Potential Jets: David Garrard

Garrard is about the only trash we can afford

Good job, Tannenbaum

and people are still playing the Mark Sanchez at 10 M per year card

Sorry , But we really as a fan base have to stop thinking that these career starters will want to sign on as a Back up with a low salary. Everyday I hear lets get Garrard,Orton,Campbell as a back up. I bet these guys have no interest being a back up for 1-2mill.

Our Focus should be on the Brady Quinns,Chad Hennes(not really a good starter)Even Matt Leinart if he is available.Even, yes I will say it.Kellen Clemens. Go ahead boo me, but I said it.

The big names are not in our budget,especially with the other holes we need filled.

what isn’t good is letting your guy know that if he makes a mistake, he loses his job.

but this offense is gonna struggle no matter what. I predict that Sanchez is gone before the draft and that he will excel with either Seattle or Washington. I believe Sanchez will be a very good QB with the right coaching but that will never occur as a member of the Jets.

We will all look back in 2 or 3 years and ask why he didnt play that way in New York. The instability of this organization is what tore us down this season and what will be the end of both rex and tanny after next season.

Plus he’s coming off back surgery. I never thought he was really that impressive when he was healthy. I say we bring in someone to COMPETE for the starting job. I’m sick of Sanchez being coddled. If the guy we bring in performs better in the preseason etc than start him over Sanchez

barring something regarding peyton, which is really really unlikely anyway. I say we bring in someone who’s not gonna take Mark’s Job away from him, but will at least give him a little bit more competitive fire. Someone like Brady Quinn or Chad Henne.

first of all, why would you not want the best player on the field for us? if someone is doing a better job than Sanchez then they should play. you play to win games
Second, we are not 100% positive that Sanchez would beat out someone like Orton, Henne etc

Campbell is another good option. Obviously Manning or Flynn would be my #1 choice, but they are probably not realistic. We need to bring in another capable QB though.

Jason La Canfora reported a long time ago, like after that Palmer trade happened, that Campbell was only interested in being a starter in this league, he doesn’t wanna be a back up. I don’t think he’d be too interested in coming here.

Can you imagine the fallout if Orton or Garrard beat Sanchez for the starting position? You might as well put Tanny’s head on a stick outside Metlife stadium bc he’d be done.
But realistically Orton and Garrard both want to be starters and aren’t likely to ‘settle’ for a back up job. As much as they say they want to push Sanchez, they really don’t want to replace him (not yet anyway). Look for a lowgrade push.

Garrard sucks. Sanchez is worse. Manning or trade up for RGIII, or we’re missing the playoffs again.

why is it that Sanchez has played his best football when we are down in the 4th qtr. It is because we play a hurry up offense and Mark can just improvise and make plays. He doesnt worry about making mistakes since we are already down and knows he just has to go out and make plays.

The fact that sanchez has played his best football in the clutch tells you that we have a winner on our hands. Its too bad that most fans dont realize this because we will all regret it when he is lighting it up for another team.

Doesn’t Sparano’s system call for a good vertical passer? Is that not what Sanchez is good at? Is that not what Garrard is exactly not good at? I understand the sentiments about the kid but in all fairness, he truly deserves one more year to prove himself. I think any QB in the league who doesn’t understand the game plan on a week to week basis would shit the bed. We know he’s intelligent and hard working, so the only common denominator is Schotty’s overly complex gameplanning. Just give Sanchez a chance to grasp a “simpler” game plan under a competent OC. Sparano doesn’t have to be our savior, just not clinically retarded. And likewise, Sanchez need not to be our savior. Minimizing his mistakes and giving him a deep threat (Braylon anyone?) should be the priority.

And just as an aside, I wonder if Tom Moore might become more involved. Maybe the front office is attempting to have him coach up Sanchez a bit. If thats the case, Sparano might indeed be the perfect man to run the show. As pointed out by Verde, he and Moore run the same offense.

Your right. The Ron Erhardt-Ray Perkins offense is Sparano. Moore is the Coryell.

the sense of entitlement from the “fans” is truly stunning. There is almost a glee with which people attack Sanchez. It’s like people want Sanchez to fail. I don’t get it.

The Jets have made an investment in Mark Sanchez. By far, the best chance that the Jets have of winning a SB in the next 4-5 years is if they stick with Sanchez, develop him properly, and hope that he becomes an elite QB.

Is that guaranteed to work? Of course not. But there is a much higher likelihood of success than if the Jets flush their investment down the toilet and hand the reins to a journeyman QB.

Where would the Giants be if they gave up on Eli after 3 years? He wasn’t elite then. Hell, he wasn’t elite last year. The Giants replaced their OC and then were patient while Eli steadily improved. Does anyone seriously think that the Giants would have won this year with Garrard?

There is no magic wand that is going to replace Sanchez with a guaranteed elite QB. The Jets can either take the chance that Sanchez will improve or they can quit and become the Redskins as they rotate a series of mediocre arms through the most important position over the next few years.