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Mark Sanchez makes 2018 debut on Monday Night Football for Redskins in loss at Eagles

The book on former USC quarterback Mark Sanchez’s NFL career may not be done just yet.

Sanchez, who led the Trojans to a Rose Bowl victory over Penn State in 2008, entered the game at quarterback for the Washington Redskins Monday night in a key NFC East divisional game against the Philadelphia Eagles when starter and former Texas gun slinger Colt McCoy went down with a broken leg injury early in the second quarter.

This season hasn’t been a kind one to a wounded Washington franchise, who lost veteran Alex Smith two weeks ago to a season-ending injury, which prompted the Redskins to sign Sanchez on Nov.