The New York Jets announced today that rookie starter Mark Sanchez is out for this Sunday's crucial contest with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers due to a knee injury suffered in the win over the Buffalo Bills .

Having done nothing since the December 3rd victory in terms of auditioning a real back-up to fill the void created by the Sanchez injury, the Jets will go with second-stringer Kellen Clemens in the hopes the team can get to 7-6 against the lowly 1-11 Bucs.

We've seen this sad act too many times before.

When ex-Head Coach Eric Mangini refused to give Chad Pennington a vote of confidence, the former Jet played with a grueling high ankle sprain which saw the boo birds come out at the Meadowlannds in 2007.

Mangini underminded the only Jet quarterback to the lead New York to four playoff appearances!

Mangini switched to Clemens, the overvalued and underperforming 49th pick of the 2006 NFL Draft who can be best described as a complete bust considering the Jets could have taken tight end Anthony Fasano or maybe a guy by the name of Maurice Jones-Drew!

In a draft that only took nine quarterbacks, why was that second round pick squandered on the marginal skill set of one Kellen Clemens?

In his obsession to move Pennington out of the starting role,  Mangini passed on Jay Cutler for Kellen Clemens. In four years Clemens has appeared in 17 games with a 3-5 record. Barely a 50% passer (51.7%), Clemens has thrown 5 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

Woefully immobile, Clemens was sacked 27 times in just 8 games in 2007 and 34 times overall. With a lifetime QB Rating of just 59.2, can any Jet fan believe management is putting the best player on the field to win when a savvy veteran like Jeff Garcia is available right now?

In 2008 we saw how the Jets were fined for failing to reveal the severity of the Brett Favre injury which saw the team slide from 8-3 to 9-7 and out of the playoffs.

Just how damaged is Mark Sanchez and is it safe to say we won't see him for the remainder of 2009? Like Pennington and Favre in the past, when will the Jets get honest about the severity of the Mark Sanchez injury?

Are the Jets truly looking out for the best interests of the club or Sanchez with a possible playoff berth hanging in the balance by not taking a hard look at a Jeff Garcia, a former Buc who's won consistently in the NFL?

With a lifetime 61.6% pass completion ratio, Jeff Garcia completed an amazing 64.9% of his passes in 2008 when he managed the Bucs to a 6-5 record at the age of 38! With 161 touchdown passes and just 83 interceptions lifetime, why are the Jets ignoring the best available player that can lead this team to victories for the remainder of 2009?

To me, the message to Jet fans is that making the playoffs doesn't matter!

The fact the Jets have failed to seriously address the issue of quarterback on the roster is the biggest mystery of the 2009 season. Everyone knows Kellen Clemens is at best a second-string or third-string quarterback with no future here in New York. Why wasn't he moved off the roster the same way Chad Pennington was cut the day the Johnson & Tanenbaum decided to sign Brett Favre?

For an organization that is under .500 after 50 seasons of league play, what's the excuse for not trying to win? Can anyone look the fans in the face and say with any degree of confidence Kellen Clemens can get it done? His performance against Buffalo was a joke as he showed he can't handle game pressure as the offense had to adjust to high percentage passes and constantly running the ball on first and second down.

The 1-11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be salivating when they watch Kellen Clemens on film. They'll see an immobile, indecisive quarterback who rarely gets the ball downfield and the Jets will be all the more predictable with Clemens running the offense.

The disfunctionality of the Jets front office is for all to see once again.

Shame on Woody Johnson for not demanding the Jets make a move so that on Sunday, the probability of winning would increase, not slip away.