“They don’t want to be truthful with him,” one prominent player said of the way that the organization has handled Sanchez. “They treat him like a baby instead of a man. He goes in a hole when someone tells him the truth.”
A Jets spokesman declined to make Sanchez available for this story. A source close to the team pointed out that Sanchez’s inability to handle mounting criticism prompted him to unfollow every Jets beat writer on Twitter earlier this season.
“So that should tell you everything,” the source said. “He just doesn’t have the mental toughness to be great… especially in New York.”
Some in the organization told The News that many of Sanchez’s teammates have grown resentful for myriad reasons.
“They see the organization babying him,” said a Jets source. “They see him with a sense of entitlement. He’s been given all this and hasn’t done anything. They call him ‘San-chise.’ They make him the face of the organization. They gave him the captain tag. He’s not a captain. He should have never been a captain.”
Let’s get one thing straight, this photo of Mark Sanchez is utterly incredible, and is the perfect complement to an article about the lack of respect Jets players have for Mark Sanchez.
Expect a vintage Rex Ryan soundbite to follow this story soon.
