My defense of Mark Sanchez

You also forgot, statistically he’s improved in yards[well he will by the end of this coming game], TDs[ both passing and overall including rushing], sure he’s thrown more INTs.

This team also was a top redzone offense

i agree with a lot of what you mention . i wrote something on a different post that i think is relevant here

" sanchez reminds me of nick folk i was on here last year defending folk when everyone wanted him ran out of town . the reason i was defending him was because i could see his confidence was at an all time low . he got cut from the cowboy’s after being a pro bowl player for them . he missed some kicks and you could see him thinking " oh no , not again " i can see the same thing with sanchez this year . its not fun for him anymore like his 2 previous years . the weight of the teams sucess was put on his shoulders this year and that is what hampered sanchez . you can see the fear in his eyes during games . instead of going out saying " i’m gonna throw a TD " he’s saying " oh god i hope i don’t F up "its hard to play to your potential when fear of failure gets a hold on you and this is the 1st time sanchez had to deal with that . some players need to get chewed out to perform better whereas other might need an arm on their shoulder and hear encouraging words . i don’t know which sanchez needs but the coaches are not aware of which guy sanchez is yet " .

Good post…I just hope he hasn’t been ruined with the prevent offense BS

This offense and Sanchez would take enormous steps forward if only Schotty was fired. The offense is wasting talent with him directing it and Sanchez would immediately improve with any change at OC.

how does this only have 2 rec’s? great job. if we lose on sunday, i wonder how many days it will take untill schotty is fired

I never watch college football so I didn’t know much about Sanchez before he was drafted but the video really shows how he is not being used properly by the NYJ.
It seems like the coaches are trying to change Mark and it’s ruining him. I’m not a football expert by any stretch of the imagination but I believe you can’t change a player into something he’s not. Why not create a gameplan that will highlight Mark’s skill set?

I think it all boils down to one thing: it would be terribly irresponsible to cut ties with Sanchez without giving him appropriate coaching. Rex is not an offensive coach. Neither is our OC frankly, he and the QB coach should be sacked.

Why haven’t I heard this guys name much on here?

The man directly responsible for grooming our young QB has done F all in this league AND in college as a coach. As an OC for the Bears, Ravens, and Pitt Panthers he led anemic offenses and was responsible for Kyle Boller’s development in Baltimore; that went great didn’t it. When the Ravens won the SB it was in spite of the offense which was one of the worse in the league and went 4 or 5 games without scoring one touchdown.

Oh yeah, he was a career backup QB that barely sniffed the field in the NFL…Maybe this is why the FO has entrusted Matt Cavanaugh with the development of Mark Sanchez?

This guy needs to be packing his bags along with Brian Shittycaller. The FO needs to get better offensive coaching that has had some actual offensive success at some point in the NFL. WTF was the FO thinking on this one???

It makes me wonder how the team would have faired with just an average consistent QB. I don’t have that answer, but I wonder about it alot.

The giants gave Eli about 7 years, why not give Mark some more time?

Eli was a SB MVP in his 3rd full yr as a starter and posted 10 TDs -2 INTs in his last 5 games against the 3 best teams in the NFC and twice against the “unbeatable” Pats. So to say he had “7 yrs” to prove himself may be a bit of an overstatement.

Also Kevin Gilbride has been with Eli all along .(QB Coach 04-06 and Eli had a pretty good yr in 05.). Him becoming the OC in 07 may or may not of made a difference. But that is debatable.

Granted he obviously started that progression in 2007.

I’D say!

A lot of your points about lack of an offseason, etc. apply to Stafford too. Except the Lions had a tougher schedule, Stafford has played far less games than Sanchez, Stafford is the focus of the entire Detroit offence, Stafford played part of the season with a broken finger, and Stafford had a worse O Line and a nonexistant running game.

And all he did was throw for +5000 yards and 41 TDs. And no one outside of Detroit seems to know about it.

A good read and spot on accurate. I’m not a Sanchez fan and was totally against drafting him, but he has given me more than enough reason to rethink my initial opposition to him. Is he perfect? No, far from it, but I blame much of this on the lousy QB Coach and OC he’s had and a rookie HC who is clueless about offense. He definitely should be given more time with a quality QB Coach and OC, and a consistent offensive philosophy, not the schizophrenic philosophy the Jets have employed for the last several years.

I have to say that this is a great post.
rec’d

Gabbert and Sanchez are in two completely different situations. Jaguars had massive injuries on all fronts(I mean, massive dear god, almost as bad as the Colts and Rams this year), they had a terrible headcoach and fired him midway through the season, and he has a truely terrible offensive line, with no WRs, and MJD being his only offense. Yes, a good defense and a good running game, but that is all he has, Sanchez has a lot more.

Sanchez on the other hand, has a good OL, good WRs, depth at RB, and a TE who is also inconsistent but still good. A great ST unit which consistently gives him good field position, and a great D that forces turnovers and has the best CB in the league. Not to mention, it’s a terrible comparison. Gabbert is just a whole different kind of horrible, Sanchez is bad, Gabbert is truly terrible.

Counterpoint to the lockout point, Matthew Stafford. Drafted same year as Sanchez, just a few spots ahead, had a breakout year. Would’ve been a lot better if he didn’t break a finger or whatever, but he showed it can be done with little time. Josh Freeman had many other issues besides just him playing. They shut down his only WR Mike Williams, and he had no one to throw to all year. They might have the worst WR pool in the NFL. Not to mention they completely neglected offense in the draft(which actually is a good idea, but you hurt your QB).

Come on now, QB wins? Really? That stat is the worst, most unreliable stat ever. That stat, tells you nothing about the game. Sanchez throws 4 picks, but wins, he gets a win for that (Not saying that happen, an example if you will)? It tells you nothing, it gives QBs all the credit for the limitless factors in an NFL Football Game. Let’s start off with a few of those factors that QBs get credit for. Weather, how every other player played in the game, head coaches decisions and time management(good or bad) injuries, and ect. QBs partly control the Offense, and it’s rediculous to give them credit for the whole game. Are they the most important position? Yes, but they deserve a fraction of the praise for a win.

If you think QB wins are a stat, I don’t have any respect for you as an intellectual fan. Prove me wrong if you still think they are. They aren’t, and it’s the only thing Sanchez has going for him.

Lets just be realistic, who are these “winners” that have been showing up recently. Let’s see, Sanchez, Flacco, and Tom Brady early in his carrer. What do they all have in common, turns out, a great D. Brady was an average QB at best when he won all 3 superbowls, Flacco is a below average QB riding the coattails of Ray Lewis, and Sanchez is no better than any of them. I promise you, you put him on a team with a bad D, like the Patriots, his true colors would really show. If he didn’t have all those things, he’s screwed. Let’s be honest here, he’s a bad QB riding the coattails of a great D and a running game. Prove me wrong, I welcome the challenge.