- After (another) monstrously terrible game, this one on Monday Night Football against a bad Tennessee Titans team, former first round draft pick Mark Sanchez was benched by coach Rex Ryan.
- The New York Jets, who traded for Tim Tebow this past year, presumably to be Sanchez's backup, will instead turn to second year player (and former Rhodes Scholar finalist) Greg McElroy, who has looked alright in limited action this year. Generally speaking, "alright" is not the adjective you want describing the most important position on your team, but for the Jets that level play would probably have them in playoff contention at this point.
- Tebow will continue to back up McElroy, and Ryan did not elaborate on why he was not the starter. We at Sportico can only surmise that it is because he is not a good quarterback.
- Despite his lack of stats, especially while passing the ball, Tebow does have a winning record in the NFL and even led the Broncos to a playoff win just last season against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Lakers (barely) win!
- You know the Lakers season hasn't been going according to plan when they only defeat the Charlotte Bobcats at home by 1 point.
- For perspective, the Bobcats set an NBA record for lowest winning percentage last season by 7-59 and while they did match last season's win total in only 12 games this year, they've lost 12 in a row since then.
- Kobe Bryant led the Lakers in the 101-100 "triumph" with 30 points but that was barely enough to overcome Kemba Walker and his teammates. Walker scored 28 and former Laker Ramon Sessions added 20.
- The big news was the return of Pau Gasol who missed the last ten games due to tendinitis in his knees. Gasol did not put up big numbers but played decently considering his recent injuries. He scored 10 points on 3-10 shooting and grabbed 9 rebounds. The return of Gasol should help a team that was relying heavily on Jodie Meeks to be the second offensive fiddle next to Bryant.
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