He still lacks an above average pocket presense. He looks like he's unsure of himself in the pocket a lot. On the contrary, not that I have the figures to back it up, he strikes me as being a lot more assertive and decisive outside the pocket. That's based on my general observations. I could be wrong.
He scrambles all the time in the two minute drill. The Jets didn't have a lot of those last year due to the way the season went. In 2010 he was running around a lot at the end of games because that's how that season went.
This seems to have been the general consensus on Sanchez since the beginning - his strength is in PA and plays where he's rolling out or on the move, not sitting in the pocket. He's not a QB that you call running plays for (other than on the goal line) but he is a QB that you want to give the opportunity to make something happen on the move. Schotty took a lot of criticism (and rightfully so IMO) for not playing to Sanchez's strengths and I'm crossing my fingers that Sparano will do a better job of it.
Hes an elite passer on the play action. Whenever we do a PA it always seems to work, rarely it doesnt.
Sparano's on record as saying he plans to emphasize PA so this sounds like a point they recognize as Mark's strength.
He is very athletic and good when the play call is a designed run but he is one of the worst in the league at avoiding rushers when being pressured. PFF ranked him last overall among 34 NFL QBs when being pressured. He was sacked at an alarming rate of 23% time he was pressured which was close to the bottom and more than double that of Manning's 11%. The problem for Sanchez is he panics when rushed, freezes and often goes into a fetal position. You can see him stuttering, shuffling his feet and looking scared to death when he sees a pass rush. Terrell Suggs said Sanchez is soft and gives up when under pressure which seems to be backed up by statistics and simply by watching him. When he runs out of the pocket he often just runs blindly and runs into the rush. But on the rare occasions that he escapes the pocket he is a different QB. He is much more fluid and that stiffness and awkwardness we see form him when he is the pocket dissapears. When out of the pocket he just reacts and plays the game rather than having to think.
The problem with all this talk of having Sanchez throw more on the run is that the nature of the game itself, given in part the rules, but also the way plays are designed and run, requires that Qb's have success throwing from the pocket. The Jets quite simply cannot base their O on having Sanchez throw a great deal more while outside the pocket.
Ben Roethlisberger, Tony Romo, Aaron Rodgers, there are a lot of QB's that will throw on the run when flushed out of the pocket these days. The idea that the Jets can't go to a more fluid offensive set that moves Sanchez around a lot is wrong. The facts are that they haven't tried to do that with him but that doesn't mean that it's not possible. Tom Brady, Eli Manning and Philip Rivers are pure pocket passers. That doesn't mean that that's the only way to go.
This thread reminds me of this play from the 2010 regular season @Pittsburgh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0__JTBRaj4
I think that problem with Sanchez under pressure is that he doesn't step up in the pocket and let the pressure get pushed past him. He moves laterally, backpedals, or turns left or right. I don't know if this is lack of trust in the OL (somewhat deserved) or what, but he needs to step up into the pocket more.
He's not a running QB, nor is he a statue. He throws well on the run. I'd say "mobile" is fair and accurate.
Agree 100%. Schotty's scheme called for a pure pocket passer being asked to run the air corydell in a northeast climate. Aside from Holmes,Braylon & Keller, to this stage the Jets haven't had the explosive/basketball player types with athleticism to adjust to Sanchez's innovation/mobility.They mostly had tough, route runners who were brought here for Pennington. Cumberland,Turner,Hill,Schiliens, & even Kerely(due to his quick cutting & ability after the catch) fit more of the athletic down the field types that Sanchez needs. Sparanho's scheme? We'll see.
Meh. There's nothing wrong with being able to throw when the qb is flushed out. I was talking about purposely designing the offense to have the qb leave the pocket, and do that a lot more than this past year. I don't think you can draw up a successful NFL offense like that.
If by mobile, do you mean he will be on another team team next season? If so then yes. Tebow becomes the starter this year and we flourish.
I had to read that last sentence twice, just tomake sure it didn't say "just being himself and jacking off"
