Dilfer went on to tweet that he doesn't think Sanchez's ceiling is as high as he once did due to his inability to deal with 2nd reaction plays and cope with a pocket that is not clean.
Well, if you are implying that the D, at least in the second half, did not look elite, that has been covered elsewhere. Barring major injuries I think it is totally reasonable to expect a top five D, and the special teams will also be above average. Since Sanchez was rated 23rd last year, with many better Qb's not in that list due to injuries, a move up to mid pack would be a great step. Would that be enough? Perhaps not, but it would at least put the Jets in reach. More to the point it would answer the biggest question this franchise faces this season, which is whether to go forward with Sanchez or not. If he does that, they keep him. Then it will not be unrealistic to see even further improvement next year.
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i interpreted it as 1st reaction being drop back and set 2nd being step up or slide left/right to avoid pressure and re-set 3rd being scramble and throw on the run
While I respect his opinions on the matter I think saying that Sanchez can't improve in this regard with experience in the pocket is kind of silly. The difference between Eli Manning now and Eli Manning 5 years ago is that Eli Manning now stands in the pocket and completes passes under heavy pressure with vicious hits on the way. 5 years ago he often threw those balls away or to the wrong person. The thing that I see about Sanchez now that I never really saw clearly in the past is just how young he is. Now that he's actually projecting some confidence on the field and in the sidelines I'm suddenly realizing what a baby-faced kid he is. Looking at Tebow, he's really young also. McElroy too. The Jets have babes in the woods at QB. Hopefully that's going to turn into a nice long run of veteran QB's in a few years.
I'm no Jaws but I have watched Sanchez since he became the QB of the NYJ and I really had never, ever, seen him play this well in terms of decisiveness and delivery. He really looked the part of the Sanchize in this game. In previous games he was a manager and either did it well or poorly. This game he was a major weapon, and I can't say that about any other game he 's played in (even playoffs vs Cin and NE). It's an indictment of Schotty Jr IMHO. But yes, he needs to keep it up throughout the season. As for Jaws-- he had Kellen Clemens as top QB in 06 draft. Maybe the Chize has a higher ceiling than he thinks....
Last few comments are what has always concerned me. He is generally good when he has a clean pocket. The reason he overstrides is because he knows there's pressure and he wants to step up and throw so he can get rid of the ball. Ideally, he'd sense a clean area of the pocket, stay calm and work towards it and throw a good pass when there's a play. I have always seen Sanchez as a guy who just wants to get rid of the ball....as soon as he drops back, and when they play isnt there he rushes it and that leads to picks. I didn't know the terms 2nd and 3rd reaction, but it makes sense. We've all seen it. Pressure comes and he either doesn't move away from it, doesn't sense it, or just throws the pass and it has bad results. I don't know if he'll ever get it totally figured out. We'll see this week. When his pocket is disappearing, he needs to learn to get out of dodge and make a play from outside the hashes, or flow with the pocket, find the blocking, and get rid of the ball. Last time I check, he played. Did you? What I gathered is that neither of these "reactions" is technically a thing defenses can force to happen, so it is the process of the QB reacting to what is happening with the pocket on any given play. I guess if the goal of a defensive play is to crash the pocket and force a roll out, you could rush enough guys to make that happen but for the most part every defensive play/o-line scheme combination is going to result in a different look for the QB after he gets the ball. Ideally, a QB drops straight back, plants, and passes. If he has to step up, he'd like to step straight up into the pocket and throw. So the area the QB wants to step during a pass play would be his foot platform. 2nd reaction, as I understood it, would be when the QB cannot step straight forward because of pressure, etc. So it's when the QB has to step left or right on on a diagonal to find some clean pocket space. This change of position in the pocket requires him to find a new foot platform to plant and throw. It's as much of a visual thing as it is a sense for where your linemen and the defenders are, and knowing where to go. Watch Big Ben, he's incredible at it. The 3rd reaction I assume means the QBs ability to understand that his pocket is breaking down and he needs to leave the pocket so he can look downfield, plant and throw. If you saw Romo in the season opener, he was great at leaving the pocket and finding room in the flat to make throws. TO me, tat's 3rd reaction. Never heard the term before though, if I call in to NFL radio and get Rich Gannon I'll ask him if it is terminology he used.
Dilfer's opinions are like assholes. My Dilfer feeling were formed when Warren Sapp played for Tampa. Dilfer may be correct from time to time, particularly this time, but consistancy has never been his strong suit. What does Sapp say? Go Jets!!!
