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Sanchez throws five picks in Jets' loss
By MARK CANNIZZARO
Last Updated: 4:36 AM, October 19, 2009
Posted: 2:45 AM, October 19, 2009
Frauds.
This is what the big-talking, chest-thumping, swaggerlicious Jets have shown themselves to be since their audacious 3-0 start.
Since then, their performance -- in the last two weeks in particular -- has been abysmal on alternating sides of the ball.
Last Monday night in Miami, their defense leaked away the lead three times in the fourth quarter en route to a devastating loss.
Yesterday at Giants Stadium, it was the Jets offense -- Mark Sanchez in particular -- that gifted-wrapped the Bills' 16-13 overtime victory at the Meadowlands.
Now that broad, confident smile the Jets were sporting after three weeks has been wiped away and replaced with a look of bewilderment.
Now the 3-3 Jets are a team mired in crisis as they sift through the slop of a three-game losing streak and wonder how they'll respond -- particularly their rookie QB who threw five interceptions that led to 13 of Buffalo's 16 points.
"Just an embarrassing day," a devastated Sanchez said. "I've never played like this. Ever. Not even close. This is bad. To be perfectly honest, I don't know if I can play any worse."
Sanchez (10 of 29, 119 yards, five interceptions, 8.3 rating) completed half as many passes (five) to the Bills as he did to his own receivers (10).
Coach Rex Ryan conceded afterward that he "thought about pulling" Sanchez in favor of Kellen Clemens, but added, "I still believe in him. He gives us the best chance to win and he will remain our quarterback."
Underscoring the debilitating effect Sanchez's turnovers had on the game was the fact the Jets rushed for 318 rushing yards (second highest total in franchise history) and were led by a team-record 210-yard rushing performance by Thomas Jones, who scored their only touchdown -- on a 71-yard run that gave the Jets a 13-3 halftime lead.
"We did a heck of a job on offense in the running game and our defense played lights out, and I just gave [the Bills] the win," Sanchez said. "Credit [the Bills] for catching all those passes, because it was just a poor game accuracy wise with some misreads. I really let this team down. There's no excuse for that.
"I've got to figure it out, work harder, work smarter and play a heck of a lot better. It's the first time something like this has happened to me and hopefully it's the last."
As bad as Sanchez was, though, he was hardly the only culprit.
The Jets were penalized 14 times for 96 yards, many of the infractions damaging. There, too, were some dropped balls.
"We beat ourselves, plain and simple," CB Lito Sheppard, who was pulled late in the game after giving up the game-tying touchdown on a 37-yard scoring catch by Lee Evans in the third quarter.
The Bills (2-4) put the miserable Jets out of their misery on a 47-yard, game-winning field goal by Rian Lindell with 2:44 left in overtime. He had missed a 46-yarder wide right as time expired in regulation.
The Jets, who won the coin toss in overtime, had a chance to win it on the first possession of the extra period, but they never got a 50-yard Jay Feely field-goal attempt off because holder Steve Weatherford bobbled the snap and threw an interception on a desperation throw.
So once again, the Jets played a huge role in saving an AFC East opponent's season. Last Monday, they went to Miami with a 3-1 record to play the 1-3 Dolphins and left 3-2 with the Dolphins back in the AFC East race at 2-3.
Yesterday, the injury-plagued and low-morale Bills, who entered the game having scored only six touchdowns in five games, staggered into Giants Stadium with a 1-4 record and with all of western New York squawking for their coach Dick Jauron to be fired.
"When we were 3-0, we thought we'd be 6-0 after six games," Jets TE Dustin Keller said.
Jets DE Shaun Ellis called the fall from 3-0 to 3-3 "shocking."
"We deserve every negative thing that's said about us," LB Bart Scott said. "We are a 3-3 team at the crossroads."
mark.cannizzaro@nypost.com
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Sanchez throws five picks in Jets' loss
By MARK CANNIZZARO
Last Updated: 4:36 AM, October 19, 2009
Posted: 2:45 AM, October 19, 2009
Frauds.
This is what the big-talking, chest-thumping, swaggerlicious Jets have shown themselves to be since their audacious 3-0 start.
