Football Fans, Ease Up On Mark Sanchez

Let me start by saying I am not necessarily a Sanchez fan.  My man Stafford from UGA is the main new quarterback in the NFL that I’m pulling for.  I’ve always thought Sanchez was maybe a little too much a pretty boy and thought real highly of himself.  But boy is he catching it afterMonday  night’s game against the Ravens.

I actually thought that he played ok.  Yes he made some mistakes.  Looked like normal mistakes that a young second year quarterback would make.  Like missing Braylon Edwards in the end zone.   And he missed some reads.  And there was that run early in the game where he slid just early enough to not make the first down.  But I really think the blame for the lack of offense can be shared with a lot of his offensive teammates.

There were some key drops by wide receivers. Shonn Greene had a critical fumble.  Dustin Keller steps out of bounds one yard short of a first down.  And that big sack on third and four.  Plenty of blame to go around here.

Sanchez (much to my chagrin since I’m not a big fan) will probably turn out to be a very good NFL quarteback.  And let’s remember, he only started something like 14 games in college.  So he isn’t even up to the experience level of most second year NFL quarterbacks.

But boy people are all piling on after the game with the Ravens.  And one more thing.  The Jets only lost by one point and the Ravens are a very good football team.  So it may not be doomsday for Sanchez and the Jets just yet.

So I’d like to see everyone give Sanchez a break, at least for now.  But then again, he’s playing in New York and the Jets are the team that doesn’t mind telling you how good they are.  So does he deserve this grief?  Well, who really knows, but I’m going to wait a while before I crucify him as not being able to make it in the NFL and a waste of a first round pick.