Is Mark Sanchez Overrated?
by John B on Oct 19, 2010 7:53 PM EDT
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The Jets second-year quarterback was tied for the third most overrated player in the NFL in Sports Illustrated’s annual players’ poll. Sanchez and Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth each received five percent of the votes. In other words, 12 of 239 players polled selected Sanchez.
This feels like backlash for all the attention the Jets are getting. Sanchez's play has been pretty good this year. I know his accuracy has been lacking at times, and he has been a bit lucky. Ultimately, though, he is the starting quarterback on a 5-1 team with 9 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. As a rookie last year, he had a terrific Playoffs as he became the fourth rookie quarterback to start a conference championship game. He looked miles ahead of where Joe Flacco was as a rookie.
Sanchez has been one of the breakout players of the season. His peers should recognize this better.
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Isn’t the SI Annual players poll taken before the season starts? If so that makes a bit more sense, I think we can agree Sanchez had a bit of a lackluster first year outside of the playoffs. I think if the poll was taken today you’d find a different opinion.
Either that or someone let Kellen Clemens vote 11 times.
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Well if the poll was taken before the season he shouldn't be voted as overrated.
He had a below average year last season so I don’t see how anyone could seriously vote him as overrated. The only possible reason is because he’s the QB on the self declared Super Bowl winning team which is a slightly good reason. Still though, I wouldn’t expect people to have voted him overrated because no one overrated him besides our organization and every organization overrates their players. If the poll was taken as of yesterday it would make more sense of him being overrated since he has been playing so well. If people think his numbers are rubbish they’re welcome to say so. I just can’t see how so many people voted last year’s Sanchez overrated…
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by MikeTheIntern on Oct 20, 2010 4:29 AM EDT up reply actions
my mistake, what I was pointing to for his possibly being called overrated was a combination of Hard Knocks and Sanchez’s actual performance last year. I think if the Jets aren’t on Hard Knocks, Rex and the Jets don’t get nearly the amount of press that they did. The whole Hard Knocks thing really seemed to rub a lot of people the wrong way, so it wouldn’t be surprising that players might have been rubbed the wrong way by it to.
Since Sanchez is pretty much the face of the franchise, players who didn’t like what the Jets did or how they did Hard Knocks along with Rex’s press conferences would have taken shots at the team by voting Sanchez as overrated.
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I can agree with that.
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by MikeTheIntern on Oct 20, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Only the Ravens can claim the Jets are not as good as advertised, and even they wouldn’t be that outspoken. Because there’s an awfully good chance they will have to deal with us again this year.
by nationalist88 on Oct 19, 2010 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Sanchez’s play has been pretty good this year.
He had three games this year with a QB rating under 70.
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by kv on Oct 19, 2010 9:43 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
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funny post—clemens voting 11 times? good stuff.
Sanchez is scratching the surface right now at what he can be.
Never Peyton, but certainly a productive QB in a franchise system that can produce a championship in the coming (lets hope this year) years.
Does a very good job with NY media and is not overrated….love him. Remember he is a guy who did no play much college ball so his learning curve is different then that of Matty Ice and Flacco…screw SI—take there stupid covers and other ratings and flip em’ , it’s usually more accurate that way!
second year player considered overrated
High praise if you ask me. I rather have him over Jay Cutler or Carson Palmer who’s not on this list.
by BIG OH!!!!! on Oct 19, 2010 9:58 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I don’t know about choosing Sanchez over Cutler (you may be the only guy out of 100 who wouldn’t make that swap) but this is a strange label for our signal calling amigo. I mean, who ever said he was great in the first place? His pro career hasn’t even spanned 1 1/2 seasons yet so who really knows WHAT he is, and it’s not like he’s running around saying how sensational he is anyway. In fact the dude seems pretty humble if you asked me. He’s the first one to admit when he doesn’t play well.
Isn’t being overrated when it’s assumed that you’ll play at a high level, but you really don’t? Mark just doesn’t fit that description. It’s no secret he isn’t exceptionally accurate. He’s doing what’s asked of him, and that does not include 300 passing yards a game.
by nationalist88 on Oct 19, 2010 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Sanchez over Cutler all day even Palmer
Cutler looks lost sometimes stands in the pocket to long Sanchez at 23 to me is the better player, Palmer looks shot after those knee surgery’s.
