Before Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum decided to add another talented – but troubled – player, he consulted his franchise quarterback. The general manager admitted that he spoke with Mark Sanchez before the Jets decided to make a move for USC running back Joe McKnight, a mercurial talent that left college amid controversy. Sanchez, who played two seasons with McKnight, gave the Jets’ braintrust his seal of approval. http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2010/04/gm_mike_tannenbaum_consults_ma.html