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Mark Sanchez Banged Up Again; Bruised Lung For Jets' Cromartie?

NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) — By the time Mark Sanchez made his way to the podium, a red welt had formed under his right eye and stretched across the bridge of the Jets quarterback's nose.

There was no in-game snack on the sidelines for Sanchez this time at the Coliseum. He was having enough trouble just trying to breathe correctly after getting hit in the face.

And he wasn't even sure who smacked him.

"I have no idea," said Sanchez after passing for a career-high 369 yards and two touchdowns in the Jets' 34-24 loss to the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. "I just came off the sideline and my nose was killing me."

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He was going to have X-rays to see if his nose was broken. It has been a rough start for Sanchez, who was tested for a concussion after the opening win against Dallas, and bruised his right arm against Jacksonville last week.

This time, Sanchez wasn't the only one hurting in New York's locker room.

Cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who drew four penalties and committed a costly turnover when he fumbled away a kickoff return late in the third quarter, suffered a rib injury and was taken for X-rays. The team had no immediate word on his condition.

Multiple reports say Cromartie suffered a bruised lung.

The Jets defense could probably use some help, too, after giving up 234 rushing yards and blowing a 17-7 lead.

"I've never had that happen I don't think in my life, but it just happened," coach Rex Ryan said. "This thing stings, there's no question. You have 439 yards on offense and you lose the game. It's unbelievable."

Darren McFadden bullied the Jets on the ground and Raiders bloodied Sanchez in a most satisfying victory in their home opener.

He ran for 171 yards and two touchdowns as part of the most productive rushing day against New York since Ryan took over as coach in 2009.

"McFadden is always a threat to anybody's defense," Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis said. "He crushed us today. It was the little things that we didn't focus on that caused us to fall behind, and we didn't catch up."

Sanchez had a much rougher second trip to Oakland in his career, getting bloodied on one of Oakland's four second-half sacks and needing a visor to protect a cut on his face. It was a far different end than his game here two years ago, when he was caught on camera eating a hot dog on the sideline in the closing minutes of a 38-0 victory that was the most lopsided home loss in Raiders history.

Ryan was miffed no penalty was called when Sanchez got hurt.

"He took a shot in the face, wasn't called, so it must have been in the shoulder," Ryan said. "But something happened to his face."

Sanchez completed 27 of 43 passes, cutting Oakland's lead to 31-24 with a 16-yard pass to Plaxico Burress with 5:33 remaining. He also ran for one touchdown and had a second overturned by replay in the final minute, ending New York's last gasp.

But a week after blowing a game defensively in the second half in Buffalo, the Raiders never gave New York a chance at a comeback. Campbell scrambled 10 yards for a first down and found Bush for a 28-yard gain after buying time with his feet to set up Sebastian Janikowski's 49-yard field goal with 2:32 left to ice it.

"We all had our hand in this," Sanchez said. "We had momentum on our side, we let them hang around at halftime then they came and knocked us around a little in the third quarter."

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