And everyone knew he was going to do that when he set the world ablaze and break that record after his first four playoff games right? That's the point. Callahan (who appears to be a scumbag on multiple levels) is acting as if there is some huge body of work with Sanchez and he is a career ham and egger at QB who we can tell for sure needs to get extremely lucky or on fire to get anywhere. No one knows what Sanchez will be over the long haul, but he has proven he is capable of playing well enough in his playoff experience to do enough to win, on the road. Is he going to have to play exceedingly well to beat the Pats Sunday? Yes. So is the rest of the team. So is the defense. Again, Sanchez can throw for 350 and 3 tds and lose this game easily, because Brady is THAT good.
Jesus christ you guys are sensitive about your qb. Callahan is a smug prick and his politics drive me insane, but I didn't really see anything that bad in this article. Objective journalism? He's a fucking columnist, his job is to express an opinion. Mark Sanchez is a good guy but not a good quarterback, is that statement all it takes to get Jets fans pissing and moaning these days?
Call me crazy but judging Mark Sanchez next to his counterparts in their time he matches up very well. He's had so many insanely intense game winning drives this year that he has earned the right to be called a good QB. In Indy, in the playoffs Mark Sanchez drove us down the field for the game winning score. Even the almighty Patriots have never done that, and they had their shot too.
A) he used the story of a terminally ill child and Sanchez as a "fairy tale, Hollywood Movie" and referred to Sanchez's game this weekend as "real life drama". You think for his parents the Hollywood Movie / Fairy Tale ending had the Jets beating the Pats, or their son still f*cking alive. Classless, irresponsible journalism. That's a. B) he can have any opinion he wants. He can write about it. And, in turn, I can disagree with it, and present points as to why I do, as much as I like. That's what you DO with a column. He's not a reporter. (He's not much a columnist either, clearly) So I can't state I disagree with his assessment of Mark Sanchez?
Not really. Putting aside the fact that you can't really compare 2010 passing stats to 2001 passing stats because DPI gets called so much more tightly, Brady had a much higher completion percentage and passer rating. 2001-2004 Brady was a game manager but he played a lot better than Sanchez has been so far. Mark's still very young though and he still has time.
I think we are more offended by exploiting the death of a child to move forth the notion of some "fairy tale" ending for the Jets. This was and will continue to be a horrific tragedy. Callahan needs to leave that shit alone and shut his fucking face.
Well said. Sanchez has definitely come up big in some big spots. But honestly I really don't have a problem with the article. Sanchez will need to have one of his best games as a pro if we plan on winning. Do I think he has it in him? Yes. Has he shown enough for most people to think he can do it? Absolutely not. His accuracy is atrocious, and that's the reason why his rating is so low ... More damaging to his rating than the INT's. He was much more accurate in college, and I hope he can improve as his career progresses .... and he better ... or he honestly won't have a good career. So many people on here blame Schotty for his low completion rate. That's bullshit. We've all seen him miss wide open receivers by 5 yards. I don't know why that is, but its definitely not the play caller. For example ... that pass to Keller right before the INT just can't be missed. That should have been an EASY 6 POINTS. He simply kills us sometimes with his wildness.
I guess from the family's perspective it's kind of obnoxious and glib just the way he worded it, but really the point it seems like he's making is that Sanchez is a great human being but that will (in his opinion) do nothing to help the fact that he's a shitty quarterback who as of now is not a franchise quarterback. I really don't get how it's "ripping" the guy.
2010 Sanchez is a game manager and at times is asked to win the game. Tom's completion percentage was higher but not by much. Again at that time Tom also had better coaching, and was able to sit for a entire year and soak it all in.
I think he's wrong on both points. Sanchez is a maturing QB who is already the all time Jet leader in playoff wins. If that's shitty, you can call me stupid. Yeah, we get it, Boston has Tom Brady and he's the best QB in the universe. That does not diminish the fact that Sanchez is a proven winner.
You think a 63.9% completion percentage is "higher but not by much" than 54.8? It's the difference between 8th and 29th in the league this year, it's almost 1 in 10 passes, it's 45 or more completions over the course of a season.
You think its advantage to sit over playing? I totally disagree, you only learn by making mistakes and finding ways to correct them. Would Peyton manning have gone 13-3 in his 2nd year if hadn't learned from a rookie 3-13 season?
Columnists are supposed to be bold with an opinion and never be boring. What's he supposed to say, gee Mark Sanchez is a great guy and he has completely shit the bed his last two games at Gillette so maybe he will come out firing this time? It's not some sort of incredible leap of faith to predict Sanchez will have a bad game because history (judging Sanchez's past performances at the same location, and just how bad opposing qb's tend to to in Foxboro in the playoffs overall. In my opinion, Sanchez has only been marginally responsible for the Jets playoff success. Their run game and defense have made it very easy on him, yeah he's made a few big throws in some spots but I think any average qb who was plugged in with the same o-line, defense, and running game could have accomplished the same so far.
I was going to write pretty much this same thing. The asshole loses any credibility with that statement.
You're 100% correct ... but critics need to realize that learning on the job is going to lead to a poor stat line plenty of times. That's just the way it is.
Sanchez does not play in a dink and dunk offense. At this point in Brady's career, we were still debating if he was better than Chad Pennington.