Since then, their performance -- in the last two weeks in particular -- has been abysmal on alternating sides of the ball.
Last Monday night in Miami, their defense leaked away the lead three times in the fourth quarter en route to a devastating loss.
Yesterday at Giants Stadium, it was the Jets offense -- Mark Sanchez in particular -- that gifted-wrapped the Bills' 16-13 overtime victory at the Meadowlands.
Now that broad, confident smile the Jets were sporting after three weeks has been wiped away and replaced with a look of bewilderment.
Now the 3-3 Jets are a team mired in crisis as they sift through the slop of a three-game losing streak and wonder how they'll respond -- particularly their rookie QB who threw five interceptions that led to 13 of Buffalo's 16 points.
"Just an embarrassing day," a devastated Sanchez said. "I've never played like this. Ever. Not even close. This is bad. To be perfectly honest, I don't know if I can play any worse."
Sanchez (10 of 29, 119 yards, five interceptions, 8.3 rating) completed half as many passes (five) to the Bills as he did to his own receivers (10).
Coach Rex Ryan conceded afterward that he "thought about pulling" Sanchez in favor of Kellen Clemens, but added, "I still believe in him. He gives us the best chance to win and he will remain our quarterback."
Underscoring the debilitating effect Sanchez's turnovers had on the game was the fact the Jets rushed for 318 rushing yards (second highest total in franchise history) and were led by a team-record 210-yard rushing performance by Thomas Jones, who scored their only touchdown -- on a 71-yard run that gave the Jets a 13-3 halftime lead.
"We did a heck of a job on offense in the running game and our defense played lights out, and I just gave [the Bills] the win," Sanchez said. "Credit [the Bills] for catching all those passes, because it was just a poor game accuracy wise with some misreads. I really let this team down. There's no excuse for that.
"I've got to figure it out, work harder, work smarter and play a heck of a lot better. It's the first time something like this has happened to me and hopefully it's the last."
As bad as Sanchez was, though, he was hardly the only culprit.
The Jets were penalized 14 times for 96 yards, many of the infractions damaging. There, too, were some dropped balls.
"We beat ourselves, plain and simple," CB Lito Sheppard, who was pulled late in the game after giving up the game-tying touchdown on a 37-yard scoring catch by Lee Evans in the third quarter.
The Bills (2-4) put the miserable Jets out of their misery on a 47-yard, game-winning field goal by Rian Lindell with 2:44 left in overtime. He had missed a 46-yarder wide right as time expired in regulation.
The Jets, who won the coin toss in overtime, had a chance to win it on the first possession of the extra period, but they never got a 50-yard Jay Feely field-goal attempt off because holder Steve Weatherford bobbled the snap and threw an interception on a desperation throw.
So once again, the Jets played a huge role in saving an AFC East opponent's season. Last Monday, they went to Miami with a 3-1 record to play the 1-3 Dolphins and left 3-2 with the Dolphins back in the AFC East race at 2-3.
Yesterday, the injury-plagued and low-morale Bills, who entered the game having scored only six touchdowns in five games, staggered into Giants Stadium with a 1-4 record and with all of western New York squawking for their coach Dick Jauron to be fired.
"When we were 3-0, we thought we'd be 6-0 after six games," Jets TE Dustin Keller said.
Jets DE Shaun Ellis called the fall from 3-0 to 3-3 "shocking."
"We deserve every negative thing that's said about us," LB Bart Scott said. "We are a 3-3 team at the crossroads."
mark.cannizzaro@nypost.com
http://www.heraldonline.com/sports/story/1773173.html
Published: Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 / Updated: Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 12:40 AM
Sanchez shows pros and cons of young QBs
By Darin Gantt - daringantt@carolina.rr.com
<!-- CLOSE: #story_header -->CHARLOTTE -- The Carolina Panthers likely will be paying attention to New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, and not just because he is this week's opponent.
As the team ponders its quarterback future, Sanchez offers another chapter in the handbook for dealing with rookies.
The Jets made the bold move to go with Sanchez this year after the Chad Pennington era ran its course and last year's fling with Brett Favre grew cold with the weather.
There have been moments Sanchez looked immune to the pressure of his draft position and the big stage. There have been moments he looked like the worst quarterback in the league.
