Being under center when the real games start with Week 1 at home against Tampa Bay is also part of the plan.
"I don't have any reaction toward it," Smith said. "The competition's still open and I'll just continue to work and to grow."
"I never have butterflies," he said with a smile. "I've never been that type of person. I don't think I get nervous at all."
And, not only because he has been here longer than Geno Smith.
Sanchez is focused on this season,Seahawks Jersey Sale Cheap, rather than his past failures or even the consecutive trips to the AFC title game in his first two years. He does, however, get a good feeling about this year's team and recently told the Los Angeles Times that the Jets could be a playoff team — something he reiterated Wednesday.
Sanchez is coming off two mistake-prone seasons in which he led the NFL with 52 turnovers in that span. He was benched for the first time in his career last year in favor of Greg McElroy, and many speculated that the only reason he remained on the team was because of the $8.25 million he was guaranteed this season.
There's one thing that Smith can guarantee: He will not be nervous the moment he steps on an NFL field for the first time.
That means Smith should see plenty of action against the Lions, and then could have a chance at starting the second preseason game at home against Jacksonville.
"The only thing that I'm focusing on is making sure I'm prepared for the plays that I get in the game."
Sanchez was booed by fans last Saturday when he threw an interception in the team's scrimmage, and Schilens isn't sure if the Jets quarterback can win them back.
"Really, when it came down to it," he told the newspaper, "I kind of felt like they were looking for scapegoats and besides everyone except for, you know,Nike Just Do It Scarpe, maybe the quarterback position, and it was what it was."
He was also considered by some as perhaps the biggest reason the Jets went 6-10 last year, resulting in several changes in the front office and the roster. One former teammate, Lions wide receiver Chaz Schilens, appeared to echo that sentiment in comments to the Detroit Free Press on Wednesday.
"I mean, I just don't think about not playing ever," he said. "So, that really doesn't affect the way I approach things, the way I go to practice, (or) the way I play."
Both Sanchez and Smith have had solid camps,Cheap Jerseys From China, although the rookie's performance has dipped slightly and Smith even said he "wasn't my normal self." Smith is not concerned about that, and wasn't taken aback when quarterbacks coach David Lee announced to the players the decision to start Sanchez for this week.
Both Ryan and Mornhinweg have said Sanchez and Smith will get snaps with the first-team offense Friday night at Detroit, and perhaps the starters will play a bit longer than the usual one or two series, given the circumstances.
"Nothing good to say," he told the newspaper, "so I'm not going to say nothing."
CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Mark Sanchez was hardly surprised when he was told he was starting the New York Jets' preseason opener at Detroit.
Smith also didn't bristle when asked if he thought Sanchez had earned the opportunity to start the preseason under center first.
"Somebody's got to take the first snap, and to me, it is going to be a fair and open competition," Ryan said. "Really, Mark has had a good training camp, and so has Geno. Being the incumbent and things like that, I don't think anybody was that surprised that Mark would be the first quarterback in the first preseason game."
NOTES: CB Dee Milliner was limited at practice with tightness in a calf, but Ryan did not seem concerned about the first-round pick's availability for the game at Detroit. ... A vague Ryan spent several minutes fielding questions about RB Joe McKnight, who is sidelined with what the team is calling a "head injury" — but the Jets have not officially classified it as a concussion. The team has, however, acknowledged that McKnight is going through the league's official concussion protocol. "Joe has a head injury," Ryan said. "I don't want to say he has a concussion because that information hasn't been relayed to me. ... I'm not (trying to act like) Bill Belichick with that, saying it's 'a body part that something's wrong with.' If I don't know that he's got a concussion for sure, I don't want to tell you he's got a concussion and that's not the case." ... WR Vidal Hazelton was released with a knee injury, suffered during practice Tuesday. He had been having a solid camp, but Ryan said the injury was "severe."
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