Why You Should Want Sanchez As The Starting QB

Like GreenFlight alluded to above, The 49er’s called plays to conform to their QB’s strentghs and he has flourished (only 5 INT’s). I hope Sparano does the same for Mark and I think he will. As all of us have said Mark can’t take a team on his shoulders but he is a good game manager. The defense I’m sure became disgruntled with the numerous 3 and outs from the offense and I guarantee you there are a few of them spouting off as “anonymous source” I agree this will be a make or break year for Mark but he will only succeed with a good OC and player cast around him. We will all see what happens next in this off-season saga……GO JETS!!!

I agree. I’m reserved about Sparano, but hopefully he works out.

I also am starting to shy away from the idea of hiring Todd Haley to team with Sparano. I know Haley is a good WR/passing game coach, but im not sure thats what the Jets need. They need to hire a QB coach that can help Sanchez improve his reading of defenses, but they dont need a guy who wants to throw the ball 40+ times.

And it’s only a limited disagreement. I think they need someone who can prepare Sanchez as though he is going to have to throw 40+ times a game, just to not put that expectation on his shoulders, especially just yet. In other words, the playcalling should limit his throwing, but he needs to be trained up as though this is a throw-first team, to build those skills. Not necessarily those of a pocket passer, since that’s not what he is, but of a guy who can handle the pocket, read the D, have mobility, and know to step up/keep his eyes downfield. Even if that only happens 20 times a game.

agree with your points .
i think we will see the real sanchez this year .

in my mind a good coach has lots of jobs to do but one big difference between schotty and sparono is familiarity . schotty got to comfortable in his job and had tell feeling of being untouchable . tony won’t bring that to this job as he knows he will need to prove himself to the fans even more coming from the phins . he can’t afford to rest on his laurels .
he need to take as many good bits from other OC’s in the league who had success with less talent ie 49ers etc and bring as much consistency to the offence as possible .

Sporano was also part of the #2 ranked Dallas Cowboys offense. He got some slack for being conservative as well, but that’s not true. He ran a wildcat offense at Miami in his first year which is far from conservative. He had to limit the plays being called this year because the starting QB Chad Henne was hurt and put on IR. He had to go through the year with a back up qb and not a lot of options on offense outside of Reggie Bush and Brandon Marshall who’s schizo. Here’s to the Saprono’s coming back to the meadowlands.

When Sanchez throws less, you win. Why don’t you look up Sanchez winning % when you have more than 100 or 150 yards rushing. He relys on the running game, and when he has to rely on his actual arm, well he sucks. And don’t start with that QB win crap, football is a team sport, and QBs while are the most important position, they don’t win games, great D’s do.

Yes, you had a crappy OC, but even if Sanchez was any good, it would’ve shown. He relied on the running game, and short TD passes. He can’t read D’s and relies on a lot of dumboffs. He is simply not a good QB.

I think things have a chance to dramatically improve. Whether they will or not is another matter. As you and others have stated, the NFL is a passing league now. No team with the top rusher or top rushing offense has won the SB in years. They can’t just dump the ball off, either. To keep opposing Ds honest and prevent them from stacking 8 in the box, the Jets have to make some deep throws to stretch the field. They have to make use of all pass routes, and not ignore certain routes.

i say give him another chance. schotty was bad. we need to get back to a dominant D (pass rusher and safety) and fill that gap called wayne hunter on the o line. I agree with everything in the article except that I think Haley would be a nice addition to the staff. he does not need to demand lots of passing but he can help with the passing game a lot.

found on Jets Insider. It is Steve Young speaking about Sanchez and Schotty. Hopefully, Sparano and Cavanaugh (or whomever will be Sanchez new QB coach) will listen and learn from this!!!

I heard Steve Young talking about our offense on ESPN Radio a few weeks back, but poster “lovethejets” summarized it perfectly. I feel that this summary deserves it’s own thread because it is dead on. It is basically what I and many other Jets fans have been saying all along about our offensive issues

The best points that Steve makes I have highlighted in bold……I cannot wait until we get an innovative OC that takes advantage of his players’ strengths as opposed to someone who tries to turn an athletic, great on-the run qb with playmaking ability downfield into a quick-hitting pocket passer

Yes! If you’re talking about the time I heard Steve Yong commenting…

He was on either ESPN NFL Live or ESPN LA radio, and he was discussing a bunch of things about the Jets offense, and he used that term.

He was seriously critical of Rex and Schotty. Essentially said because Rex is a defensive minded coach, he doesn’t get it, and, the only way that can work to maximize potential of the offense, while having a defensive minded coach, is if he has an offensive coordinator who truly does get everything and can essentially run every facet… and Schotty isn’t… that guy, for this team, with our personnel.

He said:

- Rex and Schotty aren’t handling Mark properly. Called them out for taking snaps away from Sanchez and making it public.

- Said we were not playing to the strengths of two of our highest paid skills players, Sanchez and Holmes.

- Said it should be “unforgivable” how we’re using the two of them, including the fact that we weren’t rolling Mark out enough, moving the pocket enough, especially given Mark’s height, and especially given how Holmes is so good working with a QB on the move/run, i.e., Ben while at the Steelers.

- Said Mark does really well when things are spread out, and he can make a clean read, yet we cluster our receivers/TEs/RBs too often.

- Said the Jets have to take steps to build a pass protecting o-line, as that’s part of the problem. This o-line hasn’t been built to pass protect, to a caliber they should have.

- Said we weren’t taking advantage of the fact that Holmes is one of the best route runners in the game and can routinely beat people with double and triple moves. Said he’s great at “faking out” and “misdirection” and we aren’t letting him use it. Said essentially every time we’ve utilized that strength, we’ve beat people. Noted the Holmes TD in the Jags game, and a catch in the first Patriots game this season.

- Said Holmes was getting TDs at a rate of 1 TD for every 4-6th touch he gets, and it boggles his mind that we won’t feed him, as that’s an amazing ratio.

- Said Holmes was getting open, but that play design was making it more difficult to get huge separation, and that our plays should be designed to do as such. Especially to help our young QB.

Said Holmes is plenty open enough, but there’s a difference between open and separation and that Sanchez doesn’t do “as well” with tight throws. Young says, not because Sanchez can’t make those throws, but that he thinks there’s a confidence issue, that he’s “too afraid” to mess up now, given the way the coaches are on him. Tied that back to the fact that Holmes can and will get, not only open, but more separation if we design our plays differently AND let him do more routes with double and triple moves.

- Said we weren’t protecting Mark well enough (o-line struggles) and it had be adding to his inaccuracy issues. Said that Mark has mechanics issues, but that they could be corrected, and “hidden” with proper play calling.

- Said we needed a new starting RB, as Shonn is too inconsistent and too injury prone. Said he won’t ever be blue/red chip.

He said more, but… Moral of the story, yes… He does not like what’s going on with the offense, and said it was stagnant because we weren’t, using it properly or coaching it properly, at least the offensive coaches, but Steve tends to think it’s either an OC issue or an OC AND QB coach issue. He said he doesn’t know enough to identify if the QB coach is part of the issue, or if it’s primarily the OC.