Who goes out to the market and buys candy corn? If candy corn were perishable, October would smell terrible. Candy corn is only eaten when it is the absolute last resort. Its the only candy that is used mainly for decoration. It is the only candy that kids would rather have the non candy version of. When I was little I went to a birthday party and played the candy corn guessing game. I guessed the closest amount of candy corn in a jar (1000?) and won the entire jar of candy corn. I carried that burden for a while.
Last night the Jets covered the spread in what was thought to be the biggest public lock of all time. Houston dominated the whole game bursting out into 50 yard runs and batting down feeble attempts of passing from Marc Sanchez. However the special teams and well timed defensive spurts of the Jets, contained the Texans lead to a dismal 6 points. America is poorer, Vegas is richer, everything is standard.
After the game the always PC analysts for ESPN were talking about the battle between Sanchez and Tebow. It is a good thing that the analysts don't run wall street, because they have no clue what a sunk cost is. They talk about franchises investing in players like they worked at JP Morgan for 10 years. Steve Young, you were good at throwing a football, you don't know how to run a business.
When I think of Marc Sanchez a few words come to mind, weak, soft, fairy, joker, and nice guy. Now I would like to add sunk cost to that list. The Jets will never win a super bowl with Sanchez as their QB and everyone in the world knows it. When we look at the superbowl winning QBs of recent years, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Ben Rapelessberger, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, they are all men. They can stay in the pocket, deliver a 50 yard throw, and take a potential career ending hit. When Sanchez is attacked he just goes into the fetal position and throws a 3 yard broken pass to the sideline. Then the cameras zoom on over to Rex Ryan and his fat jabbering jowls like anyone actually cares what he has to say. Go stick a toe in your stupid mouth Rex.
Tebow may not be the answer to the Jets problems. However, he brings more opportunity to team than any other QB. When a city wins a super bowl with Tim Tebow as their QB, Jesus will personally come down from Heaven and grant everyone afterlife immunity. Tebow needs time to shine. What he did in Denver was truly a miracle, he breathed oxygen into the mile high mountainous city. I'm looking at the benefits to both players. You start Sanchez, you come in last place and sell some jerseys to Latin America. You start Tebow, you might make the play offs and sell jerseys to everyone who believes in Jesus.
Sanchez reminds me of my fantasy team this year. I'm 1-4 with a bunch of under performing studs on my team. I have a team that could win in the playoffs, but my chances of making the playoffs have to be under 10%. Being a keeper league, I have already traded off my studs for good late round pics next year. When dealing with a sunk cost it is best to act early. Being the first on the scene for a new market is much more important than lingering around in one you cannot win. Lesson learned Jets, start Tebow, rebuild your receivers, fire Rex.
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