His resolve is amazing. He seems to stay cool under presure and is making fewer mistakes as the years go on. I'm happy as hell to have him, but for now this is still a team winning despite having a young QB, not winning because of one. Much like the Steelers run to Super Bowl XL. I think he'll be a great one down the road due to his mental make-up and in time will be the reason we win week in and week out much the way Brady is for the Pats or Ben is in Pittsburgh. For now he's not there yet. Another way to put it, I think from top to bottom we are a more talented team than the Pats, they happen to have one huge advantage, a game changing QB who always seems to make the right throw with great accuracy. Again, I think Mark will get there and soon, but he's not near the top of the league yet. Many of those citing stats are looking past this.
Scary stat: If a QB makes it to the Conference Chip game in his rookie year, he's gone to the SB. Only Marino didn't win it when he got there. Shaun King went as a backup, Big Ben won two. Flacco and Sanchez were the others. Flacco and Sanchez could very well be facing off to see who goes next to the SB in that stat. I can see the Ravens and Jets winning a SB in the next 3 weeks to 8 years to keep that stat alive.
And I don't know if this has been posted anywhere on the site today, but the back shoulder fade to Braylon on the last pass was his call, no one elses. Schotty told him to make the call, and he put Folk in position to win the game. That's a leader. That's a winner right there.
Some people just don't appreciate the guy and don't deserve him. How many game winning drives has he pulled off this season (his SECOND), 5?
4 in the regular season plus Indy. I think he had one or two last season. They talked about Freeman's comeback ability all season, but Sanchez's is just as equal..... but its luck with the Jets FOUTHANDLONG can't see beyond the numbers. If you can't see beyond numbers in football, you'll never see the whole game.
The most important stat is obviously W's. It's not like Nacho is just sitting on the bench playing pocket pool while the defense lights up the scoreboard. He's driving the offense down the field to win games for his team when it's do or die. Some QB's just have the ability to do that when the game is on the line. We're lucky to have found one.
And the one thing this franchise is known for is not finishing games. Lead the league in wins. A simple mantra.
Not that I don't appreciate him at all, but if the kids hits on a number of thorws in the first half, the late game heroics would not be needed. He gave away 3 points at the end of the firston one throw alone. Getting your self into bad stiuations and then out of them is not always the best answer. Our defense dominated the Colts for most of that game. Our offense did not capitalize on a a few chances to pull away early. Mark is over coming his mistakes, but I'll be happier when he eliminates them.
And...this bears repeating.....LOOK AT THE THROWS HE IS TASKED WITH MAKING. Outside and down the field. Against Pitt and Chi we called a good game and he hit at 65%.
They tried rolling him out, but the routes were covered. The gameplan wasn't a bad Schotty game. It was good. Not great, not shitty. It was good. Sanchez has to drop the ball in the bucket. His footwork was bad for a whole half. The 2nd half he was beautiful. I would like for the decision to use Greene earlier in the game to happen. LT needs to be Greene's backup, not the other way around if the Jets want to continue dominance. Let Greene bash the defense around, and then a fresh LT comes in and can break tired arm tackles. The 2nd half needs to become the first. If that happens the gameplan becomes perfect and the Jets can put up a TD per quarter consistently.
this.. Exactly my problem as well. He is way too erratic. In my mind, most all the 4th quarter heroics this season, have been just plain luck! The kind that will run out one day, leaving you to rely on plain skill.
That's a load of horse manure. Did you actually watch any of the games? Or did you come up with that brilliant "plain luck" idea just now. Yea, that throw to Braylon Edwards down the sideline was plain luck. I mean, it was only 40 yards downfield between two receivers. You could even make that throw!!
if a game is 3 hours long, and sanchez and the offense plays for half of that, and the plays are split evenly between running and passing, then sanchez has spent 12 HOURS passing the ball in college and 24 HOURS running pass plays in the nfl. he's spent 1.5 days total in the last 3 years passing the ball in a game. so yeah, it really does take 3-4 years to get enough 'game hours' to be really good.
You're full of it, its been over 3 weeks since that game. Just admit you didn't have it in you to own up to your garbage. What's your excuse for the Bears game, Sanchez carved up their secondary
