The carrot and the stick for Mark Sanchez

A very astute post in The New York Times today about the effect of adding Tim Tebow to the development of Mark Sanchez:

"Drew Brees was the 32nd pick in the 2001 draft, but he largely disappointed in his first three seasons. Brees had a 10-17 record as a starter, completed just 59.4 percent of his passes and threw 31 interceptions, with only 29 touchdown passes. The Chargers drafted Eli Manning, then traded him for Philip Rivers and other picks on the first day of the 2004 draft, as Brees was considered nothing more than a journeyman. But he turned his career around by completing 65.5 percent of his passes and throwing for 27 touchdowns (with just 7 interceptions) and led the Chargers to an 11-4 record."

Granted, the article does mention Derek Anderson, Brady Quinn, and Jon Kitna, so Drew Brees is definitely the exception rather than the norm. Basically, if the big contract was the carrot being offered to Sanchez, would adding Tebow be the stick to get him going? Let's hope that is how it will work.