Palmer, for whatever reason, is not the same QB and his best days are in all likelihood over. But you’ve seen the freakish ability that is Jay Cutler. Sanchez, hey, we love the guy; superior character and commitment but Cutler’s natural gifts he does not possess. And if you doubt that for a second, imagine Mark’s numbers running Chicago’s offense by this season’s end. Then imagine Cutler’s numbers running ours…
Woof. I don’t even want to come back from that daydream.
by nationalist88 on Oct 20, 2010 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
are you crazy Cutler is the most talented bum in this league
With him you know what you got. Sanchez, right now, it’s up in the air. Right now his potential is more exciting then having a talented qb who can’t take advantage of his talent.
by BIG OH!!!!! on Oct 19, 2010 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’ll take Sanchez over Cutler any day of the week assuming Sanchez is healthy. He has a ton of potential. Cutler hasn’t really proven himself lately in my opinion.
by revis_island on Oct 20, 2010 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Overrated?
Wouldn’t somebody actually have to rate him high in order to qualify him for that?
Until a few games ago I could barely find a Jets fan with confidence in Sanchez, let alone football fans as a whole.
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sanchez is making all the right plays and he’s only in his second season at qb, and he’s getting better after every game he will be one of the top qb’s of all time when it’s all said and done. brett favre is overrated he needs to move on and let the younger players play the game
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by NYR #35 Richter on Oct 19, 2010 11:12 PM EDT reply actions
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by nationalist88 on Oct 20, 2010 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Darn it didn’t do it. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ())
by NYR #35 Richter on Oct 19, 2010 11:12 PM EDT reply actions
probably the same
bull shit poll that said derek jeter was overrated. just hater hatin on NY
I have heard the Jets v GB game advertised as “watch these 2 elite QBs got head to head” which is ridiculous imo.
Depends what you think he is to begin with. It is really to early to tell, he has all the tools but it is way to early to decide if he is over rated or not. He is a lot better then last year which is a great sign.
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People are always going to hate the people they fear. Teams fear Sanchez & the Jets thats were this stuff comes from. I think he is under rated. People forget he has broken many records and this is only his second yr.
Tied for 1st for zero turnovers if he had not had 2 int vs Denver he would be the only one i first. And last yr in play offs he mad a record for a rookie winning in the playoffs. Get off his nuts.
sanchez looked terrible in games last season but took great strides in the playoffs . this season he is taking less risks and managing the games better which is all rex ryan wants him to do . how people say he is overrated is amusing as even rex ryan called sanchez and himself the weak links of the team every time we play the pats . sanchez will never be a hall of fame qb on his throwing numbers but maybe he will go down as one of the players that wins 4 or 5 rings leading the best TEAM in football.
sanchez looked terrible in games last season but took great strides in the playoffs . this season he is taking less risks and managing the games better which is all rex ryan wants him to do . how people say he is overrated is amusing as even rex ryan called sanchez and himself the weak links of the team every time we play the pats . sanchez will never be a hall of fame qb on his throwing numbers but maybe he will go down as one of the players that wins 4 or 5 rings leading the best TEAM in football.
how high was sanchez rated that he's now being called over-rated?
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A guy who's really overrated is Romo
Accrues nice stats, makes the pro bowl, but always makes killer mistakes at the absolute worst times. That pick to Henderson last week was a god awful throw that a high schooler could avoid.
I actually think Ray Lewis is kind of overrated
He gets all the credit for that Baltimore D, when there’s a lot of talent there with Ngata, Suggs, Reed, etc. He’s arrives late at a lot of tackles and celebrates like he’s the one that made it. He’s still a very good player, but he knows how to pad his tackle stats, jumping on piles. He’s not what he once was in my opinion.
Backlash against the Jets PR machine
I don’t blame Sanchez but rather Woody and the Jets PR machine that annointed him way too quickly. I think they actually did him a disservice in re: his development.
I agree with one of the earlier posters. Sanchez is no Peyton but I think he will end up being a good fit for the defense-oriented Jets during the Ryan regime (however long that may last). Sanchez has decent leadership skills, a slightly-above average arm and some other intangibles. I don’t think he has superior talent as a QB, though.
All that said, if he can do for the Jets what Bart Starr did for Green Bay many years ago -- who cares. I’d rather have Jets championships to point to than QB stats for a team that never reaches the Super Bowl.
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