Mark Sanchez Earns His Nickname (Update)
One of the more head-scratching plays on Sunday was Mark Sanchez diving at the knees of lead blocker Jonathan Vilma on Darren Sharper’s 99-yard pick-six. Sanchez was the last Jet with a shot of making a tackle, so it’s unclear what exactly Sanchez had in mind besides destroying the knee ligaments of a franchise linebacker.
So congrats to Mark for living up to his Dirty Sanchez nickname. Let’s agree to call this move “the chimichanga.”
UPDATE: That’s a $5000 chimichanga. Spicy!
(thanks, freek!)
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October 7th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Nobody quits the Jets and gets to walk away. Nobody!
Must have been a nice bounty Ryan had out on Vilma.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:18 am
This reminds me of Johnny Knox’s 102-yard kick return from the Bears-Lions contest. The Bears ballboy ran down the sidelines along with Knox, and ESPN wasted 5 minutes of airtime doing a phone interview with the guy while showing the clip over and over and over and over again. Seriously, they showed it about 20 times.
Just another reason why ESPN sucks ass.
And so does Sanchez and his Favre-esque knee dive. At least his shitty performance versus the Saints will cut back on the Sanchez lovefest from the media…for this week anyway.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:21 am
He’s just havin fun out there though. He’s like a big kid. A real gunsli…..wait….
October 7th, 2009 at 11:22 am
If its a personal foul to do that on a QB, its a personal foul for a QB to do that to someone.
Just sayin’…
October 7th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Three Saints coming downfield at him… he was not gonna make the tackle… he just might get killed. Figured it was better to be Dirty Sanchez than Splattered Sanchez. Free shot at the QB? You betcha.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:34 am
So was the ballboy keeping up with Knox? ‘Cause I heard Knox is kinda fast.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:38 am
It’s not easy being Sancheezy.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:51 am
I was hoping we would see Sanchez doing some pussy tubing.
October 7th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
@ El Borracho: he was flagged for it and it cost the Jets 15 yards.
That said, I’m a Jets fan, and that’s the second time he’s done it this season. Once would be too much. It’s a dirty play, plain and simple, and I’m sick of seeing it. Get your shit together, rook.
October 7th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
If Sanchez spent some time going over defensive looks with his OC instead of sulking on the sidelines, biting his nails and picking his teeth, then he would know better than to make shitty throws time and again.
Geaux Saints!
October 7th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
LSU Freek is a god.
October 7th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
That’s actually the second time he’s done it and gotten flagged. He did it in the Texans game, too. Somebody wants a reputation.
October 7th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Fun fact: When Matt Hasselbeck did that to a Steeler in Super Bowl 40, it was a 15-yard penalty.
October 7th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
That was the first time it had ever been called in an NFL game on a quarterback (stupid refresh button interrupting the post.)
October 7th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Sweep the leg Johnny!!! YEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
October 7th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
I’ve been calling him the Dirty Sanchez since the pre-season!
October 7th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
wow you’re a genius, jay… nobody else would have thought to call a guy named sanchez, dirty sanchez. how did you come up with that gem? your imagination knows no bounds.
October 7th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Imagine trying to do that to Ray Lewis or Lamarr Woodley…that’d have been a curb stomped chimichanga.
And that performance on the sideline was positively Cutlerfuckerian in its sulking quality.
October 7th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Can you guys do another Rex Ryan Conversation, revoolvig around Edwards and his issues.
October 7th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
The rich and truly adventurous traveler can obtain a $5000.00 chimichanga in Mexico, if you know the right people. But you aren’t allowed to ask what the meat’s name was.
/with a nice chilled Fresca
October 7th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Since when is Jonathan Vilma a “franchise linebacker”? He couldn’t even crack the line up of several teams.
October 7th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
The rookie quarterback’s explanation: “I told him, ‘You know, I’m running down the field. I’m upset after the pick. I said, ‘Hey dude, I didn’t know what I was doing.’ I’m just trying to create a pile, just push somebody into the boundary. I don’t want to be the guy on film that’s quitting on the play. At the same time, I don’t want to take that guy on head up and then get in trouble for putting myself in danger. So I just told him that I got to be smart about that. And he said, ‘No problem at all. I understand. And good luck.’ He was a great guy about it and a real class guy.”
Yep, he’s a douchebag all right. Wants to look like he’s making an effort without risking anything by actually attempting to make a play, so he goes for the blocker’s knees. That’s real smart, cockhugger.