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Fox Replaces Mark Sanchez With Mark Schlereth for Week 6 SeahawksJaguars Broadcast

Fox cites ongoing legal issues in handling his status week to week.

Overview

  • Sanchez is not listed on Fox’s Week 6 NFL lineup, with Schlereth joining play-by-play announcer Chris Myers and sideline reporter Sarah Kustok for Sunday’s game in Jacksonville.
  • Marion County prosecutors have charged Sanchez with Level 5 felony battery resulting in serious bodily injury and multiple misdemeanors, and he has pleaded not guilty.
  • Police reports describe Sanchez as the alleged aggressor in an early Oct. 5 Indianapolis altercation with 69-year-old truck driver Perry Tole, who told authorities he acted in self-defense.
  • Tole has filed a civil lawsuit in Marion Superior Court against Sanchez and FOX Corp., alleging severe permanent disfigurement and other injuries.
  • Fox has declined further comment and is making broadcast assignments on a weekly basis; Brady Quinn filled in for Sanchez in Week 5 as Sanchez remains under medical care, according to his family.