Somewhere in between lies the truth, and the Jets know their development as a franchise will mirror Sanchez's own.
“He brings a lot of poise,” cor-nerback Darrelle Revis said. “It's his rookie year. We haven't been winning a lot the last couple of weeks. But we have to support him. We know this is a learning curve for him right now, and we're going to support him the best way we can.
“He's still running the system. We can do a lot of things these last six games to carry over to next year.”
Every move New York has made has been with this in mind, upon making the decision to trade up and draft him fifth overall, to last week's decree by head coach Rex Ryan to become more involved with the offense to help his rookie passer along.
“It's more just understanding the situation in games a little better,” Ryan said earlier this week. “When you can take risks, when you shouldn't take the risk. I'm going to try to help manage that part of the game for him. We've got some code words we're going to use. He did a great job at practice today, and if there is anything I can help him with, that would be it.
“He has not lost his confidence, that's for sure.”
That's a miracle in and of itself.
First came the pressure of winning the job, no great feat since the competition was Kellen Clemens and Erik Ainge.
“I thought he gave us the best chance to win,” Ryan said. “The fact that he is a rookie quarterback or not doesn't matter. He played well in the preseason, was outstanding in training camp and clearly won the job. That was our choice, and I don't think we even had a debate about it.”
Then came the 3-0 start that made him the toast of New York, a younger Joe Namath, a star in the making. He was the first NFL quarterback since 1969 to win his first three starts, and it seemed like the run would go on forever.
Then came the slide, starting with a three-interception game at New Orleans that proved him vulnerable. Along with five- and four-pick games against Buffalo and New England, respectively, Sanchez has 16 interceptions against 10 touchdowns, having since surpassed the Panthers' Jake Delhomme in turnovers and sitting third in the league behind Jay Cutler and fellow rookie Matt Stafford in that category.
In his first three games, Sanchez posted an 87.7 rating (which would be 15th in the league now). In the seven since, his rating has been 48.9 with six touchdowns and 14 picks.
It's enough that it could crush a player and ruin his entire future if they let it. But the Jets are being careful to insulate him. They held him out of a conference call with reporters this week, another step in their plan to make sure he's not put under too much scrutiny too soon.
That has brought back the debate of how best to groom a quarterback for long-term success. For every Peyton Manning or Troy Aikman that has taken lumps from the first day, there's a Carson Palmer or a Philip Rivers who got the chance to sit and watch and learn. That Atlanta's Matt Ryan and Baltimore's Joe Flacco went from first-round pick to the playoffs only greased the skids for Sanchez, despite only starting one full season at Southern Cal.
“You've seen lately, especially with the money guys are getting paid, that people want to see them play early,” injured Panthers quarterback Josh McCown said. “The Matt Ryans of the world, Peyton Manning, everybody wants to follow that mold. But it's different, with every individual, but you've got to play. And it depends on who you have around you. If you've got the right group around them, then you can let them play. But if you still think there are pieces outside of him that you still need, and you think he might not be successful, then you have to be careful with what you're doing.
“They've got some good players up there. Trading for Braylon (Edwards) and the things they've done, Mark had some early success. But I think he's learning, like everybody does, how hard it is week in and week out. He's going to be a good player, but he's trying to find what's going to make him consistently good.”
Ryan said that's why the Jets were careful to have pieces in place (they boast the league's second-ranked rushing game and have more rush attempts than any team in the league), but they researched Sanchez's makeup, to be sure he was up to the heat of the Broadway lights.
“That is a huge thing, you have to make sure you get the right guy,” Ryan said. “Because this market is tough, and it will eat you up. We have the right guy. He's the same guy as always; he's very confident in himself, and he's a great teammate. He knows how to lead. He's a natural leader; guys follow him.
“When you're looking at a quarterback, those intangibles are important and critical.”
Published: Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 / Updated: Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 12:40 AM
Sanchez shows pros and cons of young QBs
By Darin Gantt - daringantt@carolina.rr.com
<!-- CLOSE: #story_header -->CHARLOTTE -- The Carolina Panthers likely will be paying attention to New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, and not just because he is this week's opponent.
