John Nestor

Mark Sanchez had a night to forget against a dominant Baltimore Ravens defense that had a game to remember.

The Ravens scored three touchdowns off turnovers by Sanchez in a lopsided 34-17 triumph Sunday night.

Sanchez has showns signs in his career so far in New York of being capable of developing into a top-flight signalcaller. He has also shown troubling signs with uneven performances.

Chalk Sunday night up as one of the latter as he lost three of his four fumbles and threw a costly interception that was retuened for a touchdown and sealed the game.

"He struggled mightily, there's no question about it," Jets coach Rex Ryan said. "It wasn't his best day, that's for sure, but he's our quarterback and I believe in him."

Sanchez completed just 11-of-35 passes for a paltry 119 yards. He was sacked by safety Ed Reed on New York's first offensive play and fumbled which Baltimore's Jameel McClain picked up and rumbled in from six yards for a touchdown.

The Jets scored on a kickoff return and a interception return by its defense. The only scoring drive Sanchez engineered was a 25-yard drive that ended with a field goal by Nick Folk.

Granted Baltimore's defense was having one of those nights, but Sanchez has to do a better job of protecting the ball. He has thrown at least one interception in each of the Jets' four games this season and he has fumbled six times, losing four.

Baltimore's three scores on defense were the most in franchise history and New York managed just 150 yards and seven first downs.

Now the Jets have to get ready for another big game and their third straight on the road as they face the New England Patriots Sunday.

"It's just a good thing we're playing next week," Sanchez said. "We need to work through this. We've got to fight. The great thing is we're playing a team we know we can play well against. But it's a team that's playing dangerously well. ... We don't like this feeling. No doubt I know this team can bounce back."

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