Chillax brosef... Red zone efficiency is not the thread topic my man. Nor was changing our offensive scheme to become a "deep ball offense" OP stated that he thought too many of the one's he is throwing are underthrown. I agree with that assesment... we connect on just a few more of those and they can be back breakers. Who brought in the drama llama? Seriously.
1. Mark's throws are not underthrown most of the time. They are just poorly thrown. (Corollary to this is that, out of all his incompletions, half of them are due to poor throws.) 2. If inviting the defense in for big plays is the concern, Sanchez already had more than his share of big plays. (i.e. his TD passes to Keller, or Braylon, on top of other big plays that didn't result in TDs) Were they underthrown, i.e. did his receivers have to stop and wait for the ball? Not when he didn't throw poorly. 3. So why are these balls thrown poorly? That's related to Sanchez's 2nd year status, more than anything. He shows remarkable poise and pocket presence/awareness as a 2nd-year quarterback, but that's not saying much. He will get better as he gets more experience. Poor throws usually comes because the QB misses something - either he didn't anticipate the right coverage at the snap, ending up holding the ball much longer than he has to, or pressure got to him just as he was throwing, etc. The OL has done a phenomenal job so far, keeping Sanchez upright, but they can't make the play for Sanchez. He has to grow up. That is all there is to it. His abysmal completion ratio is another tell-tale sign of his 'lack of experience' thing. When he has seen a lot more of defensive fronts and coverages, and had some more experiences with his receivers, then he will KNOW how to exploit the defensive schemes - Jets offense has that kind of personnel set-up to beat just about any defensive schemes, if one chooses to. Till then, he will keep making those poor throws that will make my stomach turn. Only time will settle that problem, nothing else.
