Audible: Hotdog-gate
“I want to apologize for that,” Sanchez said. “I wasn’t feeling very good and didn’t eat much before the game, so I was feeling a little queasy. Toward the end of the game, I probably should have eaten one of those bars or something, but someone offered [a hot dog], so I grabbed it and tried to be discreet about it, but obviously not discreet enough. So I shouldn’t have done that, and it won’t happen again.”
He could have fooled me if he wasn’t feeling very good. On another note, when I’m queasy, the first thing on my mind to eat isn’t usually meat byproducts encased in tube form.
What do you think? Is this something that Sanchez should have to apologize for? Was this disrepectful to the other team? Why was there such a visceral reaction by some former players?
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Don’t lose by 38 points at home if you don’t want a rookie QB to be chowing down in the waning minutes of the game.
Hey, there are players in the league who would’ve done it as a joke, and I did find it amusing at the time. Sanchez was just hungry, and he apologized.
I don’t think it’s that big of a deal.
Tho pretty hilarious, this was a pretty dumb thing to do. But then again, Antonio Pierce said playing the Raiders was like a scrimmage and I didn’t hear any uproar. It’s not like Sanchez washed the dog down with a beer haha.
Not a big deal for me, but I must admit I’ve never seen anything like this. I’m sure he broke some rule. Has he been fined? WIll he?
You dont know whats going on but hey if he felt like garbage and needed to get something in his stomach I guess its better than passing out.
I seriously cannot believe this is even being discussed. I remember during the game when this was discovered, one of the announcers was going on and on about it as if Sanchez had just broke the holiest of rules out there. The guy felt sick and needed to eat something. What the hell is the big deal?? It’s not like he was tweeting or texting his parents or something. This is pretty much a joke.
Jeez, anyone who gets mad at him for this needs to relax. If it were a close game, I could understand the backlash more, but it was freaking 38-0.
On another note, did anyone see on the SNY postgame, when Custer asked Lucas a question, the camera pans to him and he’s “discreetly” eating a hot dog and talking with his mouth full about being a little queasy. It was HILARIOUS.
It reminded me of seeing teenagers smoking joints in a crowded parking lot before a concert..
Cops are walking around, and they’re trying, but failing to be discreet..
Big picture, who cares.. it’s funny.. we’ll call this a “rookie mistake”..lol
It was a hell of a lot more insulting that the entire starting defense was still on the field at 38-0 trying to preserve a shut out, sure he should have just eaten an energy bar but there are bigger stories than this.
i dont care if its messed up, it was hilarious. if the raiders weren’t such a joke of a franchise, stuff like this might not happen.
sanchez put in so much more effort in trying to be discreet than some of them raiders put in playing football.
don’t care at all.
I don’t get it… if it was a Power Bar, no one would say a thing. In baseball they chew tobacco and spit seeds. In golf they snack the entire round. Whats the difference? He was hungry and he needed calories. He was eating it discretely anyway, wasn’t trying to show anyone up. Nitpicking the rookie is getting old. The media loves to create controversy.
The real reason everyone is so upset is because if he had gotten some mustard on the football he might have had a turnover in this game!
i knew as soon as i seen him chowing down that dog he was gonna get flack…wasnt like he was doing it too be funny he was actually trying to hide the fact he had a hotdog in his hand…i guess theres always gonna be negative nancy’s and whiners out there complaining about every little thing…be a man sanchez tell people you were hungry and to **** off !!!
Dude was hungry I get that but he should have waited 10 more minutes. Gaurentee he gets a hot dog endorsment now.
I thought this was great, and I have no problem with it. I dont want my starting QB to be hungry, and everyone loves a good hot dog
Its not a big deal at all but it would be funnier if it was a snickers bar. Hungry? Why wait? lol Sanchez would be there new commerical.
if the Jets are winning, I don’t care if Sanchez gets a beer to wash the dog down!
I thought it was hysterically hypocritical that Dierdorf of all people were getting on him — like Big Dan has ever turned down a hot dog?! Please! Sanchez was doing it discreetly during a TV time out after he had been taken out of the game — who the hell cares?!
