Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez (shoulder) will miss Sunday’s opener against the Bucs, Seth Walder of the New York Daily News reports citing a source. Sanchez was hurt in the fourth quarter of the Jets’ third preseason game against the Giants, when the quarterback was put in behind the second-string offensive line and hit hard by Marvin Austin, resulting in a shoulder injury. The Jets have been coy about how serious Sanchez’s injury is, refusing to discuss his progress, Sanchez himself has been tight-lipped on the matter, too. Sanchez’s injury makes Geno Smith the opening game starter by default, whether Rex Ryan and the QB committee felt he should win the job or not. That the Jets signed QB Brady Quinn Tuesday was an indication that Sanchez’s injury was more serious than “day-to-day,†as the Jets have described him since the injury occurred. Source: The Redzone
