flgreen Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Jets' Sanchez believes turnover troubles are all in his head By BRIAN COSTELLO Posted: 3:38 PM, August 2, 2013 CORTLAND – Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez is in a fight for his job largely because of one number: 52. That’s how many turnovers he’s committed over the last two years – 26 in each season. Sanchez knows it can’t happen again. He vowed Friday that if he wins the starting job, there won’t be 26 turnovers from him again this year. “Absolutely,” Sanchez told The Post when asked if he is positive there won’t be a repeat of the past two years. “There can’t be. We won’t win.” When it was then pointed out that he won’t hold onto his job this year if he turns the ball over because of rookie Geno Smith sitting behind him he said, “Right.” Cutting down on turnovers has to be priority No. 1 for Sanchez for him to restore anyone’s belief that he can be a winning quarterback. He said offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg sat him down when he was hired and told him he had to just decide not to commit turnovers anymore. “When I first talked to him he said it’s a mindset,” Sanchez said. “He just kind of looks right through you and says, ‘It’s not going to happen anymore. It’s done. It’s over. You’re not turning the ball over. You just don’t it anymore.’ ” Sanchez said there’s no drills to cut out the turnovers. It’s all about his head. “I totally believe in the power of your mind,” Sanchez said. “As long as I’m studying and as long as I understand the plays and the reads like I know I do, then that’s just mental makeup. It just shouldn’t happen. It’s crazy. It’s really hard to convey to somebody. I just have to go do it. That’s the most important thing. I just have to show it. I just have to prove I can take care of the ball like I know I can and get the ball to the right guy.” So far, Sanchez believes it’s working. “I know I’ve turned the ball over much less in this camp than any other camp. There’s no doubt,” Sanchez said. “Part of it is making the decision not to do it. Make the right decision. When in doubt, make the right decision with the football.” Sanchez’s problems have not just been relegated to interceptions. He has fumbled eight times in each of the last two years. Sanchez said he is working on keeping two hands on the ball to combat the problem. His most famous fumble, and turnover, came against the Patriots last year when he ran into guard Brandon Moore’s backside and committed the “buttfumble.” It feels like the play is shown on an endless loop on ESPN. Sanchez said the ridicule he’s absorbed because of the play does not bother him. “I don’t really care,” Sanchez said. “People say ‘buttfumble’ to me and I’m like ‘all right. Yeah, it was a blooper play. It sucks. OK, so what?’ ” So why does he think ESPN can’t stop showing the play? “They don’t have enough content. Tell them to get more content,” Sanchez said. “There’s plenty of other funny plays, but that one probably tops the charts. I don’t know. Who cares? It’s one of those things that it happened during the season, so what? If we win a bunch of games this year, it will just be something we laugh at. If we don’t, so what? I’m still going to laugh at it. It’s funny. Who cares? Read more: Jets' Sanchez believes turnover troubles are all in his head http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/jetsblog/jets_sanchez_believes_turnover_troubles_2lz39zez8zmfpEvinjCeKJ#ixzz2aqMySMcH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbatesman Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 ahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villain The Foe Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Mark, your turnover troubles arent in your head, their on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Mark, your turnover troubles arent in your head, their on the field. effin this, lol unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Of course they're in his head. Everything comes from your brain. The problem is Sanchez has dumb brains. He can't suddenly have smart brains. /Science Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I hear voices- they are telling you that you stink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Is this too pathetic to be funny? Nope. It's hysterical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 "Yeah my problem since I came into the league is I never said to myself, 'The turnover thing ends now.' If only I'd done that years ago. If only. If only." LOLOLOLOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbone Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 “I know I’ve turned the ball over much less in this camp than any other camp. There’s no doubt,” Sanchez said. “Part of it is making the decision not to do it. Make the right decision. When in doubt, make the right decision with the football.” Says the guy who's averaging at least one turnover at THIS camp. He must have looked downright awful in practice these last 4 seasons. No wonder Rex lost the locker room the last two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 It's worth a shot. It works for premature ejaculation. Maybe if he pictures his grandmother as a db he'll avoid throwing it to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klecko73isGod Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Mark, those turnovers actually happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 hmm, I'm thinking 31, 32 he comes off the bench and wins a few games for the Rams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lego My Lageman Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Mark the fumble comes from the Butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKnight83 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Reading defenses is all in his head too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachEY Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Mark needs to know that unlike the JN captainship, you can't just declare it and make it so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowmoe57 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 In his head and burned in our memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyLV Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 seriously he should lose the competition just on this comment....if he is admitting that he has no mental toughness why the **** would you out him on the field again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kay_gee Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 oh jeez, why... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeKlecko Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 It's not just in your mind, Sanchez. You DID make those turnovers, and I have little confidence that you will be able to stop making them. It's just who you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Jet Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 The title is slightly misleading. He never actually said the turnovers are in his head.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TnT Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Oh please, change a few names, a few stats...and this is exactly what was said last year. Know and know you know Mark, you smug f#ck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastineau Lives Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 "Turning the ball over is totally like running head first into Brandon Moore's ass, you just... stop." As much as I despise the way he plays football, I feel for him. He doesn't seem like a bad kid, maybe a little spoiled or something like it, but I don't revel in his embarrassment. I just want him to go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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