I can’t believe this was even an issue. I guess when the game on the field is over at half time, you look for anything to make a story. Insipid “journalism.” What’s next, calling out the trainers for not using Band-Aid brand bandages to hold Leon’s leg together?
Fans,
I have absolutly no problem with it at all. He was done for the day anyway. After his excellent performance he could have had a beer or glass of wine. He deserved to chill for a minute. Go Jets! I’ll send him the hot dogs when he’s home.
Charlie D
I thought it was hysterical. My wife kept asking what’s the big deal (and she is right). I remember old baseball stories where a player was always getting in trouble for eating hot dogs on the bench. He stuffed one with mustard in his back pocket and when forced to slide he came back to the bench with his uniform covered in mustard. Now THAT would have been a big deal.
hey fellow jets! pro bowl voting came out today lets get some of the jets in there. I know its not a big deal and just a popularity contest but i think the players would like us to. http://www.nfl.com/probowl/ballot
you can vote many times possible.
lol, i agree everyone; once i saw him chowing down on tv i knew the analysts would get after him.
but honestly, who in their right mind would believe this was an attack on the raiders. geez folks. the moment i saw him eating i knew it had to be because he was feeling lightheaded. protein and carbs AKA HOT DOG AND BUN. the two main ingredients in a powerbar. LOL.
i dont care at all about this. im glad to see he made the right choice and got some food instead of waiting and possibly fainting or something.
Why is an energy bar different? i heard mike golic this morning say he should have eaten an energy bar. WTF is different? I NEVER heard that you cant eat on the sidelines. Media is just trying to squeeze a story out of a dull game.
I just wonder if it was grilled (my fave) or boiled NYC style.
My impression of whichever ex-jock blockhead on the MNF pre-game show taking on this topic:
Stu Scott: “Yo yo yo Mark Sanchez be all up out there on the Wizest Coast pimp-slappin’ the Raiders and gettin’ himself some hot dog! Now some out there are sayin’ he all actin’ like a fool! What do you think Moron #1?”
Moron #1: “You know, I played in THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE for many years, and during my time in THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, I not once embarassed myself on national television by eating a hot dog on the sideline! This shows a total lack of understanding here by Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets. You do NOT EVER eat food like this on the sideline in THIS league. He embarasses himself and his teammates with this action, which is a major negative in THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.”
Moron #2: “Yeah, but all I’m sayin’, is did that hot dog have some mustard on it?”
Entire panel: BA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!
I voted for Darrelle Revis atleast 200 times last year
Seems like bored announcers trying to add some drama to a blowout game to me. Who cares?
Sanchez better turn this into an endorsement deal is all I’m saying.
Harris52,
that was very funny.
On a serious note, anyone hear anything about this Leon injury possibly being career threatening? Thats what Rich Cimini said and now its making me nervous as hell.
to me, it is more shocking that a hot dog is all our multi million dollar training staff could offer him to eat if he wasnt feeling well
there are like 20 coaches / assistants on the team and not one of them could have told the kid that was a bad idea?
cimini posted last night the injury could be career threatening. then today, he posted leon will be back for OTAs. completely irresponsible reporting.
i think the report that stated the injury could be career threatening was completely baseless. he was just overreacting.
there is a long list of players who have come back from the same injury. i am hopeful he will be back as well
Leon just has to worry about infection since the bone broke through the skin.
As long as he plays as well as he did against the Raiders, he can order a seven-course meal.
the only thing im mad about with this whole hotdoggate thing is that sanchez apologized
I was confused why he was hiding it let alone apologize? I mean who gives a crap? Does anyone think the Raiders were pissed that Sanchez was eating a hotdog during a blowout?
The Raiders basically agreed with A Pierce last week when he called the game against the raiders a glorified scrimmage.
What Sanchez should have done was asked his lineman and RB’s if they were hungry….they did all of the work yesterday
I think it was awesome. He really does not have anything to apologize for being hungry. He should only apologize to Coach Ryan for not getting him one as well.
