Rex Ryan and Mark Sanchez had some successful seasons with the New York Jets, which included two playoff berths and consecutive trips to the AFC championship game.
So when Samantha Ponder mentioned on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown that Houston Texans rookie C.J. Stroud was, like Sanchez, a first-round selection who won his initial playoff game, Ryan affectionately remembered his former quarterback whom he called “my guy.”
However, the sentimentality ended there as Ryan acknowledged that Stroud was a better quarterback than Sanchez.
