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NEW YORK -- Mark Sanchez is the Jets main man, not Peyton Manning. Benoit Pouliot Jersey . After acknowledging that New York "looked into" pursuing Manning, Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum announced Friday night the team extended Sanchezs contract by three years. The move ended speculation the Jets could push him aside to make way for the former Indianapolis Colts star whos now a free agent. "To find out that I could come back for three more years means the world to me," Sanchez said in a conference call. "Im absolutely pleased to be a Jet. My familys ecstatic and now its time to get to work." Sanchez, 25, had two years remaining on the deal he signed when the Jets made him a first-round draft pick in 2009. The contract extension is for $40.5 million, giving him five total years for $58.25 million, with $20.5 million fully guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hadnt announced financial terms, said the deal includes an additional $10 million in potential escalators. So, the maximum value of the three new years is $50.5 million, and $68.25 million over the entire deal. Tannenbaum did not elaborate on the Jets inquiry about Manning, but acknowledged the team had internal discussions about possibly going after the four-time NFL MVP. "When a first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterback becomes available," Tannenbaum said, "you look into it." Sanchez led the team to the AFC championship game as a wild card in his first two seasons, but struggled as the Jets lost their last three games in 2011 to finish 8-8 and out of the playoffs. Sanchez, along with former offensive co-ordinator Brian Schottenheimer, took heavy criticism for the teams step back. "If anything, that fuels me," Sanchez said. "It gets me excited about this next year, and I think if anything, I learned more this past year than my first two years combined about how to handle adversity and the things I couldve done better." But Sanchezs poor play down the stretch led to speculation that the Jets would pursue Manning, who was released by the Colts on Wednesday. Sanchez, who said the team approached him about an extension shortly after the season ended, understood the Jets interest in Manning. "Thats part of Mr. Tannenbaums job, to look at every viable option," Sanchez said. "The best part about it is they chose to stick with me. Im going to be the starting quarterback for the next few years here. Thats exciting. It gives the team just a reminder that Im the leader of this team." New York is in the market for a backup quarterback after Mark Brunell served in that role for two seasons. But Sanchez remains the man, as coach Rex Ryan has insisted he would be. Sanchez had his best statistical season, throwing for a career-high 3,474 yards and 26 touchdowns while also rushing for six scores. But he was dogged by inconsistent play and subpar decision-making at times with 26 turnovers. There was also a rift between him and wide receiver Santonio Holmes -- something Sanchez said has been smoothed over. "Weve been in contact, really, the whole off-season," Sanchez said, adding that he has met with Holmes. "I think a bigger deal was made out of that than needed to be, but thats OK. ... Weve kind of laughed that off at this point now, weeks ago." Sanchez also brushed off a media report after the season in which anonymous players and team executives criticized him and called for the Jets to make a serious run at Manning. "If youre an unnamed source, you dont speak for yourself and therefore, you dont really speak for the team," Sanchez said. "So, I didnt really pay it any mind." Both Sanchez and Tannenbaum declined to speculate whether he would have remained on the team if the Jets had gone ahead and been able to sign Manning. Despite the minor flirtation with the idea, the Jets showed their faith in Sanchez in the end based on what he has accomplished in just three seasons. "Weve won a lot of football games with Mark as the starting quarterback of the New York Jets, and thats really what convinced us," Tannenbaum said. "Its not a projection. Its not a hope. Its not an incremental leap of faith. Its, Heres a three-year body of work." Even if it has had some ups and downs, as Tannenbaum acknowledged. "We dont have blinders on," he said. "It has to get better and we think it will get better and we think it will become more consistent going into Marks fourth year." In an effort to do that, Sanchez said he has visited former Jets quarterback Chad Pennington to try to pick up new offensive co-ordinator Tony Sparanos system before off-season workouts begin. Sanchez is also eager to put last years failures behind him. "Our first two years together, those are some of the best years the Jets have had in a long time," Sanchez said. "So, they understand that, and they wouldnt let one season change their view on me. They know how hard Im going to work to come back next year and be the player that we all know I am, and we can be the team that we all know we are." Paul Coffey Jersey . Funny, they looked like longtime friends during Pittsburghs 5-1 demolition of Dallas on Tuesday night. Quick to the puck and even quicker to the net, the Penguins top line overwhelmed the suddenly struggling Stars as Pittsburgh bounced back from a dismal weekend sweep at the hands of Philadelphia by jumping on Dallas early. Custom Oilers Jersey . - The Kansas City Royals are hoping All-Star catcher Salvador Perez will be back in a few days. http://www.hockeyoilersofficial.us/Ryan-Smyth-Jersey/ . Though the 26-year-old