He could have went the girly way with a nutrition bar, but he wanted a man’s food and why not have one of man’s great creations, a dirty water dog! I have a new level of respect for the Sanchize! Make sure you keep extra dogs during Sunday’s tailgate in case #6 is walking through the lots.
Good thing the cameras didn’t catch Darrelle Revis practicing Korean with his new Rosetta Stone while intercepting JaMarcus Russell.
Harris52ChampionshipDefense
To second Revis……that was damn funny
he said he “heard it” which i took as some grief from players and coaches and not the good-natured kind.
have to remember that is the office for those guys, a place of business and their careers and livelihoods really do rely on each other doing their job seriously and well. guys eat hot dogs and candy in bullpens all the time but the difference is it’s off camera.
i think the thing was that it was caught on camera and it implies we’re not that serious, it’s like a pick up game where you can grab a bite.
The only media I saw critisize the hotdog eating was Rich Cimini, why does that not surprise me?
What the **** is the big deal? Four minutes left, he gets pulled and he sneaks a dog? People have too much time on their hands!
ps. i must be a weak minded individual, because all of a sudden i really feel like getting a couple of dogs.
So first Sanchez sulks too much on the sideline ……
Now he has to pick a better meal to eat while our offense pimp slaps the Raiders?
Just the funniest stuff I have ever seen….
The also said Eli Manning slumps his shoulders too much when he throws an incomplete pass.
NY media at its finest
Harris52ChampionshipDefense, too good, too good. Hahaha.
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The Weiner Nazi
Well I always say if Dan ‘the gassbag douche’ Dierdorf is mad then we are doing something irritating. One of many awful things to put up with when the team is down, is dealing with CBS 8th best broadcasting team led by that enormous bozo Dierdorf.
haha Angel that was hilarious
im mad he wasnt eating a burrito they make some good ones out in cali hot dogs are for when you are in manhattan.
I am going to give my girly opinion. Sanchez is a doll! Who cares if he scarfed down a dog. He needed something to eat. What is the big deal?
It was funny and I knew he’d get some heat for it. Not disrespectful though…the fact that he was hiding it suggests he wasn’t intending for anyone to know.
As I said in another thread, my only problem is the fact that he went for the hot dog. I’ve been to that stadium and the boneless chicken wings and nachos are far superior to the hotdogs.
Poor Sione Pouha. He sits on the sideline devouring sandwiches and nobody ever notices him.
I think he was hiding the hot dog so he didn’t have to share it with the O-line. Oh, and as to the controversy — GET A LIFE.
I think Rex was right for benching him and putting in Clemens for such unsportsmanlike behavior :)
I’m going to put money that Nathans or Oscar Meyer found their new spokesman.
I damn near choked on my soda when they showed sanchez eating that dog…it was even better when Ray lucas did it in the post game!
hilarious stuff!
“Poor Sione Pouha. He sits on the sideline devouring sandwiches and nobody ever notices him.”
-Good stuff Bent
I just sat through class for 2 hours. I was very hungry. I almost at my shoe. When you’re hungry, you need to eat. I don’t blame Mark at all.
Thing is if it was Chad Ochocinco and he went up to some Cincy fans in Oakland with some money and they got him a beer and a hot dog, PTI would have him on for “5 good minutes” and everybody would be laughing about it. But, because Sanchez is a Jet and a rookie, it’s a big deal. This is the dumbest controversy, yet.
I did this in college my freshman year. I was the #2 center on the depth chart, but there were upper classmen backing up other spots on the line that would have gotten on the field before me. It was a frigid away game in Boston and we had these huge sideline jackets that went over your pads and kept you warm willing just milling around. So sometime during the third or fourth quarter a hotdog vendor leaned over the rail and started chatting up some of us scrubs. One thing led to another and I made one of the equipment guys loan me a couple of bucks and bought a hotdog. I had to hide it from the coaches (I was not really a coaches favorite, if this story doesn’t make that point obvious enough) but the sideline jacket made it easy to do. Everything would have been fine except I had the bright idea to put mustard on the dog. It got everywhere, on my sleeves, up my sleeves, on the inside of the jacket… Fortunately the equipment manager kept mum when I returned it that afternoon, but it was a huge running joke in the locker room for the rest of the season and guys would smear my practice gear with packets of ketchup and mustard. All in all it was one of the most satisfying dogs I ever had.
