Lots of NY Jets-bashing by.....the NY Jets

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The shakeup in New York has begun, and in true NFL fashion there were casualties. As one door closes another one opens and so on.

Tuesday night’s sweeping overhaul left three coaches in its wake: offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, offensive line coach Bill Callahan and receivers coach Henry Ellard. The most polarizing of the three is Schottenheimer, whose 25th-ranked offense was at the helm when the Jets spiraled out of control to an 8-8 finish and an early offseason.

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According to Jets beat writer Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, rookie Greg McElroy isn’t the only Jet-bashing Jet lamenting a lost season, he’s just the only one attaching his name to it. Per unnamed but “well-respected” players and sources inside the organization, Mark Sanchez is not the answer, despite two consecutive AFC Championship Game appearances in 2009 and ’10.

“We have to bring in another quarterback that will make him work at practice,” said one player. “He’s lazy and content because he knows he’s not going to be benched.”

That other quarterback, per several reports, is a healthy Peyton Manning, an awfully presumptuous option considering Manning is employed by the Colts. Manning’s health is also an unknown, never mind that he’s 36 and may not have any interest in joining his younger brother, Eli, in New York. Still, the idea of Peyton calling the shots in place of Sanchez is tantalizing, and a “no-brainer” according to one anonymous voice. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/sports/2012/01/11/jets-toss-sanchez-into-the-fire-as-schottenheimer-packs-his-bags/