In one sense, Sanchez is doing the Jets a favor. He has no future with the team, and a potential return to the sideline this season only would create a distraction. On the other hand, the Jets designated Sanchez to return when they placed him on injured reserve. Each NFL team only can use that tag one time in a season, and the Jets burned it on Sanchez. Someone in the organization clearly was hopeful that Sanchez would play again this season. (We doubt that someone was general manager John Idzik.)