A 25-year-old Jets fan posted death threats against Mark Sanchez on Twitter following Monday's loss to Tennessee.

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A 25-year-old Jets fan from the New York area who identified himself as Brave Grancru insists he never actually wanted to kill Mark Sanchez.

A flurry of Twitter posts directed at the quarterback and the organization, however, suggested otherwise.

The Jets were put on notice about the posts, made shortly after midnight on Tuesday following their 14-10 loss to the Titans, and the NFL security branch offered their assistance, according to league spokesman Greg Aiello.

At 12:06 a.m., Grancru tweeted the following with the handle @BraveGrancru:

"DON'T COME TO PRACTICE WEDNESDAY I PROMISE YOU BULLETS EVERYWHERE...@Mark_Sanchez" he posted at 12:06 a.m.

A few minutes later, he added:

"SANCHEZ BETTER HAVE ARMED SECURITY AT PRACTICE !! YOU THINK IMMA SIT HERE & WATCH THIS BULLS--- ??"

He also Tweeted a photo of himself wearing a Jets cap, and captioned the photo by saying "TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT YOUR KILLER !! WEDNESDAY NIGHT NIGHT..."

He also Tweeted at Fox News, asking for air time to "voice my future killing."

"I want answers from the whole Jets organization, I'm a die-hard fan," Grancru said over the phone Tuesday night. As of the time he was reached, he was not contacted by police or the NFL. "I was just aggravated last night, they're taking the whole threat thing out of proportion. I don't want to kill Sanchez, I just don't want him playing for my team."

The Jets said they would have no comment on the matter.

Grancru admitted that he had been drinking while watching the game and that he wished he would have chosen his words more carefully. He thought that within the realm of Twitter, his post would not be taken seriously.

"People get threatened every day on Twitter," Grancru said. "Because it's Mark Sanchez it doesn't make it (any different). If I'm in trouble, everyone should be in trouble, you understand what I'm saying? I apologize, it was wrong my remarks, but they're just Tweets.

"It's not like I'm in a stadium shouting in his face, I'm not going to his house or going to practice. It's just a Tweet. It's my account and I Tweeted something."

Grancru continued to Tweet about the incident on his account after a groundswell of comments flooded in.



"Right now I regret Tweeting all those things, I could have said something differently to display my discomfort but it happened," he said. "I apologize for what happened, but I want to talk to someone in the Jets organization. That's what I want. It's Christmas time, so just grant me that."

Conor Orr: corr@starledger.com; twitter.com/ConorTOrr