OAKLAND — The demeanor of the two starting quarterbacks at the end of the game summed it all up.

Mark Sanchez was sneaking a hot dog on the New York Jets’ sideline, while JaMarcus Russell watched solemnly as backup Bruce Gradkowski finished up another blowout loss for the Oakland Raiders on the other.

The Jets achieved their goal of taking pressure off their rookie quarterback, forcing four turnovers and running for 316 yards in a 38-0 victory over the Raiders on Sunday.

“It makes it so easy on the offense when your defense is playing like that,” Sanchez said.

So easy that Sanchez was caught by television cameras eating a hot dog in the closing minutes of the win for the Jets (4-3). It was a far cry from last week, when Sanchez was criticized for looking so down in the dumps while throwing five interceptions in an overtime loss to Buffalo.

“I wasn’t feeling very good and didn’t eat much before the game, so I was feeling a little queasy,” Sanchez said. “Toward the end of the game, I probably should have eaten one of those bars or something, but someone offered (a hot dog), so I grabbed it and tried to be discreet about it, but obviously not discreet enough. So I shouldn’t have done that, and it won’t happen again.”

Russell was also watching at the end, being pulled in the second quarter after committing three turnovers. The former No. 1 overall pick has committed 13 turnovers and completed just 46 percent of his passes in a horrific start to his third NFL season for the Raiders (2-5).

“I thought he was really out of sorts early in the game,” coach Tom Cable said. “I just did not feel like at that point he gave us the best chance to have the success we needed to have offensively and made the move. JaMarcus will continue to be our starter. There is no issue there.”

Russell’s woes started on the first play from scrimmage, when he fumbled after being sacked by Calvin Pace, giving the Jets the ball at the 4. That set up a touchdown run by Thomas Jones.

Russell’s first of two interceptions gave the Jets the ball at the 4 again, setting up Sanchez’s 3-yard TD run. Sanchez got into the act passing the ball in the second half with a pretty 35-yard strike to David Clowney, but by that point it didn’t really matter as the blowout was already on. Sanchez was 9 for 15 for 143 yards with no interceptions.

“Sanchez was great,” Ryan said. “He was just smart with the football. I think sometimes he could have put the ball on a receiver, but he was making sure the ball wasn’t intercepted. It was great to see him respond.”

Rookie Shonn Greene ran for 144 yards and two scores, and Jones had 121 on 26 carries as the Jets ended up with 316 on the ground despite losing Leon Washington to a broken leg in the first quarter.

New York became the first team in 34 years to run for at least 300 yards in back-to-back games.

“Anytime we have a game like that, you want to cherish and enjoy it, but it’s kind of hard to do that with Leon’s injury,” Jones said. “I think a lot of the team is devastated.”

This was the most lopsided home loss in the 50-year history of the Raiders (2-5). They were shut out at home for the fifth time, with four coming in the past four seasons. The crowd of 39,354 was the smallest since the team returned to Oakland in 1995.

“I don’t think we could have beaten an Oakland high school team today,” said defensive lineman Richard Seymour, who earlier in the week said the Raiders would make the playoffs.

The Raiders came in full of confidence following last week’s 13-9 victory over Philadelphia. The week got only better when the Napa County district attorney announced Thursday he would not file charges against Cable for an alleged attack on a former defensive assistant.

But any good feeling ended as soon as this game started, as Oakland lost by at least 20 points for the fourth time in five weeks.

Russell was 6 for 11 for 61 yards, with two interceptions and a fumble, leading to the benching.

“I’ve never been in that situation,” he said. “It was kind of shocking to me at first.”

Backup Bruce Gradkowski also lost a fumble to end one potential scoring drive and failed to convert on fourth-and-goal in the closing minutes.