J-E-T-S fans wondered why the team kept letting Mark Sanchez throw instead of continuing to run Thomas Jones during his record-setting day against Buffalo's last-ranked rush defense.
Reading between the lines of Jets coach Rex Ryan's comments Monday, the head coach may agree with the sentiment.
As mentioned in Josh Alper's one-liners, Ryan may look to scale things back for his rookie quarterback.
"Was it just the play of Mark Sanchez that got us beat?'' Ryan asked Monday. ''No. But we have to realize that this isn't a guy that's played 20 years in the league . . . He's got an unbelievable amount of talent, but we've got to be smart with him. I remember Ben Roethlisberger. Pittsburgh was smart what they did and they won a ton of games.''
The difference is that Pittsburgh had one of the best defenses of the decade in 2004. The 2009 Jets have been very good, but you can pin the team's loss in Miami on them.
It remains to be seen how good Sanchez can be, but he's experiencing common rookie mistakes.
''[Sanchez] has to realize that sometimes it's okay to take the incompletion,'' Ryan said. The coach also thought that the acquisition of Braylon Edwards will take some adjusting to.
''You see different coverages now, more two-deep. he reads, they take longer. Sometimes, when you have the middle closed, where are you going to throw it? It's good news-bad news [having Edwards].''
Perhaps with a bigger dose of the running game than before, Sanchez will try to steer the Jets back towards the good news in Oakland this week.
Bring it.
Do you actually do any real journalism anymore, or do you just copy and paste news articles?
"The difference is that Pittsburgh had one of the best defenses of the decade in 2004. "
The other difference is that rookie Roethlisberger was, you know, better than rookie Mark Sanchez. Just as he was better than damn near every rookie quarterback to ever play.
DIRTY SANCHEZ!!!
FIRST
I'll simplify for Sanchez:
Step one, if you hand off to Braylon Edwards, your completion percentage will be very high, but if you try to throw the ball to him, your completion percentage will be very low, and your interception total will be very high, as balls just bounce off of his hands like a tennis ball against a brick wall.
Step two, throw the ball to the people wearing the same color as you....
oh, you mean as teams have more tape on the kid, they can better plan against him and he couldn't adjust? Tell that to the people who thought he was a better qb then stafford.
Who would have thought that the Jets would have to simply their offensive scheme for a player who was touted as the Second Coming of Christ?
"Was it just the play of Mark Sanchez that got us beat?'' Ryan asked Monday. ''No."
Yeah right, Rex.
Few things went against Sanchez:
1) Pre-snap penalties, especially on first down, was forcing them to pass more than they should have.
2) To go along with the penalities, the play calls were asking a lot of a rookie QB who was still adjusting to NFL in winter-like conditions
3) The Injuries to J.Co and Brad Smith allowed the Bills to concentrate on Edwards because it was obvious that they were not sending any passes towards Clowney and Keller wasn't in that game.
Add in J.Co and Brad Smith, get that ball in Washington and Jones hands while the Offensive line focuses a bit more on their jobs...Sanchez input will be minimum and also more of a surprise when he does pass the ball.
Maybe swing a deal for Favre???
Couldnt be happier that the talk of a Jets/Giants Superbowl has died.
Umm who said Rapelithsburger was a better Rookie than Sanchez? Again the defense won that superbowl, watch it again.
Any team that does not run on oakland is a fool...
In fact I would say not running on oakland is as foolish as throwing at them...
i.e. Eagles.....
no need to simplify it for Sanchez, just tell him to be careful when throwing in the wind and cold, he will learn eventually.
"The coach also thought that the acquisition of Braylon Edwards will take some adjusting to."
Especially when you have a pass play named the King James.
I have said this many, many times ....
Mark Sanchez is a poor man's Matt Leinart.
"Jets may simplify for Sanchez"
Right - just liek they did for Romo.
Of course, in Romo's case, "simplify" meant "dumbed-down"
Does it even matter now? The Jets already won the week 2 superbowl.
And about Big Ben's first SB....the refs won that one for him.
@chapnasty: 2004 Offensive Player of the Year, and the SB was not his rookie year but his sophomore year.
I only get my news from PFT so I'm confused. I would have sworn that the Jets fleeced the Browns for Sanchez on draft day. Then I could have sworn I read that they fleeced them again for this Braylon Edwards guy.
But now I am reading that Sanchez is struggling so much that they are going to have to dumb down the offense for him. On top of that the head coach is saying that Edwards might be a big reason why Sanchez is starting to suck.
How's that possible, Florio, when all I've read is how these guys were part of some of the greatest trades ever made?
simplfy it for Sanchez? - how about: Mark just go over there and sit down, i swear he ll perform to his maximum, nobody sits on the bench like Mark Sanchez (go buy the GQ)
"# I♥Patriots says: October 20, 2009 3:51 PM
And about Big Ben's first SB....the refs won that one for him."
