As for all this Sanchez talk, sheesh guys. I haven’t been reading the blog as much lately because it’s all negative this and doom and gloom that. Half you guys said you were happy with 6 wins this offseason…. so be happy with 6 wins! Sheesh!!!

I think we have to compare Sanchez to other guys who are struggling and see where he sits. JaMarcus Russell? Has that guy made one play ever? Sanchez is not JaMarcus Russell. We should be happy that he can make throws and he can lead big drives. That’s a sign of maturity.

I should remind Francesa to go and look at film of his favorite player Eli Manning in his rookie year. He was throwing softer passes than Chad Pennington and he was forcing the ball into all kinds of terrible spots. He held onto the ball too long and would just literally throw it right at defenders and that was a team that with Kurt Warner could have probably gone deep into the playoffs. They made that decision to bench Kurt and put in Eli and I remember ALL of the sports media was going “OMG WTF COUGHLIN”. They wanted Coughlin fired because Eli was so bad… and Coughlin wasn’t a rookie coach.

We gotta give Rex his chance to coach. In addition, I see many bright spots with this kid and I think if he gets a little more in control, he will be above average at least. Let’s get behind our team for once. I’m sick of the schizo fans. I see enough criticism of the home team here in Philly with people calling for future hall of fame QB McNabb to be benched. It’s all stupid. We don’t know anything, we’re just fans. Francesa is just some obnoxious radio personality who bets on horses and thinks he knows things about football. Let’s not let him get us down.

You can’t really be comparing Mark Sanchez to Peyton Manning…let’s get real! However, I hope you’re right and I’m wrong.

Thanks Jason for providing terrific context.

Sub, thanks for your intelligent reply.

No matter what FO or football analysts allegedly believed, I believe the Jets could have made a nice run this year with a vet QB and HC. For that matter it is fairly obvious they could have made a nice run with a vet QB and this rookie HC.

I am sure there are examples of a new QB and HC stepping in and succeeding (parcels and vinny?) and there is certainly no reason it could not.

One reason an example might not jump out at us is it is very rare for the coach to be fired off a 9 win season.

Regardless, I just found it counterintuitive to draft for the future coming off a 9 win season, especially with obvious needs on your plate and a prior year draft pick that contributed nothing.

I did not like the concept of picking the franchise QB at this point in the teams development, and did not like the QB they selected.

If I am going to be married to a QB for the next ten years I prefer one that fits the mold of a franchise QB, 6′4+”, gun for an arm, with plenty of experience.

I know, I know, size does not guarantee success, Brees and Warner are smaller, etc, but the chances of success are increased when you can see over your lineman, which may be one of the reasons this kid is less accurate than advertised despite getting overall good protection.

But to answer Q1, NO I would not bench him.

For better or worse we are married to him. Now that we are living with him and see more of his faults does not mean we can just get up and walk out the door. We must work to improve him and we a well past the babying stage.

The COACHES need to develop a gameplan to nurture him to his potential, whatever that may be, holding a clipboard is not going to expedite that process. I did not like the pick but now that he is here he needs to play.

Sanchez is very inconsistent in his throws. Sometimes his ball placement is perfect, but in other instances he fails to put the ball between the WR and sideline. A lot of his picks come from passing to his WR’s or TE’s inside shoulder, which is usually where the DB lurks. The other thing that I’ve noticed is that maybe he’s too cocky. His final INT was unbelievably stupid. He doesn’t have to try to win these games, all he really has to do is not make too many mistakes.

Whe Sanchez throws just 1 or fewer INTs, the Jets are 4-2, with those losses being against Miami (the defense and special teams were responsible for those losses). When Sanchez throws 2 or more INTs, the Jets are 0-4. He just has to be more cautious, especially when he feels the need to throw into double coverage or to throw when he’s under extreme pressure. Just throw the ball away, run out of bounds or take the sack. Let your defense get the ball back for you.