Fatal Attraction: Rex Ryan Sticks with Sanchez after Loss in Seattle

SEAHAWKS 28
JETS 7

Maybe Pete Carroll was right, Mark Sanchez should have stayed one more year in college.

It certainly looked that way on Sunday, as Carroll's Seahawks pounded Sanchez and the Jets 28-7 on Sunday, as New York's listless offense once again could not take flight, and the Jets maligned quarterback is at the center of the storm.

The Jets managed only 185 yards of offense, and were virtually shut out by the Seahawks. The only Jets touchdown came on a fumble recovery by Muhammad Wilkerson. The Jets have only scored once in their last eight quarters, and it was the second time this season that the offense has been blanked.

Sanchez was again awful. He was inaccurate with his throws, and when the team needed him to make a big play, he stunk. With the Jets poised to take the lead in the second quarter, Sanchez once again threw a red zone interception killing the Jets drive and costing them points.

Then in the third quarter on a crucial third down play with New York trailing 14-7, he fumbled the football to the Seahawks, who later turned that gift into six points.

You can't blame this one on the Jets defense. They held their own, holding Seattle to 14 points through three quarters. They confused and harrassed quarterback Russell Wilson, and kept his big play-makers, Sidney Rice and Golden Tate quiet for most of the day.

This one was squarely on the offense and Sanchez. Clearly time is starting to run out on Sanchez's tenure as the starting quarterback, but Rex Ryan will not budge. He insists that Sanchez is his guy, because he gives the Jets "the best chance to win." 

However, one reporter asked Ryan during his post game press conference, why he has this "Fatal Attraction" to keep Sanchez as his starter, and Ryan defended his belief even more.

Here are the facts: Mark Sanchez has gotten progressively worse as his career has wore on. He has gone from game manager to disaster in a flick of a wrist. He was never going to be a franchise quarterback, that is why the Jets surrounded him with top flight running backs in Thomas Jones and later LaDainian Tomlinson over the years.

However, when the Jets asked Sanchez to be the leader last year, he fell flat on his face. Now its just a joke; Sanchez just doesn't have it. Who knows if he ever will have IT!?! At some point the Jets have to cut their losses and come to grips with the fact that Sanchez is a bust. If they don't do that, then there will be hell to pay at the end of the season.

Mike Tannenbaum is already on notice, as has been noted on this site this season. Tannenbaum's choices of talent have crippled this franchise. Yet, if Rex Ryan continues to hitch his wagons to Sanchez and the underachieving talent that is on this squad he could be looking over his shoulder come January 1 as well.

There is no reason for the Jets to continue starting Sanchez at quarterback. The season is lost, and so is this guys psyche. I am not a Tim Tebow fan, nor I am endorsing the move to start him over Sanchez, however as the season gets progressively worse what the hell do the Jets have to lose?

The rest of this season should really be about trying to figure out who wants to be a part of this team in 2013.  If Sanchez, and clearly Tebow, is not the answer at quarterback, the Jets should look elsewhere and that process begins now.

And it won't and should not stop at the quarterback either. The offensive line and running back corps need to be put on notice as well. They too have been the harbinger of bad news for this team as well over the past two seasons.

2012 is a disaster, but that does not mean 2013 has to be a meltdown either. The current administration running the Jets should try everything they can to pave a course to a better tomorrow for this team; whether it's enough to save their jobs is another story entirely.