Panthers' Steve Smith rips Mark Sanchez: 'He sucks'

It sounds like it's open season on Mark Sanchez all over the airwaves.

The Carolina Panthers' All-Pro receiver Steve Smith ripped the Jets maligned quarterback while hosting a radio show on Wednesday.

"He sucks,” Smith said Wednesday while co-hosting “The Drive” on WFNZ 610-AM in Charlotte. “I wouldn’t let Mark Sanchez throw me a paper bag sandwich.”

Smith's unabashed opinion of Sanchez as some sort of deli counterman is all the more juicier because the Jets are scheduled to play the Panthers in Week 15 in Carolina. But there a good possibility the home team might be lining up against rookie Geno Smith by then.

Sanchez’s chances of making the Jets roster did get a boost on Wednesday when David Garrard announced he was ready to retire. Sanchez will now be the main competition for second-round draft pick Smith in the battle to be the Jets starter.

Expect to see a run on paper sandwich bags down in Charlotte December 15.