Rookie receiver Stephen Hill started off the season in style on Sunday when he racked up a team-high five catches for 89 yards and two touchdowns in the New York Jets ' victory over the Buffalo Bills. Hill's production as the Jets' No. Remember, in the Jets' third preseason game against the Carolina Panthers , he led the team with five catches for 68 yards The year-old lit up the NFL combine, which prompted the Jets to move up in the second round to nab the Georgia Tech product.
Despite being 6'4", pounds, Hill ran the yard dash in an electric 4. Look at the first matchup against New England. Many will refuse to admit this, but Sanchez played one of the best games of his career, prior to overtime, that week. Now, it is unfair to blame this lack of production on Keller.
The lack of receiving threats on this team makes him an easy focus of opposing defenses. However, he needs to find a way to get open and give Sanchez that much needed security. If he can get some early receptions, Arizona will be forced to shift their coverage toward him, allowing ample opportunity for those young receivers to get open and make plays.
Sanchez, in the meantime, will only be able to grow on all accounts because of this. Yes, he should be limited to no more than 25 passing attempts, but each of those 25 will be critical. Whether or not this is just, it is the harsh reality of the NFL and particularly of professional sports in New York. Dustin Keller can help Sanchez slowly climb out of the abyss with a strong performance this week.
The Jets cannot afford any more Special Teams blunders. There is no need to explain this one. With a struggling offense and a defense that has had its troubles getting off the field on third downs, special teams mishaps are a recipe for the perfect disaster.
This needs to be turned around immediately. Chris Gross looks at why it is a good thing Mark Sanchez will remain the Jets quarterback for the next couple of years.
Mark Sanchez has become arguably the most highly criticized quarterback in the National Football League. Over the course of his career, Sanchez has become well known for his maddening inconsistency, something that has put him in the doghouse with the New York Jets fan base time and time again.
Yes, Sanchez threw a poor interception. All quarterbacks do, it is part of the game. Sanchez also fumbled in overtime, a play that ended the game and crowned the Patriots victorious. However, what many are failing to realize is that, if not for Sanchez, the Jets likely would not have even been in position to fumble it away in overtime. The debate will continue about this game until the Jets kickoff against Miami this Sunday at home. However, the bottom line pertaining to the New England game is that Mark Sanchez was the least of the Jets problems this past Sunday.
The defense proved a notion we all knew: there is no closer on this group that can strike fear into an opposing quarterback on a final drive. The coaching became wildly conservative down the stretch, both offensively and defensively. Sunday witnessed Sanchez, a quarterback who has been left for dead by many over the past few weeks, go into a hostile environment and statistically outperform Tom Brady in his own house.
Outside of the poor interception, there is no statistical argument for which quarterback played the better game. Statistics aside, this game saw a growth of Sanchez that we have not seen since the quarterback arrived in New York.
In his 4 th season, people will not want to hear it, but the USC product is still growing, and Sunday proved just how much room he still has to achieve that growth. The bottom line is, Sanchez is playing with the receivers, backs, and offensive line that he has been given, and he is beginning to play well.
Good quarterbacks elevate the play of those around them, and that is exactly what we are starting to see Sanchez do. The Jets have adamantly defended Sanchez as the franchise quarterback, a notion many believed to be false after the team traded for Tim Tebow, however, Sunday proved it to be nothing but the truth.
Mark Sanchez is the quarterback of the New York Jets for now, and for the future, and there are several reasons to examine as to why this is the case. In his first two seasons with the Jets, Sanchez was merely a game manager for a team built primarily on defense and a high-powered rushing offense. Both the defense and offensive line ranked among the top of the league, and the basic belief was that Sanchez would serve as the game manager to complement these groups, until his development matured to the point where he could take this team over.
In , New York put their faith in Sanchez by cutting costs on the offensive line and receiving corps with the exception of Santonio Holmes , believing that it was the year their quarterback could elevate the play of the average players that were put around him. Unfortunately, Sanchez was not ready, and following two consecutive AFC Championship game appearances, high expectations were not met.
Sanchez, of course, was the fall guy. An attitude began to develop amongst this fan base that, perhaps, he was not the quarterback of the future. However, Sunday proved that notion to be completely wrong. Is Sanchez maddeningly inconsistent? Yes, no one is debating that here. This is New York, where excellence is demanded. But is Sanchez the only inconsistent quarterback in the NFL?
Absolutely not. They would be massacred just as bad, if not worse, than Sanchez. When it comes to the Jets, the truth is, that Mark Sanchez is, by far, the best option at quarterback for now and for the future. Look at the alternatives. Are you going to hand the offense over to Tim Tebow and become truly one-dimensional? The Jets would be foolish to do so. Gallery Open Daily, except closed December 1. Steven Hill My passion is to search out subjects that speak directly to me, while working with all my senses on full speed to create, express and interpret landscapes, people and objects in a color-charged language.
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