Sanchez happy Jets adding Taylor to mix
New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez gestures while speaking at an event to promote the upcoming NFL football draft. (April 20, 2010) Credit: AP
Mark Sanchez has another big-name teammate in the fold, with Jason Taylor the latest NFL star to sign on with the Jets Tuesday.
The team now has added four high-profile players in Taylor, LaDainian Tomlinson, Antonio Cromartie and Santonio Holmes, Sanchez doesn't see any problems with team chemistry.
"Every day it seems like we've got a new face," Sanchez said during an appearance at the Niketown store in Manhattan with Vikings running back Adrian Peterson along with Nebraska defense end Ndamukong Suh and Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. "The chemistry's great with all the new guys, and Jason's going to be no different."
Sanchez almost didn't want to say anything about Taylor, not having heard from his own team that the Jets had signed the surefire Hall of Fame defensive end. But opened up once reporters convinced Sanchez that he had another new teammate.
Having added Holmes and Cromartie, who had brushes with the law, plus Tomlinson, who burned his former team on the way out the door, Sanchez doesn't see any worry about adding Taylor, who never exactly endeared himself to the Jets or their fans during his dozen seasons with the Dolphins.
"It's no problem at all. That was a different regime, a different group here when those things were said," Sanchez said. "It's a bitter rivalry, we know that. We also know that when you're a Jet - I sound like I'm in West Side Story - but when you're a Jet, you play like us and you're part of the team."
