NFL

Bart Scott: Mark Sanchez ‘one of the top backups’

Bart Scott doesn’t think former teammate Mark Sanchez will have any trouble finding a job if the Jets cut him this month. It just probably won’t be a starting gig.

“Can Sanchez go out and be a player in this league? Absolutely. For me, right now, he’d be one of the top backups in the league,” Scott told Metro New York.

Sanchez, who missed all of last season following shoulder surgery, is due to earn a $2 million bonus on March 25 and is expected to be released before then, ending his up-and-down five-season tenure with the Jets and saving them $13.1 million on the salary cap this year.

Sanchez, 27, is expected to be healthy in time for next season, and Scott believes his former quarterback could flourish in a new locale.

“It doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of him. Remember Steve Young? Quarterbacks can play another 12 years in this league,” Scott said. “The story isn’t completed yet; the book isn’t even half-written yet. Hopefully he goes to a place where he has some weapons with great coaches, great coordinators and help continue to develop him.

“I don’t think it is over for Mark. It just may not be New York for him right now.”