Should Mark Sanchez Feel Confident With Winning New York Jets Starting Job?

The New York Jets have one of the most interesting situations heading into training camp as nobody knows what to expect from the quarterback position. At the moment, it’s safe to say the starting job is Mark Sanchez‘s to lose and now that David Garrard is out of the picture–should the former first-round pick be feeling even more confident?

Garrard decided to call it a career this week by retiring as his knees just simply couldn’t handle playing at the pro level anymore and even though the team selected Geno Smith in the 2013 NFL Draft, Sanchez does have the advantage over the rookie heading into training camp. Not only does Smith still have a few areas in desperate need of improvement, but Sanchez has a major advantage on him from an experience perspective.

As mentioned before–it’s safe to say the job is Sanchez’s to lose at this point.

Sanchez has received plenty of opportunities to prove himself as a starter over the years and as bad as it sounds–the 2013 season could be his final shot at a starting job. New York can only give Sanchez so many chances before deciding to move on and it will certainly be interesting to see how training camp plays out with the battle at the quarterback position.

Only time will tell, but on the bright side–at least Sanchez has one less quarterback to worry about taking his job now that Garrard has decided to call it a career.

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