I read a couple comments above and agree that this was not meant to be used as a crystal ball or it was not my intent to put koolaide in your drink to think Sanchez is on the same path Manning. I kept hearing (I wasn’t the FIRST) to compare Mark to Peyton in his rookie year, so it was bothering me I couldn’t find the comparison.

I decided to whip something up with my opinions. I do love the debate it has caused. If you ask me do I want Mark to grow up and be Peyton, ABSOLUTELY, who wouldn’t, but the article never says “Don’t worry Jets fans, look Mark is doing better so he’ll win the Superbowl and 5 MVPS!”

That would be “Delusional”! Thanks for reading guys and gals.

No one, repeat: no one, is saying Sanchez is the next Manning. We’re simply using Manning’s first 10 games, when compared to Sanchez’s first 10 games, to show that it is possible to improve epically from such a poor start to a career. I don’t know why this is delusional in your opinion, because Peyton isn’t the only QB Sanchez gets compared to.

As for your comment to starz, “Therefore the only rule, I believe applicable, is that both players must be facing each other when intentional contact occurs.” Well, that is what happened. Poteat faced up and blocked Calvin Johnson from coming back to the ball. That is not allowed, and when you’re standing one on one with a receiver in the endzone (not in a crowd of people) it will get called. Most hail mary’s have hand fighting and jostling for position, they don’t have defenders pushing receivers out of the area. Mangini will lose his complaint with the league, just like he’s destined to lose 14-15 games this season.

In my humble opinion, during that play, every player in the end zone is an elegible receiver. Therefore the only rule, I believe applicable, is that both players must be facing each other when intentional contact occurs.

I understand how the play went, It is just plain dumb to call a penalty then when they could call MILLIONS of other penalties during MILLIONS of Hail Marys’. Dumb, just plain dumb.
And I know, Mangini has a history as a sore loser, Big Mouth that has only coached football like 20 years, and has NEVER been involved in that play. That is why he is getting film and petitioning to the league because “he had never seen that penalty called before”.

Also, the only similarity worth comparing Payton to Franchez is that they both played football. Anything else infers, suggests, encourages one to believe that they share the same past, they may be destined to share the same future.

Like I said, dillusional, pie in the sky rhetoric that can, and likely will end in disappointment, as true Jets fans.

I’m not sure where this idea came from that illegal contact doesn’t exist once the QB moves outside the pocket came from. If that was the case, any time a QB rolled out DB’s would just hit receivers as hard as they could and knock them down or out of bounds. “Hey! QB’s outside the pocket, no illegal contact!” Yeah, that would be bad for the league.

Illegal contact can occur, regardless of where the QB is (obviously behind the line of scrimmage) as long as contact is initiated by the defensive player past 5 yards.

The TV broadcast (again, not sure if it was the Jets or the Colts game prior) stated that once the QB leaves the pocket, the defense is allowed to make contact downfield. But only if the ball hasn’t been thrown yet, in which case, would result in PI….

Is this true?