Looking closely at Sanchez

never mind ouchy, he's clearly not watching Sanchez play.

 

Fixed. Our run D is nasty. And that really affects an offense predicated on play-action

 

It's true that you can mash and grind whatever stat you want into supporting your agenda as he points out with Cimini...but he's basically incriminating himself in doing so. He did the research (sort of). I mean the two plays he picked out were really easy to dissect as not being his fault because they were both pretty squarely on his receivers. You could probably pick out any number of other QB's in the league last Sunday whose statline suffered because of a receiver not holding up their end of the bargain.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think Sanchez is actually the worst QB in football just because some stats say so, but in the case of objectivity if you're going to break down plays that support your opinion, you need to at least play devil's advocate a bit as well. Particularly the part about Sanchez being a significantly better QB under pressure than others in the league. I don't think so. Far too often he's not getting sacked while under pressure because he's throwing the ball wildly and/or into coverage. So if you really want to turn the tables on this guy's argument then you can say for as unlucky as Sanchez is with the lack of sure handed receivers, he's equally lucky that a lot of his "throw aways" under pressure aren't better defensed.

When push comes to shove, this guy does his homework. He's using things to support his argument. But it's not some full proof litmus test that accurately assesses Sanchez.

 

"And when the helmet comes off again he has to face the fallout from an all-too often rabid New York press that seems hellbent on provoking fans into emotional reactions rather than rational appraisals."

So fucking true...

 

I really put an emphasis on drops. Drops are as drive killing and demoralizing as a sack. Even more so if the pass drop is, right in the bread basket/between the numbers, blatant. You can really see an offense deflate if it continues. I credit Mark for continuing to fight through what has got to be very frustrating. Every single one of our receivers needs to spend at least 2 nights a week on the Jugs machine...every week until the drops are down to no more than 1 a game...period. It is unacceptable in my opinion and has cost Mark at LEAST 15% in completion percentage this year...at LEAST.

 

I think the drops and miscommunication mostly from the receivers are really hurting and unfortunately it looks like Austin Howard gets beaten by a good speed rush almost every single time. Not sure if he's quick enough to come up with an answer as the season progresses because he would be a good RT otherwise. Still Sanchez looks like he has fallen into some of the old problems the last two weeks and he really needs to step up for the sake of the team now.

 

Only three games into the season, the writer of that puff piece wants to claim Sanchez is better than average in avoiding sacks????

Last year he had one of the worst sacks to Qb hits ratios in the league. Yeah it would be nice if he turned that around, but based on three games? That's a reach.

 

No, but it did talk about his receivers dropping passes in the EZ and what not.

 

Yeah, I kinda wondered about that at first blush as well. I think the issue is that you would expect a ball control offense to yield a higher completion percentage. It hasn't. Having said that, I'm not certain that Sparano's offense is as ground and poundish as everyone may like to believe. I feel like Sparano isn't running the most complicated of route trees with his WR (which is probably more because of their collective lack of experience than anything Sanchez has done/hasn't done) but I think he is stretching the field more than Schotty.

Schotty was criticized for not having WRs run deep routes and also having condensed fields of intersecting WRs. While this made it easier to defend his offense, I think it made it easier for Sanchez to read. Everything in the field was in the same area and it essentially reduced him to 1/2 field reads that he could complete quickly. Now in Sparano's offense I think you have an attack that is using every inch of green available, but isn't as quick to read as it requires greater vision on the QBs part. I think THIS is why Sanchez completion percentage his dropped so significantly.

I think Mark is taking better care of the football and I believe this is a function of coaching. Sparano is VERY anti-turnover (remember, he's originally a Bill Parcells' guy, also this may be why he was good with Pennington that one year he was healthy) and I believe he's been coaching up Sanchez to avoid turnovers and make safer throws. I believe the downside to this is a lower completion percentage, as Mark attempts fewer throws into tight coverage, and also seems to be responsible for Mark holding the ball a beat too long (am I the only one that thinks he's holding the ball longer this year?)

