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[QUOTE=Untouchable;4501197][I]"Is he the best QB in the NFL? No, certainly not. But he’s a damn fine quarterback with a ton of potential [B]who has been mishandled by the Jets organization throughout his career[/B]."[/I]
LOL
What a crock of sh*t.
Sanchez came into the league surrounded by a Top 3 defense, Top 5 running game, and arguably the best OL in the league. What young QB wouldn't kill to be put in that situation?
The Jets followed the handbook of "How to handle a young QB" to a tee.[/QUOTE]
Oh, I don't doubt one bit that he walked into an awesome situation in '09. What I disagree with when it comes to your viewpoint and mine is:
[B]Tanny's offensive personnel moves in 2006-2008 versus 2009-2011[/B]:
- Tannenbaum has been here for 6 full seasons. Let's look at the moves he's made on the offensive side of the football in his first three years (leading up to Sanchez) compared to his last three years, Sanchez's first three in the league. [I]Convince me[/I] that Tannenbaum has done a good job of evaluating offensive talent around Sanchez since Sanchez was drafted. I'm leaving out drafted and FA QBs since this is an argument based on talent around the QB.
[U]Draft Picks & Notable Free Agents 2006-2008[/U]
D'Brickashaw Ferguson ('06 draft)
Nick Mangold ('06 draft)
Brad Smith ('06 draft)
Leon Washington ('06 draft)
Kevan Barlow ('06 FA)
Jacob Bender ('07 draft)
Chansi Stuckey ('07 draft)
Thomas Jones ('07 FA)
Dustin Keller ('08 draft)
Marcus Henry ('08 draft)
Nate Garner ('08 draft)
Damien Woody ('08 FA)
Alan Faneca ('08 FA)
Wayne Hunter ('08 FA)
Tony Richardson ('08 FA)
[U]Draft Picks and Notable Free Agents 2009-2011[/U]
Shonn Greene ('09 draft)
Matt Slauson ('09 draft)
Ben Hartsock ('09 FA)
Braylon Edwards ('09 trade)
Vlad Ducasse ('10 draft)
Joe McKnight ('10 draft)
John Conner ('10 draft)
LaDainian Tomlinson ('10 FA)
Santonio Holmes ('10 trade)
Bilal Powell ('11 draft)
Jeremy Kerley ('11 draft)
Scotty McKnight ('11 draft)
Plaxico Burress ('11 FA)
Derrick Mason ('11 FA)
Can you honestly tell me with a straight face that the second list in any way stacks up to the top list?
What I see is completely fecklessness when it comes to maintaining the offensive line... exhausting only two draft picks in the last three years on the OL is unacceptable, especially when only one of them was taken in the first three rounds. The other was solid value but he was still a 6th rounder and is a replacement level starter. That pales in comparison to the 2 long term starters, one an above average and one an All-Pro, plus the two quality vets in Fanceca/Woody from the first three years. The result? You're left with a journeyman swing tackle as your starter for back to back years. The best front offices continue to fortify their OLs even when they're performing at a high level. If you don't keep your eye on the ball, it comes back to bite you in the ass. Tanny has let this happen twice -- 2007 and 2011. Unacceptable.
The constant juggling of the receiving corps has been discussed ad nauseam.
The RB evaluation has been sub-par in the last three years. Granted some of these guys need more time, but at this point I have little faith in Bilal Powell even becoming a third down back. Thomas Jones, who was acquired in Tanny's first half of his GM stint, gave the Jets two Pro Bowl caliber seasons. We got one solid year out of Tomlinson, but Greene, McKnight, and Powell have done little to show they can come close to stacking up with Jones's productivity.
I'd love to hear your thoughts. The Jets set the scene nicely to let Sanchez come in and play in 2009, but it is as if they thought all the work was done then and there and don't have to do anything to keep it a well-oiled machine or allow their QB to continuously grow. And please, I don't want to hear your unfounded argument that a QB is ready to take complete control of a team by year three. The examples of that are very few and far between.
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