I can't imagine Sunday will be anything like Monday's BS. I see us moving the ball and I see the pats moving the ball with the Jets coming out on top. We need to put Monday's game behind us once and for all.
This check-down and run offense wont get us any wins in the big games. Our defense may not be afraid of anyone but our offense is playin like they are scared shitless.
I'm surprised to see so many people heaping the majority of the blame on the coaching staff. Granted, it was obviously a very, very conservative game plan, but I'm not so sure why people seem convinced that taking the reigns off of Sanchez would solve the offense's woes. Has everyone here been so blinded by the little postseason run and Rex's offseason talk that they forgot how poorly Sanchez played for most of last season? Yes, he was just a rookie, but he had some TERRIBLE games. Honestly, I don't know what's worse...5 turnovers a game or constant check-downs? All I do know it that neither will win the Jets games. I'm still not convinced that Sanchez will ever be an above-average NFL QB. Play-calling aside, he has yet to show me that he can read an NFL defense and more importantly, anticipate when a player will be open. In my opinion, he checks down so often because he doesn't trust that anyone will be open. He seems to only throw it to guys when they are wide open, otherwise he checks down. Unless there is pressure, then he just throws it at whatever WR he's locked onto. How many times did Jaws comment that he had a receiver open, but that he didn't let the play develop? That's not the coaching staff. I have to assume that they tell him to avoid making ill-advised throws, but every coach tells his QB that. I'm not sure that the Jets coaching staff has instructed him to avoid throwing downfield. If that's the case, yes, it's the coaching staff's fault. A lot of his success late last season came off of play-action which resulted in wide open receivers. He definitely has the physical tools to make it as an NFL QB, but so have plenty of other NFL QBs who were never able to make it in the league. I understand he is young and needs time to learn...and I have no problem with that. The problem is that the Jets have a team that seems to be built to win NOW...not in 2-3 seasons. If the Jets were to make a serious run at the SB this season, at some point, Sanchez is going to have to win a game and I hope he has the ability to do that. I'm not ready to write-off Sanchez at this point, but I'm also not ready to place all the blame on Schotty. You have to remember that the Jets have had some pretty solid offenses during his tenure here in NY...and most of that was with "noodle-arm" himself, Chad Pennington.
Jets embarrassed themselves Monday night, and if we are to lose to two AFC opponents..one of course being the Patriots, utter disaster. I believe we will come out early in this game. Special teams will give Sanchez, and company good field position. I remember last year after half time Leon came out with a huge return to mid field. First play Sanchez threw a strike right to Cotchery.. Boom the kid had all the confidence in the world. The first play on special teams needs to be big. Hopefully we get shit going early.
You can't argue that the Jets are "built to win NOW" and then talk about how the young QB isn't good. Its pretty amazing that some people don't seem to truly understand that all of what we are seeing is pretty much par for the course when a team decides to start a rookie QB. Except that in Sanchez's case he actually was able to help his team get to the AFCCG as a rookie - most rookie QBs don't do that. So you can knock him all you like, but then don't talk about the team is built to win NOW. Because a team w/a lousy QB is not built to win, its built to not win. The truth is that he is still a young QB who is going through the developmental process of becoming a solid NFL qb. Its frustrating at times. But that has to be expected. Very few guys come into the league playing QB like Dan Marino. Most young QBs struggle. The best that you can hope for is a short developmental curve w/a high ceiling. In Sanchez's case he got his team to the AFC CG last season as a rookie and still there are some fans here who are pissed off b/c after one season he isn't Johnny Unitas. Its a totally unrealistic expectation. People need to be patient, trust the coaching staff and let the guy develop. It may take him 2+ yrs to get to be a good QB. If that dissappoints people - I am not sure what can be done about that. He is learning on the job in front of millions of fans each week. It used to be that young QBs learned in practice and waited their turn. Now we draft them and pay them big contracts and expect them to start in the NFL and be awesome out of the gate. Its not realistic.
There needs to be a happy medium between last year's aggressiveness by Sanchez (too many INTs) and Monday's pussfest. The guy doesn't need to throw for 300 yards every night, but you have to do more than 74. He's scared shitless of throwing an INT. Any team in their right mind would force him to beat them deep. The Ravens defense put on a clinic of how to beat the Jets offense. Like it or not, it was an embarrassment. Bottomline, the checkdown should not be the first option. It should be a safety valve. Not all Sanchez's fault, not all Schotty's either. Hopefully we'll take some shots down the field. nothing wrong with more checkdowns, but not 100 percent of the passes.
The more I thought about it, the more I was convinced that Schotty's ultra conservative approach was just the gameplan he had for the Ravens. I think the Jets expected that 10-13 points would have done the job as long as we didn't turn the ball over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VKYZOez1aw This is the Mark Sanchez/game plan that we need to see this sunday. It seems like the coaching staff had more confidence in letting him throw at the beginning of his rookie season than they do now. Dont hold him back. Let him sling it.