Are they the same refs that are protecting Li'l Tommy "Please don't hit me!" Brady, asterisk boy?
@iLOVEpatriots:
"and about Big Ben's first SB...the refs won that one for him."
- do you have it on tape? of course you do
@ spyboots
yeah I noticed that wasn't his rookie year after I had submitted it. I posted a second post admitting the typo but it hasnt gone up yet.
I don't care what he was, until the final drive of last years superbowl, Big Ben was a mediocre QB on a team with a great Defense.
Umm who said Rapelithsburger was a better Rookie than Sanchez? Again the defense won that superbowl, watch it again.
Roethlisberger's rookie QB rating was a whole lot higher than the Sanchez current rating of 50-something genius. Roethlisberger sucked in the SB as a rook, but he had a very good overall rookie season at QB. And, yes, the Steelers defense was critical to their two SBs this milennium, just as the Jets defense has been critical to their three wins this season. The mediocre to awful QB play in the Jets three losses has been critical in another way.
And, FWIW, I like Sanchez in terms of how he has dealt with the ridiculous New York media attention; even as a Pats fan I wish him well (I always liked Pennington), but only time will tell.
TheTitanofNewYork says:
October 20, 2009 3:14 PM
Few things went against Sanchez:
1) Pre-snap penalties, especially on first down, was forcing them to pass more than they should have.
2) To go along with the penalities, the play calls were asking a lot of a rookie QB who was still adjusting to NFL in winter-like conditions
3) The Injuries to J.Co and Brad Smith allowed the Bills to concentrate on Edwards because it was obvious that they were not sending any passes towards Clowney and Keller wasn't in that game.
"Add in J.Co and Brad Smith, get that ball in Washington and Jones hands while the Offensive line focuses a bit more on their jobs...Sanchez input will be minimum and also more of a surprise when he does pass the ball."
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How about the fact that your QB is showing signs that he cant play in the meadowlands or
bad weather. He needs to sit down with Eli who has some what mastered the conditions. Yes you will be playing in a new stadium next year but you will still have to deal with conditions in Buffalo and New England and this year.
I'll be a good homer and point out that -
Big Ben went 13-0 as a rookie, 14-1 including playoffs. His rookie QB rating was 98.1. He threw 17 TD passes (he didn't start the first 3 games that year).
Big Ben had 5 fourth quarter comebacks in 2004, plus another in the playoffs that year (in OT vs. Jets)
Sanchez *should* be a solid QB for the Jets, but he ain't no Big Ben....
You can't give a kid the keys to the Ferrari if he doesn't know how to drive.
You think someone in their organization would have thought about easing him in like they did Flacco, especially since their coach was on the same damn team.
Naw, let's make him throw the ball 60% of the time. What could go wrong?
What was this idiots's quailifications for being a head coach? How many coordinators are going to fail before teams stop hiring them as head coaches.
@whywerule
"Roethlisberger sucked in the SB as a rook, but he had a very good overall rookie season at QB"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PIT didnt play in the superbowl when he was a rookie, NE did: 24-21 over PHILLY
Have Fun with the Riaduhs... your next stop after that is Miami...
Go Dolphins!
Ahem, "DirtySanchez"... wipe your upper lip, my low-IQ-endowed friend.
The game is in NY next Sunday. But you feel free to show up in Miami, by all means.
I wish your team well this Sunday also. Remember, Week 4: 14 point spread, in THEIR house.
Good luck with that.
Now get your finger out of your mouth...
GreggRosenthal says:
"The 2009 Jets have been very good, but you can pin the team's loss in Miami on them."
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well if you're rex ryan you can, because it surely wasn't because miami was a better team. ;)
Rick Mirer, Tim Couch, Alex Smith, Ryan Leaf and now Mark Sanchez....yawn.
Rex Ryan is very similar to Patrick from SpongeBob. Big, dumb and talks too much.
He needs Cotchery to get healthy...
What I wonder is...
Why hasnt he looked for Dustin Keller, and yes, I watched the game, two balls thrown to Keller were overshot and intercepted. What I'm wondering is why is he being used as more of a receiver, catching balls 10-15 yards downfield, this is why Sanchez is so bad. Keller was mentioned as the "Most-Athletic" player at the combine. Use him as a tight end, and watch him do his work. The point I'm making is that Sanchez is struggling, tight ends are a safety to any QB, use him in short yardage situation and stop trying to turn him into a WR!
Rex Ryan is shooting his mouth off too much.
Why is he telling the world......and the opposing teams.......what Sanchez is struggling with? That's dumb. A smart opposing coach will game plan for it. He's being too specific and giving insight to the enemy. He needs to take a page out of the Patriots/Belichek school of speaking without saying anything.
BackInTheSaddle, stay tuned....
Rex Ryan will probably hold a press conference to discuss what plays are staying, and drone on even more about how the Jets are "all that".
It's actually a shame for the fans, to see this team crash yet again. But, this time, Ryan's mouth is flapping the whole way.