Mark Sanchez dishes out food and Jets' chances of playoffs

The last time we saw Mark Sanchez he had his face in Brandon Moore's backside.  

On Tuesday, the New York Jets quarterback was finally seen outside a Far Rockaway school — with an even more tragic view — giving back to the needy victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Sanchez put aside the Jets embarrassing 49-19 loss to the New England Patriots to help City Harvest donate food to those still coping with the aftereffects of the superstorm.

The Jets did not practice yesterday and, despite Sanchez's horrendous Thanksgiving outing,  he found time to dish out hot meals and the lukewarm chances that the 4-and-7 Jets could make the playoffs.

"We feel great. We love our chances," said the optimistic Sanchez.  "We've got a special group.  We'll keep fighting and trying to win some games here."

The always charitable — he visited the ravaged New Jersey Shore three weeks ago — quarterback knows the Jets chances for a playoff spot are slimmer than Rex Ryan's new body but the schedule makers have been just as giving.

The Jets five remaining games are all against losing teams — the 4-7 Cardinals, Jacksonville (2-9), Tennessee (4-7), San Diego (4-7) and the 4-7 Bills.  A 9-7 record at the end of the season is not out of reach.

"We'll do our best," said Sanchez.  "We're just taking it one day at a time."

Despite his dismal record taking snaps this season, Sanchez's charitable efforts off the field help him distinguish real life from the game.

"This was the perfect opportunity with the day off here to get in, get my workout in, watch some film, prepare for [practice] and do something important in the community and keep some perspective," he said.

"We're just doing our best to give back, just to be here for these youngsters.  Make sure that people know you're thinking about them, and they mean a lot to us."

Sanchez may have had the misfortune of getting his face planted too close to a teammate's taint but, when it comes to helping people in need, no one can ever accuse him of putting his head in the sand.

Brandon Moore tells Cris Collinsworth to butt out

Brandon Moore was the butt of many jokes over the past few days following the play where New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez did a face-plant into the right guard's rear-end causing a fumble returned for a touchdown in the Thanksgiving Day rout by the New England Patriots.

The Jets lineman is party to giving his quarterback the Dirty Sanchez but Moore won't accept the accusation that he was being manhandled and caused the widely-ridiculed mishap.

Moore targeted NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth who criticized the Jet for what he perceived as the guard being pushed around by Patriots defensive lineman Vince Wilfork on the play.

"Oh my gosh, Vince Wilfork just threw Brandon Moore into Mark Sanchez.  I Have never seen this before," Collinsworth said on the broadcast, "Watch this, Vince Wilfork is going to throw Brandon Moore back into his quarterback, he's going to fumble the football.  This is what Reggie white used to do to people — forklift 'em, and just lift them off the ground."

Moore, who said he didn't even realize he had anything to do with the fumble until after the game, disagreed with Collinsworth's exuberant assessment of what went down.

"The Collinsworth guy, (I'm) not really a big fan of his," said Moore.  "He's a commentator I don't particularly care for."

Moore may have grounds for an argument.  Replays show that Sanchez slid into Moore's legs and Wilfork never even lifted Moore off the ground.  Moore was actually pushing his foe backwards.

"To portray it that way and to see it on TV, somebody slides into the back of you, that play happens a lot," said Moore.  "I didn't know what was going on until after the game."

Why Moore would dwell on just one of the Jets' many low-lights in the 49-19 loss — and on Collinsworth in particular —  was not clear.  

When asked what he had against Collinsworth, Moore said, "I don't need to get into (specifics).  He's ... whatever."