I know Sanchez Fans like to think he's the Qb the Jets should be playing. But I can't help thinking they are more concerned about his career than the Jets. What chance is there that Sanchez will suddenly become a much better Qb in the remaining four games this season? Pretty much none. Meanwhile, given the way McElroy played, does it not make sense for the team to see what such a player can do with a week's practice with the first team, a game plan, and a whole game to show what he can do? Of course it does. Bottom line is the Jets should see what they have in McElroy.
In September 2010, McElroy was named as one of the smartest athletes in America by Sporting News.[58] During the NFL Combine in February 2011, McElroy scored a 43[59] out of 50 on the Wonderlic Test of intelligence. His score was originally reported as a 48, which would have tied the all-time high for a quarterback set by Buffalo Bills Ryan Fitzpatrick.
2 TDs in 3 drives? Is that what you call "THAT type of performance"? On 7th ranked defense, nonetheless? How did Sanchez fare against them?
Wait a sec, I have argued a few times that we should play McElroy to see what we have. The POINT of this is because he MIGHT be a future QB for our franchise. I think you are looking around for someone saying, "he is our future franchise QB," and if you don't find that quote you are discounting what people are saying. So I, for one, think he could fill that role. Probably not, but let's hope he is another Tom Brady. Remember that Tom Brady was a bench warmer when he got his chance. Why don't you see that Sanchez was actively losing this game for us? Even is McElroy did nothing but let the players around him do their thing, that is better than acting as a weight around the neck of the entire offense. By almost any metric Sanchez was worse.
Really? You sure of this? I mean, ALMOST???? Are you sure it was not every metric imaginable to men to this day? In which metric was McElroy worse than Sanchez yesterday?
McElroy didn't give the ball to the other team! How dare he not give Arizona the best chance to win!!!
I thought this was a fair, even assessment of Greg's play: From: http://thejetsblog.com/bga/bga-cardinals-at-jets-part-one-offense/
Chad Pennington was drafted in the first round the same year that Tom Brady was drafted in the 6th round. Sometimes life doesn't go according to what the experts say... (Not insinuating the path to multiple SB's is going to be with G Mac, but I hope Rex is willing to give the kid more than a cursory look.)
The day that Jets fans remember the dreadful day when Mo Lewis paved the way for Tom Brady should be returned to Pats fans when Brandon Moore's ass paved the way for Greg McElroy.
^+1 Agree BB I don't see the downside to letting McElroy play, he moved the chains against a good AZ D - impressive debut, lets see what he can do against the Jags.
If anything, at least see if the kid has some quality leadership that you can keep on this squad. Even as a backup he can help smooth the way for a new starter if he understands the playbook that much more, having run it for even one game. He seems intelligent, he seems poised, and he seems committed, what is the downside to having him around and giving him a chance? That Sanchez may be sad about it? That Tebow crazies will be mad? ...well...good for them, no one cares.
No doubt Sanchez has more talente than McElroy. No dubt McElroy has a better mental make up than Sanchez though. Hopefully we sit Sanchez for the rest of the season and let him compete next year to get his job back.
Not that it matters - as Sanchez is supposed to be THE franchise QB, but there were 6 points left on the field before Sanchez was pulled. Not a screaming indication of anything, but there is that.
Two points I would quibble with while agreeing with the rest. The first is the observation that they avoided calling plays with GM passing from the pocket. Since he did not practice with the first team at all before playing, they had no plays to work with. You roll out more since those are plays where the receivers read the play as it unfolds. That doesn't mean that with practice they could and would not have him pass from the pocket. The second is saying that the good catches the receivers made implies they were not good passes. The first pass to Kerley was not an easy catch, but what added to the difficulty was that it was on the run with the ball out in front of him. Having said that I thought the pass was well placed. The other was the catch off the shoulder - that was not an easy catch, but it was placed where it should be so that the defender had no shot at catching it.
Rollouts are easier for the QB since he only looks at half the field. If he's as smart as they say he is, he should be doing a lot more pocket passing. Honestly, all we need him to do is be accurate with short throws and at least in my observation, he's good at ball placement.
Being active is not pertinent to the amount of talent a player has, it is a measurement of how coached perceive the talent. By this criterion in 2000 Drew Bledsoe had infinitely more talent than Tom Brady.
I've rewatched the tape to give McElroy's performance a true evaluation. Here goes: McElroy "officially" went 5 of 7. 3 completions were made on great catches, the other 2 on the simplest of dump-offs. He also threw an interception that was called back on a very questionable PI call. All of this while facing an almost non-existent pass rush. Also, I didn't count but I'd say around half of his third downs were converted on penalties by the Cardinals. Now this isn't to say that he played terribly, or that he should never start. He did look confident and our offense looked better with him out there, however I did not see a single thing out of him that actually impressed me. I actually hope he gets a chance to start vs. Jax so we can all see a bit more of his capabilities.
