Mark Sanchez Approval Rating

by John B on Oct 28, 2011 9:16 AM EDT

It is time for us to turn our attention to the quarterback, Mark Sanchez. Sanchez has not jumped into the elite level of quarterback play yet this season. I think we have seen continued progress from him, though.

The completion percentage is still too low at 55.8%. This does not tell the whole story, though. There is a difference between a guy playing at a level consistently, which shows no growthg and one bad game skewing things. Outside of the Baltimore game, Sanchez is a 60% passer. He has also been the victim of a lot of drops. These numbers are not all world, but it does seem his short accuracy is generally better this season.

He still makes a lot of ill advised throws, but he is on pace for 27 touchdowns and 13 interceptions this year. That is a good ratio. He had a fumbling problem early in the year, but he's been a lot better at not leaving the ball exposed in the pocket the last three weeks once the coaching staff started drilling into him the need to avoid fumbles.

Mark is not a top ten quarterback at this point. He is a guy at his best when things break down and he has to improvise. Sometimes these plays result in disaster. Other times they result in huge gains.

I think Sanchez is steadily getting better. During his rookie year, his critics claimed his numbers were on a JaMarcus Russell level. Last year, his critics said the Jets were winning in spite of him. Now his critics say his numbers are only middle of the pack. There is a trend here. Mark is getting better.

More important than the numbers is the way he performs in big spots. He does seem to have a stage presence about him. His play in clutch moments in games and big contests has been very good.

There is still much work to be done and much improvement necessary. I think there is a lot to like all things considered.

How about you?

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I tend to put a lot of stock in PFF's numbers when determining a players performance.

He is one of the worst QBs in the league by their stats, so i can’t say that i approve. He should have taken a bigger step in his 2nd and 3rd year.

by Magaca on Oct 28, 2011 9:35 AM EDT reply actions

I like PFF for their advanced stats

Their ratings are a different story. There are so many things they do that make no sense.

They gave Revis a negative rating for the game where he held OchoJohnson to 0 catches in 2009.

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by John B on Oct 28, 2011 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Are you serious about Revis?

I don’t think I can facepalm hard enough if that’s true

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by JetsFanMurphy on Oct 28, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions

This is pretty much why I dislike PFF

a lot of times it doesn’t seem like the writers use anything of substance to support their assertions. Of course that’s easy for me to say, I write game previews that are laden with expressions like “I think” and “in my opinion” and shot-in-the-dark predictions.

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by Bro Namath on Oct 28, 2011 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Name me another QB who's taken us to two AFC championship games.

Now Name one who got us there back to back years.

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by JetsFanMurphy on Oct 28, 2011 10:38 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs

name a Jet's QB

whose had the talent around him and the Quality coaching that Sanchez has?

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by Mark D on Oct 28, 2011 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Joe Namath

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by bobdolethesnapplelady on Oct 28, 2011 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions

And that was a very long time ago

by Melrenee on Oct 28, 2011 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Sanchez plays well in this system but 20 other QB's in this league would also.Takes too long to get his

rhythm at start of game but this could be due to Son of Marty’s game plan.

by Putnan Prince on Oct 28, 2011 10:57 AM EDT reply actions

What?

I’m sorry, plays well and this system doesn’t make sense to me

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by JetsFanMurphy on Oct 28, 2011 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions

I wouldn't call him a hero.

Cos what’s a hero? But sometimes there’s a man. And I’m talkin’ about the Sanchise here. Sometimes there’s a man. Well, he’s the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that’s Sanchise and the New York Jets.

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by dvdvil on Oct 28, 2011 11:09 AM EDT reply actions

I love the Chize

I think he’s a damn good QB and is getting better every year. I no longer have the feeling that he’s going to make a bad play and screw up a game, and i always get the feeling that when the team needs a TD, he’s going to make a great throw to make it happen. The only problem i have with him is that i wish he would take a larger role in calling the plays.

