Sanchez, entering his fifth season, and Smith have been rotating practice days with the starters,Cheap Adidas Shoes From China, usually switching up on every third day. Ryan had mentioned Monday that he could change up that rotation by having Smith work with the starters Tuesday,Fjallraven Kanken Italia, but instead kept Sanchez with the first-team offense.
"Geno had a terrific start to the camp," Mornhinweg said. "He has dipped just a little bit, and he has to recover. We'll see how he rebounds."
For a second straight day, Sanchez was very solid. He was accurate, going 4 for 6 in team drills and zipping some long tosses to receivers in one-on-one drills.
"The first thing is, he's earned it," he said. "He's had an outstanding training camp. The second thing is, he's been the starter here and the first game would typically be his, and he's earned it as well. Those things kind of go together."
"Certainly, he's the incumbent," coach Rex Ryan said of Sanchez. "The competition starts off and we'll see how it goes from here, but it seemed like the natural thing to do."
Normally in preseason openers, starters rarely play more than two possessions. Both Ryan and Mornhinweg said there is a chance the starters could play a bit longer than usual,Adam Shaheen Jersey, given the circumstances.
"That'll be a good test," Ryan said. "No question about it."
CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Mark Sanchez is getting the first chance to start.

"We'll put our 1s out and we'll play it," Ryan said. "The preseason doesn't end after this first preseason game. We'll take it through as much as possible. We said this was going to be an equal competition, and it is going to be a competition and that's exactly what it is."
Meanwhile, Smith threw his first interception this summer — working with the second-team offense — in 11-on-11 team drills,Cheap Yeezys For Sale Real, getting picked off by Ellis Lankster after going nine-plus practices, including the scrimmage, without one. He finished 2 of 5 in team drills.
Smith,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, the team's second-round pick, will also get some snaps with the first-team offense against the Lions,Cheap Jerseys From China, but Ryan and Mornhinweg hadn't determined exactly how the playing time would be distributed.
"Mark, this is his game," Mornhinweg said. "He'll start and go with the 1s and then we certainly would like to get Geno in just a little bit with the 1's and then he'll take the 2s and we'll progress from there."
Ryan is eager to see how both Sanchez and Smith handle Detroit's pass rush, especially with protecting the football a major point of emphasis this summer.
Offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg took it a step further, saying there was one clear factor in choosing Sanchez.
Locked in a tightly contested quarterback competition with rookie Geno Smith, Sanchez got the nod on Tuesday to be under center for the New York Jets in their preseason opener Friday night at Detroit.
"Really, we've been going every two days," Ryan said, "so we'll kind of stay with that same kind of rhythm and then both guys will play in the game."