Mark Sanchez: Looks Good In Green

Mark Sanchez: Looks Good In Green Even before Sunday’s NFL action showed us just how ready rookies Mark Sanchez and Matthews Stafford are for the pros, the comparisons to John Elway, to Peyton Manning, to Ryan Leaf had to be made. Oh, and to that other guy, Dan Marino. The same thing happened for Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco last year. Both quarterbacks started their careers with victories, and while the top overall pick in this year’s draft, Stafford, couldn’t follow suit, Mark Sanchez did. After several experts and analysts said it was a mistake for the Jets to throw him into the mix, Sanchez stood poised, a giant among men, victorious over the favored Houston Texans, and impressively so. Sanchez was wildly effective in his NFL debut, only making one major mistake, a pick six in the fourth quarter (Houston’s only score), with the game already out of reach. Stats don’t lie and with an solid 18 for 31, 277 yards, and a touchdown pass the NFL world collectively was impressed. And if history teaches us anything, there will be more to come. We witnessed this kind of “unlikely” success last year, as Matt Ryan started off with a bang, literally, as his first pass went for a 60+ yard touchdown to Michael Jenkins, and Ryan finished his first game with 161 yards and a victory. But if Ryan and Flacc