1a. There’s a cottage industry built around jokes made at Mark Sanchez’s expense, but (1) He cost the Broncos next to nothing, and (2) He’s “won” four postseason road games (including one in New England), much in the same way Peyton Manning “won” three postseason games last year.
Actually, that’s not quite fair. Sanchez’s playoff performance over his two postseasons with the Jets (9 TD, 3 INT, 94.3 rating over six games) was better than Peyton’s postseason performance this year (2 TD, 1 INT, 75.4 rating over three games). And Manning had a better collection of weapons, and a better defense helping him out.