New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez mourns his butt fumble – NFL News
Despite throwing 20 turnovers this season, New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez will remember the 20th one the most. Even the player himself admitted on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, that it was an embarrassing fumble.
Sanchez fumbled the ball and fell right into the backside of right guard Brandon Moore during the Jets 19-49 trashing by New England Patriots in Week 12. The video of the fumble went through thousands of views on the internet.
Even the quarterback himself could not resist answering questions about that play. Talking to the reporters six days after that fumble took place Sanchez explained what he exactly felt at that moment. He said:
"It's embarrassing. You s***w up the play and I'm trying to do the right thing. It's not like I'm trying to force something. I start to slide and I slide in the worst spot I possibly could --- right into (right guard) Brandon Moore.”
That fumble from Sanchez was not only funny, but was also very costly for his team as it was returned by Patriots for a touchdown.
This opened the floodgate of touchdowns as Patriots reached the end zone three times in 52 seconds. Sanchez carried on and said:
"I guess (I was) more stunned than anything. It was just like & a car accident. I was like, 'Whoa, what just happened? The ball is gone.' It was weird, man. That sucked."
It was not the first time that Sanchez went through such an ordeal as the quarterback has thrown a total of 41 turnovers in last two seasons.
This has put head coach Rex Ryan under more pressure for his insistence to keep Sanchez as the starting quarterback. Giving his views about Sanchez’s turnover-prone performance this season, Ryan said:
"You can say, 'Just don't do it.' I think we've said that a bunch. I don't think that's going to fix it. You look more into why those mistakes are made.”
Jets have been a laughing stock for most of the football fans after a disastrous season and this incident seems to have put the final nail in the coffin for Sanchez and company.
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