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The Daily Mark Sanchez to Canton Watch: Beware Braylon

If Mark Sanchez has watched film of the Patriots’ loss to the Colts – and we take it he’s looked at more than just the infamous fourth-and-2 play – then he should be able to take one thing away: New England’s cornerbacks aren’t great.

Bill Belichick has meshed together a quartet that’s played a rotation for much of the season. Against Peyton Manning and the Colts, those four players — Leigh Bodden, Jonathan Wilhite, Darius Butler and Shawn Springs — were exposed. They were too slow to keep up with the Colts’ receivers and Reggie Wayne beat them badly time and again.

What that means for Sanchez is there’s hope yet of upsetting New England on Sunday and keeping the Jets’ playoff hopes alive. To realize that hope, he’s going to have to get the ball to Braylon Edwards. His top receiver has Wayne’s talent and can produce big numbers if given the chance.

For his part, Edwards seems primed for the showdown. “We know what this game means,” he said. “This is pretty much it.”

Game info: Jets at Patriots, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET (CBS); betting line: Patriots -10; over/under: 43.5

*The DMSTCW forecasts Mark Sanchez will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2030 after an 18-year career during which he will accumulate: 111,186 passing yards (he was born on November 11, 1986); 6 Super Bowl championships (to go along with his uniform number); $1 billion in endorsements (including several deals involving teeth-whitening products); 11,550 panties (same numbers as the zip code of the Jets’ headquarters in Hempstead, New York, which incidentally, will be renamed Sanchezstead upon his retirement); enough pats on the behind from Fireman Ed to make him feel uncomfortable; and 1 kiss from Suzy Kolber (willingly given).

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