Via Rant Sports:
While New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez is not in the same class as Tom Brady of the New England Patriots, Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts or even Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints, Sanchez is certainly getting paid like them—actually getting paid more than them as the third-year signal caller from Southern California is slated to make a salary of $14.75 million dollars in 2011.
Because of that, Forbes Magazine just recently named Sanchez the most overpaid player in the NFL.
Sanchez was one of three QBs to appear on the list. Former number one overall pick Alex Smith made the cut, after six plus years of underwhelming in San Francisco along with Matt Cassel, who received a big payday from the Chiefs after filling in for an injured Tom Brady for one season while he was with the Patriots. Cassel had never even started in college, serving as Matt Leinart's backup at USC during his time there.
Other big names on the Forbes list include tight ends Kellen Winslow of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Owen Daniels of the Houston Texans, both of whom have had injury issues; and Dunta Robinson, a prized signing by the Atlanta Falcons just a season ago who hasn't done much in his brief tenure there.
Rounding out the list are Chris Hope of the Tennessee Titans, Stanford Routt of the Oakland Raiders, Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints and Paul Soliai of the Miami Dolphins.
Brady, Manning and Brees have a combined five Super Bowl rings compared to Sanchez’s zero, and have appeared in more combined conference championship games—with ten, five by Brady, three by Manning and two by Brees—to Sanchez’s two.
Since being acquired in the 2009 NFL Draft—via trade with the Cleveland Browns— Sanchez’s record as a NFL starter in the regular season is a impressive 29-12 and 4-2 in post-season. Sanchez’s has four playoff wins—all on the road—his 0-2 record in the AFC Championship Game is one reason why his $14.75 million dollar salary may be less than justified.
The main reason why Sanchez is over-paid is his career accuracy of 55.1% of and sub-par QB rating of 71.4 in a “passing league” is less than acceptable.
For all of his talent and potential, Sanchez’s penchant to date Hollywood actresses and pose in men’s fashion magazines such as GQ, makes you question if New York’s $14.75 million dollar investment in Sanchez is sound.
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Brady is the only one that is not over paid of this group. And nice job of making brees and manning stats look better by lumping brady's with them
Read between the lines and you could make a fair assesment that this columnist got snubbed or something along those lines. I mean who cares if he dates actresses and gets a spread in GQ? If this is all this person is going to base their opinion on its pretty weak. The reason why it might seem like he is overpaid is because of the salaries they are paying these rooks coming out of college before even seeing them play! NOT because he dates so and so or poses for this or that. He has produced on his ball club better than most rooks in his position and thats all that needs to be said. He is only overpaid because of his draft position. Thats not his fault. Or it is depending on your viewpoint.