Deal for Sanchez May Have Been Set As Early As Thursday

Just heard from a league source that the deal between the Jets and the Browns that brought QB Mark Sanchez to New York with the fifth overall pick was already in the final stages of negotiation on Thursday.

The Jets have said they've been targeting him for a while so it would then make sense that they would do everything they could to nail it down as soon as they could.

The team also just released a statement from GM Mike Tannenbaum addressing the Plaxico Burress rumors:

Consistent with our normal approach of performing our due diligence, we contacted Drew Rosenhaus several days ago prior to the draft to inquire about Plaxico’s pending legal situation. However, we have had no discussions with Drew about Plaxico since that time.