Did the Jets Recommit to Sanchez by default?

I never understand why so many people mention Mark Sanchez's first two years as if he had the most to do with getting to the AFC championship game two years running. Yeah he played his part, but the Jets Defense and a few teams resting players had more to do with it (at least first appearance). That defense was elite and it seems Mark gets most of the credit from his supporters when in all actuality, when he didn't have much help from the team, his true colors started to show. He is a young player that could improve, but so was kyle boller, Jamarcus Russell, John Beck, etc. That Jets defense was sick and would've rivaled the Ravens if they had a safety similar to Ed Reed patrolling the boundaries, which was the main reason they made it so far in the playoffs. I'm not a Mark Sanchez hater, but when he throws multiple picks in a game, gets read by opposing defenses or makes bonehead throws, I just say "well, what did you expect, it's Mark Sanchez".

 

Despite what tanny said in the conference callyesterday, getting increased cap space had a good deal to do with this new contract. We "recommited" becasue it freed up 6.4 mill of cap space. Mark liked the deal because he has guarenteed money over the next 2 years. We can walk away from this in year 3 and not owe him another dime. This really is a good move for both sides and had nothing to do wiht the Asomugha situation. Mark was under contract and was not about to hold out for more money on an old style rookie deal.

 

Yep, that is a close estimation on a couple sites. 15 mill under, minus about 5 of that to the incoming draft class leaves us with around 10 mill for free agency or resigning our own guys.

 

The Jets went further than the Ravens both years, so there must be something other than defense and rushing at play.

 

Is the entire length of the extension guaranteed? If not, Sanchez still won't have the luxury of too many more seasons like this last one. Neither will Tanny or Rex. Both of their fortunes are tied to Sanchez's development. They had no choice but to extend Sanchez or admit they fck'd up by the Sanchez choice and the value of the original contract.

In short, Tannenbaum and Ryan are both "all in" on Sanchez no matter what. All the BS you hear about any "qb competition" is exactly that. Complete and Total Bullshit.

 

And when the Jets win games, you don't say "well, what did you expect, it's Mark Sanchez". You say "Nah. It was all the running game and Defense that won it. Mark didn't do shit". Am I correct in that this is your thinking?


'Cause it really sucks if it is. This is why Football is a TEAM sport. Mark is not out there playing Running-Back. He's not out there playing Tight-End or Wide-Receiver. He's not out there playing at Tackle or at Fullback. He certainly isn't out there playing any sort of Defense or special teams.

He is only responsible for the throws he makes BUT his Wide Receivers are just as responsible to CATCH those throws as well.

The Blame for Losses as well as the Credit for Victories are handed out pretty evenly among all facets of the team. There is no "I" here, unless your name is Santonio Holmes.

 

The premise of the article is flawed. The writer assumes that the Jets had a shot at Peyton Manning and chose to commit to Sanchez instead. All indications are that Manning had no interest in the Jets and let them know this early on.

The other team that really wanted Manning and was told they were out immediately made a huge trade to secure a QB in response.

So, no it wasn't a re-commitment by default. It was a deal the Jets and Sanchez had been working out for weeks now according to all sides. The Jets timed it so that the Manning hysteria would not impact the team once they realized that Manning had no interest in the Jets.

Would they have done something differently if Manning had expressed interest? Who knows?

 

Cman, I read somewhere that this season *AND* Next season are guaranteed so this season isn't going to be the make-or-break season for him. It would be next year and that's ASSUMING he has another crappy year(which I doubt with Schotty gone). He basically got a Mulligan-year(And I mean as in a Free-shot, not the Penalty-machine. lol) in 2012 with the Big Year(career-wise) in 2013.

 

Because it's an Eagles fan writing about the Jets on Yahoo. This is basically a BleacherReport article.

People who don't understand this deal are really starting to piss me off. We save money now, we potentially save money down the line, that sounds like a win-win to me. We're slightly more committed to Sanchez than we were a week ago, but only slightly.

We were never going to get Manning. People who say "Oh, Manning rebuffed the Jets, so they panicked and resigned Sanchez," are out of their damn minds. The Manning talk was never serious, it's just floated out there because it's the Jets, because of our owner, and because of the fact that we were in the middle of contract negotiations with our QB so keeping Manning in play is good for negotiations. It's not like this contract appeared overnight.

 

They improved their cap situation immensely, and committed to a young, talented quarterback who needed it. They showed the team that there's a plan going forward. I've been a Jets fan for 24 years, and this is rare Jets behavior.

Is Sanchez perfect? No. Is he a finished product? No. But last year, he dealt with a porous offensive line, a malcontent Santonio Holmes, and Plaxico Burress.

I would give this guy a shot with a real offensive coordinator and some offensive continuity before we rush to judgment.

-X-

 

That's kind of true. But if he really sucks this year and the Jets want to cut bait and move him, another team would really owe him 1 year's salary at around $8.5M or so, which is not a hefty price for a young QB with starting experience. Look at Jason Campbell, he got a 4th for Washington, and everyone knew he was gone.

 

And still put up great Touchdown numbers despite the horrible year of turnovers.... The entire team sucked so lets get this guy some help and see what he does. And here is the issue there are such big holes on O & D that what do u do in the draft and FA what you get in FA is ultimately going to shape ur drafting proceeds

 

in the other thread, you shit all over the defense for letting down mark sanchez in crunch time.

but when people wanna blame sanchez, we're suddenly splitting blame up evenly among the team? whaaaaaaat.

 

And how is that any different from what you're doing(but in reverse)?

Pot, meet Mr. Kettle.


"whaaaaaaaat. "

 

i never blamed sanchez for the playoff losses.

 

You never gave him any credit for the playoff wins either....if you did, I must've missed that part.

 

i gave him credit for playing well. i'm not going to give him sole credit for winning the playoff games. i've already gone through how the defense has shown up more often in the playoff games than the offense has.

the offense has scored more than 20 points in 2 of the our 6 playoff games. the defense has held the other team's offense to under 20 points in 4 of those 6 playoff games. just think about those numbers. which is more impressive?

my original point was that it's unfair to blame the defense for failing sanchez when they've been this team's strength since the rex/sanchez era has begun.

 

Dude you have to change your avatar immediately, kindly. I still have absolutely no idea what this or any other post that I've seen from you says. Every time I try to look at the text my eyes are magnetically drawn to that ass and then all I see is hieroglyphics. I realize I'm reading hieroglyphics and I tell myself to knock if off and read. Then I see it again and it's all hieroglyphics.