said he was able to participate, coach Dwane Casey kept Johnson out as a precaution.EDMONTON - It took a full-team effort from the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday to halt a six-game losing streak. Five players had a multi-point performance and goaltender Ben Scrivens made 34 saves as Edmonton avoided a seventh straight loss by defeating the visiting Nashville Predators 5-1. "It was a good team win, all four lines and all six defence were rolling pretty good," said Edmonton defenceman Justin Schultz. "We got contributions from everyone tonight. Whether they were on the score sheet or not, everyone played well. It was nice to get a win." Ryan Smyth, Jordan Eberle, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Schultz had a goal and an assist apiece for the Oilers (16-32-7), who captured just their fifth win in the last 22 games, while Taylor Hall chipped in with two assists. Nail Yakupov added a single goal. "It was nice to get out to an early lead and I thought we carried momentum shift after shift in the first period," Smyth said. "We desperately needed a win, to build some confidence. Now we have confidence that we can win. We can come from behind if we need to, but it was nice to play with the lead." The Oilers have had five losing streaks reach five games or more this season, with six being their longest. David Legwand responded for the Predators (23-23-, who have lost two in a row against a pair of Alberta teams that are both in the bottom three spots in the standings, blowing a lead in a 5-4 shootout loss in Calgary on Friday. "Im quite disappointed," said Nashville head coach Barry Trotz. "We had a game in Calgary the other day and let a point slip away and tonight we had it 1-1 late in the first and I thought we would be in good shape. We gave up a poor goal in terms of our structure, it was bad coverage by us. When they got the third goal it took a lot of steam out of our bench." Veteran Predators forward Paul Gaustad said the last two losses have hurt for a team trying to claw its way into the playoff picture. "Its obviously not the result we wanted," he said. "Every team in this league is a really good team, no matter what the standings always say. We need to find ways to get two points. We have to start making a move up, we cant go down in the standings right now. These last two games, we needed to find a way to get more points. Its something were not happy with." Edmonton started the scoring three minutes into the game as Jesse Joensuu saw Schultz streaking in from the point and hooked a pass to the defender for a hard shot that beat Predators starter Carter Hutton. Nashville tied the game up with four-and-a-half minutes to play in the opening period as Legwand elected to shoot it himself on a two-on-one break and picked the top corner past Scrivens. Thhe Oilers went into the dressing rooms on a positive note after a goal with 12 seconds left in the first period as Hall sent a great pass through the legs of defender Roman Josi to give Eberle an easy redirection into the net from the doorstep. Andrew Ference Jersey. . It was a significant goal, as the Predators came into the game with a 1-16-2 record when trailing after the first period. Nashville thought it had clawed even just 48 seconds in to the second period, but Taylor Beck was called for goalie interference for running over Scrivens as he chipped the puck in and the goal was disallowed. Edmonton went up by two goals midway through the second as Smyth picked up a rebound in the crease and hooked it past Hutton. It was Smyths 125th power-play goal as an Oiler, tying him for second spot on the teams all-time list with Wayne Gretzky and putting him one back of leader Glenn Anderson. "For Ryan, that was a special thing to do," said Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins. "Hopefully he can keep moving up the charts. Anything that has Mr. Gretzkys name on it and you can match it, its a great, great accomplishment." Smyth is also one goal back of hitting the top 100 list of all-time NHL scorers. Edmonton made it 4-1 with three minutes left in the second frame as Sam Gagner hit a trailing Yakupov on an odd-man rush and the 2012 first overall NHL draft pick sent home his 10th of the season. The Predators turned the third period into something of a shooting gallery at the Edmonton net and thought they had finally been rewarded on what looked to have been a Craig Smith goal, but once again Beck was called for goaltender interference as he was actually lying on top of Scrivens when the puck trickled across the line. "Ive never seen anything like that," Beck said. "On the first one I was just taking the puck hard to the net and my momentum kind of ran the goalie a little bit. I think the puck would have gone into the net regardless, but the ref called it no goal. On the second one I was getting hacked and whacked and ended up falling on the goalie and again it was disallowed. Those things happen, I guess. Hopefully next time it is called the other way." Edmonton put the game away for good with four-and-a-half minutes left to play after some quick passing on the power play led to Nugent-Hopkins 15th goal of the season. Scrivens was peppered with 35 shots on the night, 17 of which came in the third period. "Scrivens did an unbelievable job tonight, he was barking and talking and he was conducting the orchestra back there," Eakins said. "Ben was excellent directing traffic." The Oilers return to action on Monday night with a quick trip to Vancouver. The Predators conclude a four-game trip in Winnipeg on Tuesday. Wholesale NFL Jerseys ' ' '