THERE WERE a lot of places Mark Sanchez could have, should have, thrown that second-and-nine pass in the red zone with 4 minutes left in the game Sunday, including into the stands or to his open tight end, Brent Celek, or hell, even to one of the cheerleaders on the sideline. If he had selected any of those options, the Eagles likely would be 5-4 today instead of 4-5. I use the word "likely" because their undependable kicker, Caleb Sturgis, still might have had to convert a 27-yard field goal, which isn't exactly a death-and-taxes certainty for him these days. But it never got to that point because Sanchez, subbing for injured Sam Bradford, did what Sanchez always seems to do. He turned the...
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