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Ryan: Sanchez still Jets starting quarterback

It isn’t Tebow Time quite yet.

Jets coach Rex Ryan held firm yesterday that Mark Sanchez remains his starting quarterback, despite a slump of A-Rod proportions.

“Yeah, no question,” Ryan said on a conference call with reporters when asked if he’s sticking with Sanchez.

Sanchez went 14-for-31 for 230 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions in Monday night’s loss to the Texans. It was his fourth straight game with a completion percentage below 50 percent, and has the Tim Tebow backers growing by the day.

After a strong start to the season in the first game against the Bills, Sanchez has been awful. Since Week 2 in Pittsburgh, he has completed 58-of-132 passes (44 percent) with three touchdowns and five interceptions. His QB rating over those four games is 55.0.

Sanchez currently has the lowest completion percentage in the NFL (48.4) and his QB rating of 66.6 is 31st in the league, ahead of only Matt Cassel of the Chiefs and Brandon Weeden of the Browns.

All of this has led many to believe that Tebow cannot be much worse and he might provide a spark for the sputtering offense like he did for the Broncos last season.

The Jets face the Colts this week followed by a trip to New England and a home game with the Dolphins. After that three-game stretch is the team’s bye week, a natural time to make the switch to Tebow if Ryan decides to make a move.

Yesterday, Ryan would not say whether he will change quarterbacks if the 2-3 Jets continue to lose.

“I’m not going to get into the what-ifs and all that,” Ryan said. “We’re not preparing to lose, that’s for sure. We’re thinking we’re going to win.”

The Jets have not lost three consecutive home games since 2009. A loss to the Colts and their rookie quarterback Andrew Luck this week will likely send the Jets fan base into panic mode.

Sanchez is going to be the first one who gets the blame, fair or not. He has played with a depleted supporting cast all season and the team’s running game remains AWOL. Still, Sanchez has been less accurate than the weather report.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Sanchez became the first quarterback since Stoney Case of the Ravens in 1999 to have four straight games with a completion rate under 50 percent while attempting a minimum of 25 passes per game.

In his career, Sanchez has had 10 regular season games where he has completed less than 47 percent of his passes. Four of them have come through five games this year. Of his 20 worst QB ratings in the regular season, four of them are from this year.

Despite the numbers, Ryan said he feels good about Sanchez.

“I think when you look at it [Monday] night I thought he played pretty good,” Ryan said. “I think he was accurate with the football.’’

Ryan said Sanchez was a victim of three dropped passes and five tipped balls. The Jets offense has looked out of rhythm since Week 2. In their last 45 offensive possessions, the Jets have scored two touchdowns. They have 19 three-and-outs.

Could Tebow help that?

The Jets’ backup quarterback played just seven offensive snaps Monday night, continuing the trend where the Jets do not use him much.

“I wish we’d have a little more success with it,” Ryan said of the Tebow package. “At times it looks really good. We’ve just got to stay with it.”

Tebow said all the right things after the game, maintaining he is ready when the coaches call but he’s not asking to get in the game. His best chance to have an impact Monday night came on two carries inside the 20. He gained 13 yards on the first one, but no yards on the second and was removed from the game.

“I was hoping with a few opportunities I could have punched one of those in,” Tebow said. “I just have to keep working and get better.”

That should be the mantra of all the Jets quarterbacks right now.

brian.costello@nypost.com