Mark Sanchez Out, Kellen Clemens In

Mark Sanchez's right knee is not getting any better.

After missing practice both Monday and Tuesday due to the sprained knee that he injured while diving for a first down in last Thursday's 19-13 victory against the Buffalo Bills, Sanchez will sit out Sunday's game at Tampa Bay.

Coach Rex Ryan and the medical staff felt that Sanchez would not be doing himself, nor the team, any favors if he played through the injury.

This means that Kellen Clemens will start against the 1-11 Buccaneers. Clemens has eight starts in his career, all in 2007, when he was put in charge of the team after Eric Mangini grew tired of Chad Pennington and a 1-7 start to that season. Clemens was average at best, he didn't light the scoreboard up, and didn't leave coaches confident that he could lead the team into the future.

That is one reason why Brett Favre was brought in to quarterback the team last season, and one reason why Sanchez was drafted at the start of 2009.