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Jets' ticket to Big D depends on D

Cromartie will be under the microscope as Gang tries to stop Steelers' big-play QB

Updated: January 21, 2011, 9:16 AM ET
By Rob Parker | ESPNNewYork.com

It's too easy to look at New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez and hitch the team's chances of making it to the Super Bowl to him.

If Sanchez plays well against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday night at Heinz Field, the Jets are in.

If he plays poorly, the Jets won't make it to their first Super Bowl in 42 years.

It's just not true.

Teams have won and won big -- we're talking Super Bowls -- without their young ...

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