Sanchez stepped into a better situation than 95% of top 5 draft picks. Granted, he didn't have a good receiving corps and he had to deal with the acquisition of Braylon, learning chemistry on the fly. I'm not going to complain about dropped passes or injuries. It happens to everyone. Sanchez needs to put the work in, develop rapports with his top receivers, and get to the next level. You can pretty much throw out rookie years for all quarterbacks. The question is how they develop after it. Judging by what I read and hear, there's no reason for him not to take a step forward this season. How big a step forward it is will determine the ceiling for this team. Everything on this team is Super Bowl caliber except for the quarterback. And if you say kicker or punter, I'm going to punt you in the balls.
Actually in the playoffs Sanchez was over 60%. Just barely @ 60.3% for the 3 games. That is damn good for a rookie QB in the faster more aggressively paced games. Like I said earlier if Sanchez can just be average this year the Jets will make the playoffs, maybe win the division. If he is better than average well the Jets have a chance to go real deep. Sounds weird even with this deep of a team but it all hinges on Sanchez, if he improves and by how much.
Once Stuckey was gone, he had no checkdown WR, and his production dipped. There were times that I thought the Edwards trade was kneejerk, but it did do a lot for the running game. If the Jets do get Coles, he'll have a checkdown WR. He also will learn to use McKnight and LT.
Man D-Brick got toasted on that play to Edwards. Great pump fake by Sanchez. It will all boil down to how well our line blocks for the kid. He has the tools. How many average QB's look great with protection?
I think that was definitely part of it, but I also think the whole "ball-security" thing really started to sink in. In the games following Atlanta some of the most telling plays were the incompletions. When his reads broke down he was much more willing to throw it away and live to fight another day. Of all the picks he made all season I think the worst was in the second New England game. That play felt like it lasted an hour...rolling left, practially in our end-zone, six inches from the sideline and he just refused to bag the play. During the playoffs we didn't see anything like that. That alone is a huge sign of growth imo.
Amazing how two people can see the same thing completely different. I saw Brick take Freeney to the ground in a drive block (thus the play action fake handoff) and then DF just got to his feet quickly. Fact is Sanchez had a long time in the pocket, which allowed Edwards to get downfield.