As the team ponders its quarterback future, Sanchez offers another chapter in the handbook for dealing with rookies.
The Jets made the bold move to go with Sanchez this year after the Chad Pennington era ran its course and last year's fling with Brett Favre grew cold with the weather.
There have been moments Sanchez looked immune to the pressure of his draft position and the big stage. There have been moments he looked like the worst quarterback in the league.
Somewhere in between lies the truth, and the Jets know their development as a franchise will mirror Sanchez's own.
“He brings a lot of poise,” cor-nerback Darrelle Revis said. “It's his rookie year. We haven't been winning a lot the last couple of weeks. But we have to support him. We know this is a learning curve for him right now, and we're going to support him the best way we can.
“He's still running the system. We can do a lot of things these last six games to carry over to next year.”
Every move New York has made has been with this in mind, upon making the decision to trade up and draft him fifth overall, to last week's decree by head coach Rex Ryan to become more involved with the offense to help his rookie passer along.
“It's more just understanding the situation in games a little better,” Ryan said earlier this week. “When you can take risks, when you shouldn't take the risk. I'm going to try to help manage that part of the game for him. We've got some code words we're going to use. He did a great job at practice today, and if there is anything I can help him with, that would be it.
“He has not lost his confidence, that's for sure.”
That's a miracle in and of itself.
First came the pressure of winning the job, no great feat since the competition was Kellen Clemens and Erik Ainge.
“I thought he gave us the best chance to win,” Ryan said. “The fact that he is a rookie quarterback or not doesn't matter. He played well in the preseason, was outstanding in training camp and clearly won the job. That was our choice, and I don't think we even had a debate about it.”
Then came the 3-0 start that made him the toast of New York, a younger Joe Namath, a star in the making. He was the first NFL quarterback since 1969 to win his first three starts, and it seemed like the run would go on forever.
Then came the slide, starting with a three-interception game at New Orleans that proved him vulnerable. Along with five- and four-pick games against Buffalo and New England, respectively, Sanchez has 16 interceptions against 10 touchdowns, having since surpassed the Panthers' Jake Delhomme in turnovers and sitting third in the league behind Jay Cutler and fellow rookie Matt Stafford in that category.
In his first three games, Sanchez posted an 87.7 rating (which would be 15th in the league now). In the seven since, his rating has been 48.9 with six touchdowns and 14 picks.
It's enough that it could crush a player and ruin his entire future if they let it. But the Jets are being careful to insulate him. They held him out of a conference call with reporters this week, another step in their plan to make sure he's not put under too much scrutiny too soon.
That has brought back the debate of how best to groom a quarterback for long-term success. For every Peyton Manning or Troy Aikman that has taken lumps from the first day, there's a Carson Palmer or a Philip Rivers who got the chance to sit and watch and learn. That Atlanta's Matt Ryan and Baltimore's Joe Flacco went from first-round pick to the playoffs only greased the skids for Sanchez, despite only starting one full season at Southern Cal.
“You've seen lately, especially with the money guys are getting paid, that people want to see them play early,” injured Panthers quarterback Josh McCown said. “The Matt Ryans of the world, Peyton Manning, everybody wants to follow that mold. But it's different, with every individual, but you've got to play. And it depends on who you have around you. If you've got the right group around them, then you can let them play. But if you still think there are pieces outside of him that you still need, and you think he might not be successful, then you have to be careful with what you're doing.
“They've got some good players up there. Trading for Braylon (Edwards) and the things they've done, Mark had some early success. But I think he's learning, like everybody does, how hard it is week in and week out. He's going to be a good player, but he's trying to find what's going to make him consistently good.”
Ryan said that's why the Jets were careful to have pieces in place (they boast the league's second-ranked rushing game and have more rush attempts than any team in the league), but they researched Sanchez's makeup, to be sure he was up to the heat of the Broadway lights.
“That is a huge thing, you have to make sure you get the right guy,” Ryan said. “Because this market is tough, and it will eat you up. We have the right guy. He's the same guy as always; he's very confident in himself, and he's a great teammate. He knows how to lead. He's a natural leader; guys follow him.
“When you're looking at a quarterback, those intangibles are important and critical.”