I'm not going to argue with you, particularly at the expense of possibly getting banned and I'm not going to call anyone names. You may be correct about Sapp, BUT this is Dilfer we are talking about. Just sayin',,,, just like you, I've got an asshole and opinions. I repeat, "Dilfer may be correct from time to time, particularly this time, but consistancy has never been his strong suit". http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...favre-keyshawn-dilfer-hall-of-fame-bankruptcy , Author Alan Davis; If you thought leaving the NFL Network and Showtime would keep Warren Sapp, the self-proclaimed “QB Killa,” from talking trash and laughing it up, you would be wrong. The former University of Miami, Buccaneers and Raiders DT is not pulling any punches in his upcoming book, Sapp Attack: My Story, which is due to hit stores on August 21. Sapp discussed his book with Tampa radio station 620 WDAE’s Tom Jones and Rick Stroud earlier this month. While the 1999 NFL Defensive Player of the Year has fallen on hard times since his playing career ended after the 2007 season (Sapp filed for bankruptcy in April of this year), the larger-than-life, in-your-face, laughable personality is still on display for the world to see and hear. In his upcoming book, Sapp describes his relationships with some of the NFL's most intriguing personalities. During the interview, the seven-time Pro Bowler refers to one-time Buccaneer teammate QB Trent Dilfer as “a turnover waiting to happen." Sapp made it a point to highlight that he was only referring to the time when he and Dilfer were teammates in Tampa and was not referring to the QB’s time elsewhere. Dilfer won Super Bowl XXXV with BAL in 2001. Sapp talked about how his former QB took exception to the description, and in true Sapp form, he didn’t back down from his words. The DT turned author says he called Dilfer and said that his Super Bowl ring must have blinded his memories of his Tampa years. “I give him all the credit when he did it right, but hey, come on. Trent Dilfer('s) name don’t come up when we talk about great quarterbacks. Trent Dilfer’s name doesn’t come up when we talk about good quarterbacks,” Sapp told WDAE. The uncensored truth continued with his own frustrations and confusion regarding his time as teammates with former WR Keyshawn Johnson. The two initially discussed the possibilities of playing together in Tampa during the 2000 Pro Bowl. After Sapp persuaded then head coach Tony Dungy and the Bucs front office to trade for the polarizing WR, Sapp describes his and the team's frustration at how Johnson wouldn’t show up to the Bucs' offseason conditioning program. “He won’t even show up to our offseason conditioning. And you hear these stories of when he was getting on Vinny’s (Testaverde) private jet…he attended all (Bill) Parcells' (NY Jets) offseason conditioning. All of them. And wouldn’t come; the Glazers gave him a $56 million deal,” Sapp said. Sapp Attack: My Story also highlights the respect and admiration he holds for former NFC Central division rival Brett Favre. “It was just two country boys that just love to play this game,” he said during the interview. Sapp says by the time he and Dungy were together in Tampa (1996), they were tired of Favre ruling the NFC Central. But it was a common love for the game that fueled their competitive fire. “You get a boy from the middle of central Florida and the middle of Mississippi and put them out on the football field with five of their friends, and we’ll play until the sun go down…all you need is an open field and daylight,” added Sapp. The boisterous lineman became very humble during the interview when discussing his Hall of Fame eligibility, which opens up in 2013. “(I) worry about the things I can control,” Sapp said. Sapp seems happy with the NFL resume he wrote during his 13-year playing career. “If they (Hall of Fame voters) look at my resume and say that it’s not worthy, then there it is. That’s why they have the position," Sapp said. The thought of having his very own bust in Canton does get the Apopka, Fla. native excited. “To have your face carved like that in bronze, aww jeez, that('s) unimaginable for a small-town country boy,” he said. As Sapp continues to deal with bankruptcy, life seems all about perspective. Even his very public financial woes aren’t enough to keep the 300-plus-pounder from biting his tongue. "This isn't as tough a situation as when I came out of college, and there were reports of seven positive drug tests, and I was a 21-year-old man," said Sapp, according to TampaBay.com. “I was coming to the worst franchise in pro football, and Sam Wyche was running a five-ring circus, and my teammates were calling me 'super-rook' because they didn't want me here. You stick a diamond in a pile of s- - - and it's still a diamond.” --------- I think Sapp rocks. Dilfer, not so much.
