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Originally Posted by JB1089
The Lions decided Stafford was going to be the offense before they ever knew how good he was.
Pass attempts during his rookie year:
37
30
36
36
33
42
51
43
43
26 (injured during the game, missed the rest of the year)
Stafford threw more passes in those 10 games than Sanchez did all year. He threw 5 INTs in one game. The next game he threw 51 passes.
They were getting blown out on a regular basis, they went 2-8. Stafford threw 20 picks in those 10 games. He only managed 6.0 ypa and a 53.3% completion rate. They never stopped throwing the ball. They never tried to scale things down. The only priority was developing Stafford. It's the same approach that the Colts are taking with Luck, pass attempts: 45, 31, 46, 55, 44. Completing 53.4% of his passes for 6.7 ypa. And he's going to keep throwing it, all year long.
We were never going to do that with Sanchez, never. That wasn't the kind of offense we planned on having and it's not the kind of offense that Rex Ryan wanted. We were trying to win a Super Bowl with a rookie QB, and didn't want to let him throw away game after game in exchange for accelerating the learning curve. We decided to stunt the growth of our QB in exchange for wins.
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Since when is forcing your QB to throw 40-50 times a game good logic in developing a QB? Since when does this make your QB good? Please provide examples. Stafford dealt with two years of injuries because of those types of games.
Im going to start compiling a list on the shoulda, woulda, coulda crazy logic you guys come up with for Mark Sanchez sucking. We could make a Calendar with one post a day.
Giving Mark Sanchez a top 5 running game, and top 5 defense his first two years was really a stupid idea. If only we made him throw it 30-50 times a game he would be a much better QB right now.
