LaDainian Tomlinson: I don't think Mark Sanchez will be a starter

Retired New York Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson isn't shy about sharing his opinions on his former team and his teammates, and he doesn't have too many nice things to say about quarterback Mark Sanchez.

On Tuesday, Tomlinson declared Sanchez, who is "day-to-day" with a shoulder injury sustained in a preseason game, finished as a starter.

“No, I don’t think Mark will be a starter again in the NFL," Tomlinson said. "I think there’s certainly potential for him to be a backup and then get a starting job for half the year or what have you that way.”

"But I think his days as a full time starter are pretty much over," he said. "Because you’ve got to realize in football, for a quarterback, you’re going to get three to five years in an organization to prove that you’re the franchise guy."

"I mean that’s just what it is," he said. "And if you don’t do it in that time frame then they’re going to move on to somebody else and then you’re position now will become a backup.”

Tomlinson and Sanchez played together for New York in 2010 and 2011, Tomlinson's final two years in the NFL.