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ShareThisPI Finds: Sanchez Runs Hot and Cold As a Rookie
After Sunday's loss to Atlanta, Braylon Edwards is, um, somewhat perturbed with the state of New York's offense:
"We're embarrassing on offense. Forget the stats and 'This is where we are rushing the football.' We're not making plays when it counts, and we are continuously in a situation that is embarrassing, irritating, frustrating coming in on Monday, knowing that we could have won yesterday then we would be ahead and almost certain, if we won the rest of our games, to get in [the playoffs]. Now here we are again, if we win out, we have to have this scenario happen [to make it]. It's irritating."
It's pretty clear that the Jets rise and fall on the basis of Mark Sanchez's play, and like any rookie QB, he's had his ups and downs this season. First, the ups:
| Rk | Player | Year | Tm | G w/ Rate>80 | TeamW | TeamL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Rivers | 2009 | SDG | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| 2 | Peyton Manning | 2009 | IND | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Aaron Rodgers | 2009 | GNB | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | Matt Schaub | 2009 | HOU | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Drew Brees | 2009 | NOR | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | Kyle Orton | 2009 | DEN | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | Ben Roethlisberger | 2009 | PIT | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | Tom Brady | 2009 | NWE | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | Tony Romo | 2009 | DAL | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | Jason Campbell | 2009 | WAS | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Brett Favre | 2009 | MIN | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Joe Flacco | 2009 | BAL | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | Eli Manning | 2009 | NYG | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | Donovan McNabb | 2009 | PHI | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 15 | David Garrard | 2009 | JAX | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 15 | Carson Palmer | 2009 | CIN | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 15 | Kurt Warner | 2009 | ARI | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | Mark Sanchez | 2009 | NYJ | 7 | 5 | 2 |
When Sanchez has a solid game (QB rating > 80), NY is 5-2, and he's had more solid games than most signal-callers in the league this year. I would imagine Braylon isn't really complaining when Sanchez performs at that level, but Sanchez has also had more than his share of clunkers this year as well:
| Rk | Player | Year | Tm | G w/ Rate<60 | TeamW | TeamL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JaMarcus Russell | 2009 | OAK | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Matthew Stafford | 2009 | DET | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Derek Anderson | 2009 | CLE | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Brady Quinn | 2009 | CLE | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Mark Sanchez | 2009 | NYJ | 5 | 0 | 5 |
The Jets are 0-5 when Sanchez has one of his bad games, and as you can see, there really isn't a lot of room in between good and bad for the rookie -- in all but one game this year, he's had a rating of either greater than 80 or less than 60. No other QB has alternated solid and bad efforts as much as Sanchez, which means Braylon should only really be embarrassed and irritated half of the time. All things considered, I guess that's better than the team he started the year on, which, prior to their rush-happy 41-point explosion vs. KC, had a frustrating and embarrassing offense all of the time.
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Bad Sanchez is very bad. Not Grossman-esque, but close.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tiny/JrsZw
He's the reason I think the Colts should be 15-0 on Sunday. You can talk all you want about running the ball, but you can't hide the QB. He's thrown 20 INTs and fumbled 10 times.
Honestly, when Sanchez was injured against the Bills I thought the Jets were better off with him on the bench because now they wouldn't have 3-5 turnovers per game. I'd have played Clemens the rest of the way, and that's before Sanchez singlehandedly cost them the Falcons game.
This is the stage of the season where teams have figured out rookie or first year starting QBs.
That's an interesting stat. IIRC, at least 3 or 4 of his bad games came in a row, did they not? After the game that he had something like 5 INTs, I thought that he may not recover. His overall numbers aren't great for the season, but after a really bad stretch he seemed to recover. I think that he'll be fine, as he seems to have the mental toughness and leadership skills that he needs. I expect that he'll correct the rookie mistakes.
Also, Braylon should just keep his mouth shut. He could still be in Cleveland probably looking at a new coach next year. As a veteran, he should be one to help encourage his rookie QB, not start stirring up contention.
I think it is funny how the Browns have 2 QBs on the clunker list.
(note: 3 of those QB's on the clunker list have had Braylon Edwards drop their passes. He needs to take more 5-hour energy. Maybe Edwards should get his game together and do more to help his QB rather than talking)
How is being 18th in the list of QBs with nmber of games of 80+ rating even remotely equivalent to "and he's had more solid games than most signal-callers in the league this year?"
35 QBs have played in 8 games this year, thus having a chance to get 8 good games, even if it's a 100% of them. That STILL leaves him in the bottom half of the elegible QBs list.
And if we limit it to those that have played in at least 13 games, like Sanchez, well there's 19 of them, and Sanchez is ahead of only Cutler and Cassel. McNabb, who is ahead of him, played only 12 games.
So please, explain how he's had more solid games than most QBs in the league this year, unless you're counting all the back-ups who haven't gotten on the field yet.
Rivers worst rating of 2009 was over 84.
Last year he was over 100 in 5 losses.
Gotta be some records there.
Yes Big Cheese, I was referring to Sanchez's place among all of the QBs in the league, not just the ones who have actually played.
The boy should have stayed at USC.
Is Joe Flacco the first quarterback in NFL history to start his first 32 games and make the playoffs both years? I know guys like Marino, Roethlisberger, and Kosar made the playoffs their first two years, but they didn't start every game.