* Mark Sanchez will be the first rookie to start a game at QB for the Jets since Matt Robinson in 1977.
* The Seahawks will log the most travel miles this season - 29,054. The Browns will log the fewest - 7,554. The Eagles are 13th at 17,730, which includes two trips to the West Coast (San Diego and Oakland).
* Last season, the Cardinals completed more passes (418) than the Panthers attempted (414).
* The Panthers fumbled 14 times in their four preseason games.
* The Chiefs are 2-23 in their last 25 games.
Thumb things to ponder
THUMBS UP:
You want a thumbs up? You can't handle a thumbs up. Maybe next week.
THUMBS DOWN:
To Browns coach Eric Mangini for refusing to divulge who his starting quarterback was going to be for Sunday's season opener against the Vikings. It was reported Wednesday that Brady Quinn will start ahead of Derek Anderson, but the news didn't come from Secret Squirrel. Mangini explained that he was trying to protect his team's "competitive advantage" against the Vikings. "I'm not saying it's going to be the difference or not the difference," he said. "But I know it's easier to study one [quarterback] than it is to study two."
THUMBS DOWN:
To former Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Turk Schonert for running his mouth after getting fired by head coach Dick Jauron last week. The customary way of reacting to firings in the NFL is to zip your lip. Not Schonert. He said Jauron wanted him to run "a Pop Warner offense ... I didn't simplify it to his liking ... He's been on my back all offseason." I'm not going to make a judgment call on whether Schonert's offense was too complicated. But if you work for a guy and he asks you to change something, you have two choices - change it or quit. What you don't do is ignore him and then whine when he cans you.
