Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez had some late-night plans to get to last night, but it’s not what you might expect.
Sanchez planned on going to the Jets’ training center in Florham Park last night after participating in a charity go-kart race for teammate Bart Scott’s foundation at Pole Position Raceway in Jersey City.
“There’s plenty of tape to watch and not enough time in the day to do it,” said Sanchez as he begins his preparation for Saturday’s game with the Giants. “That’s just how we like it. We’ll be ready to play.”
Sanchez said he is OK after taking some big hits in Sunday’s 45-19 loss to the Eagles. In the third quarter, trainers worked on Sanchez’s neck, but the quarterback said he plans on taking all the reps in practice this week.
“I’m feeling good,” Sanchez said. “I’ll practice all week and get treatment as the week goes, but I feel good.”
Sanchez joined a number of his teammates to support Scott and his foundation at the event. Scott has become a go-kart enthusiast and has hooked some of his teammates. Last night, they had former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand as their guest of honor.
The Jets still were trying to shake off the effects of Sunday’s blowout loss.
“We just ran into a buzz saw,” Scott said. “That’s a good, high-powered football team. You can’t have the mistakes that we made. We can’t turn the ball over, we can’t have blown assignments. You can’t allow [Michael] Vick to sit back there and not get pressure on him.
“They did a good job, we tried to rally back. We just dug ourselves into too big a hole.”
Sanchez said the Jets will be focused this week with their playoff lives hanging in the balance.
“It’s important for both sides,” Sanchez said. “Our playoff picture is still bright. Our future is bright. These next two weeks are huge. This is a short week, Christmas, there’s a lot going on with the holidays and family. There’s plenty of distractions.
“We just need to stay focused and really zero in on some of the mistakes we made [Sunday] and understand we can’t play like that and expect to win. … We’re going to have to play a lot better. And we will.”