Mark Sanchez was none too pleased with a New York Post reporter who took a quote about Eagles fans and turned it into a dig against Jets supporters. Sanchez is now the backup to Nick Foles in Philadelphia.
After his session with reporters ended Monday, the man infamous for the Butt Fumble reportedly said, “The fans are a lot nicer.” As he later explained in a tweet, he meant that only as a comparison to how Eagles fans treated him when he was a Jet.
Still, that didn’t stop the Post reporter from tweeting: “Mark Sanchez on Philly vs. New York: ‘The fans are a lot nicer here.’ BOOM”
The quarterback called out the Post reporter for his interpretation.
“My comments today about Philly fans being ‘nicer’ was in reference to their reaction to me now vs. the last time I played here as a Jet in 2011,” Sanchez wrote. “It had absolutely nothing to do with NY fans. I have nothing but good things to say about my time in NY and I’ve always said the fans are tremendous. It’s unfortunate that 1 reporter out of the 10 I spoke with today chose to take these comments out of context. Everyone else knew what I was talking about.”
