NFL: New York Jets’ Mark Sanchez fast recovering from injury
With the New York Jets’ American Football Conference divisional playoff game against the New England Patriots looming closer, their quarterback Mark Sanchez is fast recovering from a shoulder injury.
“Honestly, it feels the best it's felt in three, four weeks,” Sanchez said. “I [fully practiced] today for the first time in a while, and that was huge. We know it's getting better and that's the most important thing is week by week it's getting better so
I'll be ready to go.”
According to the Jets’ injury report, Sanchez fully participated in the practice. Head coach Rex Ryan said that there was some trouble for Sanchez during their game against the Chicago Bears when he was obviously bothered by his shoulder injury and it was
“very sore.” However, when Sanchez was asked about his shoulder injury during the game, he did not answer the question directly.
“It's feeling good now and that's the most important thing,” Sanchez said. “Nothing our trainers can't handle.”
In their win over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday, the Jets had to rely more on their running game than passing because Sanchez was overthrowing most of the balls in the first two quarters of the game. Sanchez thought that it was just an off day instead
of a result of his injury.
“I think I was just not throwing the ball very well,” Sanchez said. “Some days you're off or you've got to finds a way to make it work. And I think we did that just getting completions underneath, being smart, taking our shots when we got them and giving
our guys a chance, and that was the most important thing. It wasn't the best throw in the world to Braylon [Edwards] and I'm not afraid to admit that, and he made a really good catch. However it has to happen, we won the game and we're in the divisional round
and that's the most important thing.”
The Jets are set to play against the Patriots on Sunday 16 January, 2011 at Gillette Stadium.
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