It would be great to run a poll of which recent offensive coordinators people actually liked. The list is pretty short for me, it was probably Charlie Weis and Heimerdinger and that was it. Hackett did indeed suck, I'm kind of meh on Shotty.
It looks to be completely mental with Sanchez, which is why it's so hard to predict. I don't ever think he'll be truly elite, but I do think he'll settle in on a more even keel consistency-wise.
And that is generally my point. OC goes relatively unnoticed when the team wins. Maybe a few people say he called a nice game, whatever. The team loses and the OC is complete retard with no idea about football and even my 8 year old cousin who plays madden a lot could call a better game. No in between, no rational thought, no idea what was really going on. Just hate.
Of course Sanchez will make the Jets better, he's going to be a star (if we get lucky and some idiot GM hires Schittenheimer away from the Jets)
I agree. He isn't going to be the QB to take a team on his back for long stretches. But he can make plays when need be and that's all you really need. He's young so the wild swings in consistency should settle down.
Its true, and it comes down to "well he didn't do what I wanted in this situation" I scratch my head on some plays, but the January playcalling is Schotty's best. I don't know how he does it. Perfect games are rarely called, but its the crucial moments that are important. And can this offense get going in the 1st quarter? Those scripted plays are just not working. Time to try a new approach.
Until 2007, Brady never put up absurd numbers. His numbers were very good (a little above 60% completion, 2-1 TD to INT ratio...around 92 QB rating) but they weren't all world. I look for that in Sanchez with of course an elite ability to win games in the clutch.
Never mind for the season, what about this game? If my #'s are correct Sanchez went 6-16 for 54 yds and a 45 rating in the first half. During that half the Steelers built a 24-3 lead. I honestly don't see what you guys see in him, it's like killing your parents and then calling yourself an orphan. If he didn't play so lousy in the 1st half, he wouldn't have had to attempt the comeback in the second. You need to be looking thru Jet green glasses not to know that Pitt changed their d game plan in the second half to sit on the lead. On O they also went into a clock killing mode. In Houston, he threw a late pick to help the Jets blow a big lead and then "saves" the game with a miracle drive. If he didn't screw up in the first place, he wouldn't have needed the comeback. You all pick on the OC. Did you ever think that he knows how limited in both accuracy and decision making the kid is? Last year you had IMO the toughest D in the league and the #1 rushing attack and went 9-7 and won nothing. This year same thing, you lost the division by 3 f'ng games to a rebuilding NE team that doesn't have 1/2 the D or rushing game as the jets. Jets are having this success in spite of Sanchez not because of him. Only time will tell, but that is my opinion.
The 1st quarter shit needs to have something changed, obviously. I always have to wonder how much of it is playcalling and how much of it is Sanchez to start. Yesterday he starts the game getting passes batted all over the place and then it eventually stopped. That isn't a playcall issue to me, that is Sanchez making an adjustment to the way he is playing. I'm sure as with most things involving the offense that it is a mix between the two but I can't help but think the 1st quarter issues are something that is more in Sanchez' control than whoever the OC is. I don't see much a need to defend a part of a coaching staff that has gone to the AFCCG two years in a row. I just hope that as Sanchez grows into a more complete QB that the glaring offensive issues disappear with his higher level of play.
So if you define the difference between a good game and a "bad" game as rating above/below 80, Sanchez had 8 "good games and 8 "bad" games. If you want to define an "awful" game as below 60 rating and a "great" game as above 100 then he had 5 "awful" and 4 "great" games. This is what I'm talking about. It's not like he has played at a consistently pedestrian level. He's been either real good or real bad. I think that with time, he eliminates a lot of those poor performances and next year you're looking at a guy who plays at a high level more often than not. That's what I hope for anyway.
I think if he were put in a throw first offense a few years from now, with the right tools, he could pull off something like 4000 yards, 28 TD's, 15 ints. Eli Manning might be a good Parallel: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/6760/career;_ylt=AnnBk2BGEIRqS0cas06395r.uLYF Low completion percentage his first two years, but he improved over his career. In his third year, he broke 55% and in his fourth year he broke it again, as the Giants won the super bowl. By year 5 Eli was completing 60% of his passes, and has been there the last 3 years. Broke 4000 yards the past two years. TD to INT ratio was a little nasty this season but he had 31 TD's with some banged up WRs. The thing to remember with Sanchez for statheads is that he's still young in football terms because of the short college career, and that other QB's have been where he is now.
You're losing sight of the fact that the guy is in his second year. Sure he screwed us out of some wins last year. That's why rookie QB's generally don't start. Even Brady wasn't ready. I'm not saying that he's the next great QB. All I'm saying is that he seems to have the skills and intangibles to develop into a real good QB. Where did the comparison with NE even come into play?? Pats have one of the greatest coaches ever. And yes, I admit the gap between Brady and Sanchez right now is as wide as the Grand Canyon.
I did say time will tell. Brady, by the the way had a ring in his 2nd year with a less talented O & D than Sanchez is working with now. I think he had 3 when you were downplaying his development.
Not comparing him with NE/Brady, I hate to say this but the Jets are making Sanchez, not the other way around. You put any of the 3 Matts(Ryan, Schaub and even Cassel) under center and the Jets would have been in at least one SB. I think with all the talent the Jets have around him, Sanchez should have done better. not trolling, I'm just not sold on this kid.
Brady had his ring but I don't know about the less talent thing. That defense did shut down one of the best offenses ever in the Superbowl, but maybe that was just their great film study... The fact is that even a guy like Brady didn't look like a great QB when he was young, he played on a winning team but did not look great. The big similarity to be between Sanchez and Brady is intangibles. Brady always had great intangibles that helped him win early in his career and then he developed into a great all around QB. I see the same path for Sanchez.
Huh? I'm saying for all the stat lovers, take a look at Rivers... Regular season: beast mode Postseason: folds like a chair mode He plays a part in us not winning in the post season. I want him and Norv shipped out. As far as Sanchez goes, he's improved his stats from year one, and he had the biggest balls out on that field yesterday. He was leading the comeback, just ran out of time.