He was protecting that thing better than he does the football.
Well played Old Wise Jet Fan….
Well played sir
Who cares… Im just supprised it wasnt a taco…
might be the stupidest thing ive ever heard in terms of peope being upset by this. I understand it was a blowout and people needed something interesting to talk about when it came to this game but cmon!! Really he ate a hot dog and now hes disrespectful? Give me a break. Baseball players chew and spit sunflower seeds and tabacco in the dugout and on the field AS THEY ARE PLAYING!! He ate a hot dog after he was taken out of the game on the sidelines. If anyone has ever tried to workout or perform any kind of physical activity on an empty stomach you know how he felt. You feel queasy as he said and a high calorie food (such as a hotdog) is the perfect remedy. Lots of energy in the bread. Please stop the madness its so dumb
Mark, the Hot Dog eating is ok, no problem. Only one tip, be sure it is 100% angus beef, no chicken or pork.
Well, I just listened to Rex on the Michael Kay show (1050 espn) and the weinergate came up, and guess what? Rex was pissed, he said Sanchez disrespected the gm and he would not stand for it. Rex said he would not bench Sanchez but there would be some kind of consequence. Rex said he talked to Mark and told him to ever do it again. I would have bet lunch that Rex would not have a problem with it. Go figure!
“disrespected the game”
The media needs to stop trying to make a story out of every little thing that they feel will get recognition. I remember when ESPN and NFL.com did stories on games, and the great drama of the sport. Over the past couple years i have seen the NFL turn more into a soap opera then a competitive league. Its getting ridiculous; HES EATING A HOT DOG. NOTHING MORE. The press, the media, and anyone else “offended” need to take the stick out of their a$$. This is football
Rex was pissed because, nobody offered him one. If anyone is eating any food, it is Rex.
As for Mark, he shouldn’t have done it. I am sure the entire team would have liked to eat a dog or two but, it is not done. Imagine the entire team wolfing down dogs on the sideline. Some of them would be tossing their cookies on the field. Others would be running to the john. Not good for business.
I didn’t know you had to fast during an NFL game. I thought this was pretty hysterical, although slightly ill-advised. If you don’t want the other team’s starting qb to eat hot dogs on the sideline then don’t get blown out so badly. Rex isn’t going to do anything to Sanchez he is just saying that so opposing players don’t try to punish him. The kid was hungry and needed to eat. I always have a hot dog during the game. I’m going to open a “dirty water sanchez” dog cart outside the stadium next week.
Its Rex’s show, if he dont like, there’s nothing you can do, he’s the boss…
What would you rather have your QB do:
1. Vomit on the sideline (McNabb)
2. Eat a hot dog.
Come on! It’s just a hot dog. Or should he have eaten a snickers bar since the NFL is sponsored by it.
INSERT CHILL PILL.
Bent,
Good call. Actually, I think Sione could run through Times Square naked and no one would notice.
Prototypical invisible lineman.
#1:
I wonder if it came from Gray’s Papaya? West coast dogs just ain’t the same.
#2:
Pierce merely said that playing the Raiders was like a scrimmage. Sanchez was just saying that playing the Raiders was a picnic.
HE SHOULD REALLY BE APOLOGIZING TO REX FOR HAVING HIM ON A DOG LEASH WITH THE PLAY CALLS. HAVE ANOTHER DOG NEXT WEEK FOR ALL I CARE. JUST WIN!!!!!!
REX NOT KNOWING HOW GOOD HIS OFFENSIVE LINE IS OFFENSIVE TO THE LINEMEN HE HAS. HE IS SO FOCUSED ON DEFENSE THAT HE DIDNT GIVE CREDITED TO HIS O-LINE.
HOPEFULLY HE’S LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON.
WE WOULDVE NEVER LOST THE BILLS GAME IF HE KNEW HOW GOOD HIS O-LINE WAS.
I’m curious to see on what downs Sanchez’s into occurred? You have that one? Are these stats located in any particular website?
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