23rd rated QB IS Pro Bowl material. I watched most of the second half. The announcers may have been drunk. I never heard so many asinine errors during about 20 minutes of football action.
It was so weird seeing 3 Jets' helmets on the pro-bowl offensive line considering how putrid our run game and pass protection was this season.
So now you see why everybody says it's no more than a popularity contest. Once you make it a year or two you pretty much make it every year after that until you retire. They have All Pro elections for the people that deserve the recognition based on how they actually played.
Ah, but I didn't say that. I said he'd make it. :grin: I know that the AFC QBs were a bit weak this year. If it were Brady, Rivers, and Roethlisburger playing in the pro bowl I'd have no beef. But it really just shows you that Sanchez did have a decent year, and was on pace for a much better one before he got so banged up and then hurt in the Broncos game. The TOs, yes, that is undoubtedly what kept him out, especially down the stretch, but a lot of those aren't directly on him, especially when the line blows coverage and Sanchez gets nailed from behind at full speed. I can't count the amount of times that happened. I'm aware that Sanchez was 23rd in QB rating. Again, it all goes back to turnovers. The fact that Sanchez threw the 3rd most TDs in the AFC, shows that he's really not that far off from greatness. A few fixes next year, an easier system and he will take off. There is definitely hope for Sanchez, we def should not give up on him just yet.
18 INTs - only 4 qbs in the NFL were worse than that 217 YPG - 20 qbs were better than that 56.7 completion percentage - 27 qbs were better than that 3500 passing yards - 14 qbs were better than that 6.4 yards per attempt - 26 qbs were better than that 26 TDs - 8 qbs were better than that 78.2 passer rating - 22 qbs were better than that The bigger picture says "no."
Sanchez could have gone to the Pro Bowl if he bought a ticket, or maybe if someone gave him one. Otherwise...
It's okay, ask the people that hate Sanchez so much, they'll tell you that we could have had 5 Pro Bowl players on the line if the guy under center wasn't so bad. 3 Pro Bowlers can't make up for a below average left guard and an airline stewardess blocking the strong side.
QBR means nothing. It's an imaginary stat that ESPN would love to have validity, but it doesn't. ricky williams
I actually laughed during this play. The ball hung up in the air for about 3 seconds at the end and Revis didn't even ATTEMPT to defend it. Its as is if he thought 'ahhh I'll let Fitzy have this one.' Revis was easily could've picked it off or at least defended it but it was blatantly obvious he didn't give a shit. Good for him.
Agree he isn't Pro Bowl worthy, but the OP is somewhat correct in that the QBs that went over him were BARELY worthy. It really was a crap year in the AFC for quarterbacks. Brady-obvious pro bowl level, but did not play Big Ben-by his standards a down year Schaub/Peyton-hurt Who else was there to go? Rivers had a down year but still went. The entire AFC west was garbage (Palmer, Tebow, Cassel). The South? Gabbert, Yates, Hasselbeck. The East? Fitz, Moore, Sanchez. Dalton went by default. You could make a case for Sanchez over Dalton, but neither deserved to go IMO.
Yeah, I guess a lot of the other stats are mediocre. Passing TDs is still the most important QB stat, regardless of the rest. Putting points on the board is the most important thing. I guess I'm just trying to get the optimism rolling for next year. I can't wait to see how this off season turns out.
