[Jets] Jets OG Alan Faneca Opening Up To Having A Rookie QB Start

New York Jets veteran offensive guard Alan Faneca has softened his stance about the prospects of playing with a rookie starting quarterback. Years removed from venting when Ben Roethlisberger was thrust into the Pittsburgh Steelers starting lineup as a rookie due to Tommy Maddox getting hurt, Faneca is expected to react more favorably this time if Mark Sanchez is named the starter over Kellen Clemens, according to Bob Glauber of Newsday. In 2004 when Roethlisberger joined the first-team offense, Faneca said, No, its not exciting. Do you want to go to work with some little young kid whos just out of college? but five years later, Faneca has reportedly mellowed and explained his past remarks during a recent interview. The starting quarterback goes down, everybodys upset, and were just trying to make that jump and one of the reporters asks me if I was excited to have the young guy, Faneca said. As a veteran, Im excited about winning the Super Bowl, not the young guys getting a chance. So, I went off a little bit.

Source: ProFootballTalk.com

[86WARD]

Yeah...he failed on his first "complaint."

[mj1987us26]

I still don't get all the hype over Sanchez. I mean the guy had a good season on a great team in a weak conference.