"Schotty... You Suck!" - Mark Sanchez

by jetsbill on Oct 28, 2011 11:39 AM EDT reply actions

The only thing I can say is that I hope this year

we can actually have a 1,000 yard receiver. Can anyone tell me when’s the last time we had one of those???

by umohan21 on Oct 28, 2011 11:47 AM EDT reply actions

Coles in 2002 and 2006, Moss in 2003 and Cotchery in 2007

The Jets have only had someone go over 1000 reviving yards 12 times, but they’ve had 2 WRs go over 1000 twice, Keyshawn and Chrebet in 98 and Al Toon and Wesley Walker in 86. Walker is also the only Jets receiver to go over 1000 yards while he was over 30

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by Mark D on Oct 28, 2011 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions

His play this season hasn't been anything close to special

Sanchez was only able to score pass for 165 yards against patriots, one of the worst passing defenses in the league. In the game against the winless dolphins he had only a 56% completion percentage. And according to espn he’s 4 for 20 on passes over with 3 interceptions on passes over 21 yards. That means that when he throws the deep ball the chances of it being intercepted are almost equal to the odds of it being a complete pass. Without those big plays its hard to score points in the NFL. This is already his third year in the league, I’m not quite sure how much better he’s going to be getting

by theblitz on Oct 28, 2011 12:15 PM EDT reply actions

Sanchez

would have better statistical seasons if, in all seriousness, Shotty actually let him throw thow the ball deep. We have all seen what happens when he does. the more he can do that the better hell be. all our opponents defenses sit on our WR routes because they know the short pass is the number one option. Keller is Marks deadliest weapon, and Shotty never utilizes him. a WR like Tone should be getting 6-10 catches a game. A young QB like Mark can only do as much as his OC lets him. we have the weapons..let him use them.

now yes he needs to work on accuracy and things of that sort but thats on him as a player, just like any other, and i think we’ve seen progress in that. But theres not much he can do when every call is a 5 yard slant.

by np3 on Oct 28, 2011 12:20 PM EDT reply actions

Yea we've seen what happens when he throws deep

Why would Shotty let him throw deep? He’s 4 for twenty with 3 ints on passes 21 yards or more.

by theblitz on Oct 28, 2011 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions

im talking about

the fact that we’ve seen him make the throws. like in the playoffs against the Colts the play where HE and Braylon called when he threw it deep to set up the FG. or when he had a deep strike in his first career game to Stuckey for a TD against the Texans..or in the Texans game last year where he found Braylon for a deep ball and set up the TD fade to Tone. we saw him throw a deep TD to Tone last week but it was called back. we saw him throw a deep TD to Plax week 1 against the Cowboys. we’ve all seen him make the throws.

by np3 on Oct 28, 2011 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I see measurable improvement

Kids lost a lot of weapons and help on offense. And we’ve asked him to throw an awful lot this year.

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by Bro Namath on Oct 28, 2011 1:08 PM EDT reply actions

I think he's doing well

No complaints here:D

by Melrenee on Oct 28, 2011 1:44 PM EDT reply actions

You guys can keep ur stats.

My guy wins. And he’s clutch. He saves his best for the biggest moments. Stat that.

by Crackback on Oct 28, 2011 2:24 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

+10000000

by Jabualj on Oct 28, 2011 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed:)

by Melrenee on Oct 28, 2011 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions

The players around him got worse and he got better..

If he had the quality around him this year that he had last year I think he would be lighting it up out there..2011 Sanchez with a 2010 Jets line and running game would be ridiculousness…well you know if it wasn’t for Schotty..

by RhodesRocks on Oct 29, 2011 10:21 AM EDT reply actions

Considering he's been hancuffed by BS his whole career...

I am actually amazed that Sanchez is as productive as he has been considering who the fool is calling the plays for him.

It’s been said before but I truly believe that the 2:00 drill success that Sanchez has had is due to the fact that Schottenheimer doesn’t have time to out-think himself before calling a play. When Sanchez gets the first play that pops into BS’s head he’s a clutch guy; when he gets the tangled up over-thought mess that he usually gets on a regular basis it makes it a lot harder and production falls off dramatically.

The sad part is that even though it’s over-thought the play calling is unbelievably predictable…

by GangGreen73 on Oct 29, 2011 3:06 PM EDT reply actions