I thought this was hilarious Seahawks DE Michael Bennett: Mark Sanchez is an impostor of a good QB http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...nett-mark-sanchez-is-an-impostor-of-a-good-qb Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett has a theory on how the Seahawks were able to stop the Eagles and his theory is that Mark Sanchez just isn't a good quarterback. "Tell the Philadelphia police to put an APB out," Bennett told USA Today Sports. "Sanchez is trying to impersonate a good quarterback." After the game, Bennett was asked what he saw in Sanchez, "The same thing everyone else saw -- not much," Bennett said.
he honestly sounds like a bitch picking on Sanchez of all people because everyone and their momma knows Sanchez is just trying to keep a starting position in the NFL after being the "butt fumble" joke that he was and is not even in the top 10 currently in QBs. But comments like the above always come back to haunt the player and the team. It would be funny if they meet again and the Egals end up winning, that would be awesome.
All-22: Why the Eagles’ Offense Got Shut Down By Sheil Kapadia | December 10, 2014 at 2:13 pm Read more at http://www.phillymag.com/birds247/2014/12/10/22-eagles-offense-got-shut/#jQ5lCCpI5DoIpih5.99 MISSED OPPORTUNITIES Let's be clear here. There were not a lot of missed opportunities against Seattle. The Seahawks were great on defense and limited those chances. But when the Eagles did have shots to move the ball and put points on the board through the air, they failed to do so. One of the biggest plays in the game came in the fourth quarter. The Eagles' defense had just created a turnover after Mychal Kendricks knocked the ball loose from Marshawn Lynch. Kelly decided to take a shot with Sanchez on the first play of the drive. The Eagles ran a switch verticals concept on both sides. The outside receivers went inside, and the inside receivers ran outside. All four options were downfield, except for Sproles, who was a checkdown. Sanchez started his progressions to his right, but felt some pressure and stepped up in the pocket. He saw Riley Cooper on the post and took a shot, but Jordan Matthews was wide open running down the sideline. "We fudged on one," Pete Carroll said during his radio show on ESPN 710 Seattle. "The interception we got yesterday, we lucked out a little bit on that play. Tharold [Simon] had to make a decision to go. There’s two guys getting deep on him, and he had to make a decision. He chose it perfectly, made the right one. But there’s a guy running up the sidelines on that play. But we survived it. Those don’t happen very often to us." With Earl Thomas moving to help on the other side, Cooper had some room on the post. But Sanchez made a bad throw. He's struggled when moving forward in the pocket and throwing on the move, even though he's been at his best when rolling to the left or right. There were other misses too. We wrote earlier this week that the Eagles should have gone to Zach Ertz more, and the All-22 showed there were opportunities. In the second quarter, they ran what looked like a bash concept. It involves three receivers to the same side. Two of them run in-breaking routes at different levels, and the third runs a corner route. Ertz runs the corner and gets the safety flipped, but Sanchez opts for the shorter throw, which is incomplete. There was a blitz coming from the back side, but Sproles picked it up. "I think I was open a few times," Ertz said after the game. "Maybe the protection wasn’t perfect so he came off of me early. But hats off to them. They were better than us. They eliminated some things." Similar play later in the game. The TV broadcast picked up this one. Ertz runs a corner route at the top of the screen. The Seahawks are in zone this time. The outside corner sinks, creating space for Ertz. Sanchez has protection, but he comes off of it and throws incomplete downfield to Jeremy Maclin. Again, not a lot of opportunities, but Sanchez did not capitalize on the ones he had.
I saw Matthews running free on the INT, missed opportunity there but the others he was pressured. there are always plays to be made, he didn't make them, Phillt didn't make them. couldn't protect the QB, couldn't run the ball, couldn't get open consistently and the QB missed the few opportunities they had. Seattle will do that to a QB.
Sanchez is in the same category (or 'caliber') as Ben Rothlisberger? As for Mettenberger, while I don't put much stock in a 6th rd QB, you may want to remind yourself that the rookie's played a grand total of 7 games.
We There's another caveat on Mettenberger, there was a lot of talk that if he hadn't gotten injured in college he might have been 2nd or 3rd round pick with a chance of sneaking in to the bottom of the first. I don't think anyone saw him falling all the way to the 6th. Of course that was all pre-draft conjecture and in the end you're expectations and label is where you were drafted at.
I agree. The guy had the big arm and all at LSU and did have one good game against 'Bama but at the same time he was not a complete passer in that he'd throw a bullet at the feet of a RB on a swing pass not more than 7 yards from him.
Ben tops the next list just below elite. Sanchez ranks towards the bottom. Both imo are franchise QBs. I explained the criteria of why I grouped them the way I did. Sanchez has helped his team go to back to back AFC title games, and has guided the Eagles to 4 and 2 record, the two losses coming to the top two teams in the nfl. Big Ben has the two rings. Dont like the list? No worries since its just my opinion right?
Yep, most had him as a 1 or 2 year developmental QB due to the holes in his game overall, but all things considered he's doing pretty well. But I don't think he's doing well enough to preclude the Titans from drafting a QB.
I like how the Eagles plugged themselves into the story as "a pro scout for another NFC team" I love unnamed sources providing commentary on stories, especially going the unnamed route when describing Mark Sanchez's play.
If anyone here doesnt think Ben is one of the top QBs in the league, you really need to a) pay attention to the game (and throw your stat sheet away) b) see him play live in person the dude's a dirtbag but a beast on the field. Plenty of guys that may have prettier stats by season's end ,but there are VERY few I'd count on more to win a big game. I'd rank him at # 5/6 in the league
I wouldn't exactly say Sanchez is a franchise QB. He's been solid, no doubt, but those franchise guys are special. There's only a handful of them. Big Ben is one of them.
Sounds like a bunch of Nacho defense, that's all I see in your reply. First of all, Aikman is nothing compared to Montana, get over it. Anyone with any football brains knows that! If Nacho was half the Qb you fan boys make him out to be, they wouldn't have had to ran on 1st, and 2nd downs. Instead they went with their strength, running the ball, just like the Jets in 09,10,11,12, which means letting nacho throw isn't in the best interest of the team. Just to inform you. To think Seattle is going to win it all, just because they bitch smacked Nacho, is silly. Seattle is not the same team they were when they won it. Each team, each player, changes from season to season. Green Bay looks like the leader in the NFC, not Seattle. Remember, it doesn't take much to screw with Nacho's head, obviously.
But true! We saw it in NY for 4 seasons, and he wasn't contested by anyone all 4 years, including Tebow. If Tebow caused a QB controversy, you don't have much of a QB anyway. Which we didn't.
