Seriously, at this point I think the only real decision running around in Ryan's head about QB is whether or not making Sanchez the starter right out of the gate is going to damage his chances for the long-term. Joe Flacco did NOT have a great camp last year. He absolutely did not start strongly out of the gate in the regular season either. He had 1 TD and 7 INT's after his first 5 starts and the Ravens were 2-3 with many people thinking they were lucky not to be 1-4. Nonetheless Flacco and the Ravens turned the season around and finished very strongly. Ryan is more than willing to let Sanchez take his lumps and lose a few games early on if that's what it takes to get his feet on the ground. He just wants to make sure that he doesn't hand him the reins and then wind up staring at a 4-12 nightmare when the talent on the team says it should be 7-9. He doesn't want to bruise Sanchez confidence and have the locker room looking at him funny.
i think rex wanted to see sanchez get hit last nite. and the ravens didn't give a shit about anything other than hitting him early and often.the running game was going way to easy against that d.had that been a real game.schotty would have made some protection adjustments and the ravens would of held up on the blitzes to shore up the run d.they set him up to show him the worst case scenario.today he knows how fast the league is.
wtf? He was hired because he's in tune with the "plan"? I'm sure it had nothing to do with his extremely successful tenure as a DC. Harvard got re-signed to the PS. What does that have to do w/anything?
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Yup Clemens has 8 NFL starts, plus a college resume, plus 3+ years in the offense. Sanchez is 16 or so starts removed from High school football and 3 months in the offense. If this is still a contest, Clemens comes up short P.S. get my mistress out of your avvy :beer:
"Rex Ryan could make the announcement today. Or maybe he will wait until next week. Eventually, it's going to be Mark Sanchez's job. What the Jets' coach has to decide is when. Despite a Monday night performance that ranged from jittery to uneven, Sanchez earned points within the Jets' organization for his resilience, overcoming a blow to his pride (an interception on his first pass) and a kick to the head (literally) to lead a touchdown drive against a terrific Ravens defense. Was his encouraging finish - a 19-yard scoring pass to Leon Washington - enough fodder for Ryan to declare an end to the Sanchez-Kellen Clemens competition? Ryan didn't address the media Tuesday. The players were off, and in the dark on the quarterback decision, but the general feeling in the locker room is that the $50 million rookie will be anointed before long. "It looks like Sanchez," one player said Tuesday, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Time is becoming an issue. The Jets open the season in 18 days at Houston. They have only two full practice days before they face the Giants (a likely start for Sanchez), and only two days before closing the preseason against the Eagles" "There were a lot of recognition things in that game for a young quarterback against a great defense that were impressive to me," Mike Martz said Tuesday on a conference call for the NFL Network. "I really do think this is a young man who probably can play as a rookie." The former Rams coach, known as an offensive guru, said Sanchez was victimized by protection breakdowns. On the Ngata interception, Lewis was unblocked on a blitz, giving him a free shot at the rookie. Martz credited Sanchez with knowing where to dump the ball, holding it as long as he could before absorbing the hit. "It wasn't a bad read; (Sanchez) didn't make a mistake," said Martz, who suspects that fullback Tony Richardson was late into his pass route. "You just had a guy who quit rushing the passer and was right there in the throwing lane." Martz said Sanchez made only one bad read, the ball that should've been intercepted by Lewis. On that play, Sanchez locked on his receiver, Chansi Stuckey, never trying to look off the linebackers." http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...chez_is_still_frontrunner_for_starting_q.html