So yeah, that's my two cents. I think Mark isn't player better but also isn't playing worse; he's playing different. Give it three more games and let him reach the 1/3 point and we'll see how he's looking.

 

You sir, speak blaspheme of the highest degree. Sporano>Schottyx10. Until you have schotty as an OC you have no idea.

 

1. Ok. Sacks are down. That's one improvement. Good.

2. Completion ratio - Not much Nacho can do about it, if the receivers collectively sabotage on every pass attempt. (Especially Hill)

3. INTs: 3 INTs in 3 games - that's on pace for 16 for the season. Not good. Must cut that down.

4. How about fumbles? Is it down too? (I suspect it is.)

5. Austin Howard - say what you will about him - sure beats WFH by landslide so far.

 

McElroy's not an NFL QB, but at least he's been a leader as their 3rd string QB to talk out again the BS going on in the Jets lockeroom last year. Sanchez went underground for months until him and Holmes are ok.

And Holmes has to stop talking smack about his teammates, and play like he did last week. Except he shouldn't refer to it as "Santonio Holmes Football" when it happens once a season

 

You obviously haven't watched a single game if you think this is why is percentage is down. This offense is actually easier and he has been more in command of the field, but he's had to rush throws because of pressure from the RT spot and not to mention the fact that receivers are just dropping every pass he throws. Mark's problem is that he's been throwing the ball a little high which might have something to do with his throwing motion, and I hope that they do try to work on that a bit. Otherwise he's been making his reads correctly and has shown a huge improvement in reading defenses.

 

I contribute the completion % to overthrows, drops, and a lack of anyone (other than Kerley) to run good routes. Sanchez overthrew 5-6 passes. The drops are drive deflating. Gotta hold on to the ball (on third down especially). The two picks from Sunday would have been avoided if Gates comes to the ball instead of rounding out his route and if Cumberland ran his route correctly, Hill would have had a shot at that ball in the EZ.

 

If the QB delivers the ball to the receiver's chest numbers OR his hands, where he is not contested, then that's all the QB can do. The rest is on the receivers.

Did the receivers do their job? No. I could count 9 and 8 drops during the past two weeks. That happened mostly because they were trying to grab the ball with their palms or they failed to shield the trajectory of the ball with their bodies. It was poor coaching on WR corp all right.

And Sanchez is not holding the ball any longer this year than he did in any of his previous years - maybe longer than LAST year, where he wasn't allowed more than 2 seconds. (Von Miller sacked Sanchez as Sanchez finished his drop back, for instance. WFH really was absolutely horrible.) The ball goes out within 3 seconds. Watch Brady. He holds the ball past 3 second mark majority of the time.

 

Yeah, I've actually been watching the games, but thank you for your concern.

I never said Mark isn't in command of the offense, and I guess that's my bad. He does look more calm and poised than in years past. It's early yet, but I think he's looking far more composed and less panicked vs the way he looked last year. I think most of his misfires have been of the wrong route run variety; I disagree that he's throwing high often/significantly.

I think he's being given more full field reads and is handling them well enough, but not great. Sparano seems to try and take advantage of matchups more than out-scheming his opponent (something Schotty tried to do). I think it's working but that there is a learning curve; Mark isn't all the way there yet.

And I get that there have are dropped passes. Every QB has dropped passes, it happens. I think it's too early to say that the Jets' WRs are leading the league in drops. Again, wait until that 6 game point.

 

I'll watch and check and get back to you (God I love having NFL Rewind). You're the 2nd guy to disagree with me on this, so I could be wrong

 

The offense goes vertical more often that also contributes to a lower completion %

 

I'm not disagreeing or anything. Just, I see glaring mistakes on WR corps (Especially Hill - that's to be expected. He's a rookie after all.) that hurt the performance of the offense. That Jets put the entire basket of their seasonal hopes on the hands of rookie tells you about how well they plan ahead. I am sick and fed up with these idiots running this organization, frankly. They neglect depth at whim and constantly have to play catch-up restocking the roster, instead of having good prospect ready and waiting to step up. If you are watching the NFL rewind, watch the LB plays in particular. It is not pretty.