The Facts: As NFL teams begin mapping out their offseasons, most are assuming Sanchez will be cut and become a free agent. ... And some are excited about it. One coach of a quarterback-needy team said his team already has discussed Sanchez internally as an option to be its starting quarterback in 2014. “We’d take Sanchez,” the coach said. “He’d be the starter as soon as he walked in the door for us.”

Diehards Line:As Post staffer Brian Costello suggests, that might surprise those of us who saw Sanchez turn the ball over 52 times between 2011 and 2012 before missing last season with a torn labrum in his right shoulder. But it’s hard to find quarterbacks in the NFL, Sanchez is just 27, has won four playoff games and threw 26 touchdown passes in 2011. Many teams view the deterioration of the Jets’ offensive roster around Sanchez as the problem that held him back. Sanchez has three years left on his contract. But he has a $13.1 million salary-cap figure for 2014 and the Jets would save $8.3 million against the cap by releasing him. Those figures plus the Jets turning to Geno Smith last season have made many around the league expect Sanchez to hit the open market. Sanchez is currently rehabilitating his right shoulder in Birmingham, Ala. He had surgery in October on the shoulder after injuring it in an August preseason game. ... Stay tuned. Sanchez is owed a $2 million roster bonus in March. If the Jets release him, it likely will come in February.