Already!...This guy has no clue!...He's chicken shit!...He has to get about a yard more, on third in their zone for a 1st, and he slides, like a nancy, a yard shy..So instead of a possible TD, they have to kick a FG!...Good God!!!

[TeamWayfarer]

@Redcaster916 Clearly, you don't know anything about the history of the Jets, the Mets OR baseball and football in New York City. That name pays homage to our history.

Trust me, there are stupider names. For example, the Purdue Boilermakers. Stupid name, sure. But it reps their history and it reps where they're from.

[Redcaster916]

@TeamWayfarer History or not it's still the worst name I have ever heard for a sports team. The Jets, seriously they could come up with anything better than that?