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Kentucky Jet · 03-31-2010, 07:49 PM

Schotty Passes the Praise to Tebow, Sanchez
Published: Tue, March 30, 2010 - 5:22pm ET

By Eric Allen
Allen is the senior managing editor of newyorkjets.com. He is in his ninth season with the Jets.

File Under: Brian Schottenheimer, Mark Sanchez, Tim Tebow

change font email article 03/30 — The Jets landed their franchise quarterback last April and they have four passers on their roster, so they don’t figure to add another one to the group in the 2010 draft. But offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, who played collegiately at the University of Florida, is very impressed by UF product Tim Tebow.

“I got a chance to meet Tim down at the Super Bowl. He’s represented by my agent, Jimmy Sexton, and I can’t tell you what an impressive personality he has — the way he carries himself and the way he talks about his faith. It was very impressive, very real," Schottenheimer said in a recent interview with newyorkjets.com.

“I haven’t studied him too much on film. Obviously I will look at him at some point, but I would want the guy on my team based on leadership ability alone. The guy’s always won. There are going to be things you can find offensively to use him with. Just having spent that amount of time with him and watching that much film on him and watching games during the season, I wouldn’t bet against the guy.”

Schotty got his guy less than a year ago when the Jets moved up on day one of the '09 draft to select USC QB Mark Sanchez. After having successful arthroscopic surgery on his ailing left knee in February, the 23-year-old Sanchez has spent many hours rehabbing inside the Atlantic Health Jets Training Facility. And when he hasn’t been in the training room, Sanchez has been a frequent visitor inside Schottenheimer’s office and at offensive staff meetings.

“It’s been terrific in terms of his growth and understanding the system. Again, he’s still scratching the surface in understanding the system,” Schottenheimer said. “He knows the system in terms of what we call this, what we call that, but there’s a difference between knowing the language and truly understanding it. The more he’s in there, the more he’s going to pick up on the system and his knowledge and understanding of what we’re trying to do will really help moving into next season.”

Starting 15 regular-season games as a rookie, Sanchez completed 53.8 percent of his passes for 2,444 yards with 12 TDs and 20 INTs. But he became a 60.3 percent postseason passer with four playoff TDs and two INTs and flourished down the homestretch as the Jets advanced to the AFC Championship Game.

“When we drafted him, we really knew he was going to have a chance to be a special player. But I think the thing I’m most proud of is he never changed throughout the good times and the bad,” Schotty said. “After the first few games, we were 3-0 and feeling really good and he stayed even-keeled. We struggled some and he obviously threw some interceptions and lost some games and he stayed even-keeled.

“He worked through those problems. Having watched him in the playoffs and seeing how his preparation and routine kind of came into its own. Mixing that with his confidence level will really make him feel really good going into training camp and into next season.”

Last season the Jets rushed the ball on 59 percent (607 out of 1,030) of their plays. Meanwhile Sanchez had 390 dropbacks when you combine his 364 attempts and 26 sacks. While nobody rushed the ball better than the Green & White in 2009, Schotty says the Jets will air it out more in 2010.

“I think so. The big thing for us is we want to keep people off-balance,” he said. “We’re awfully proud of what we did last year in leading the league in rushing — that was actually a goal of ours in the spring. Anytime you can set a goal and go and achieve it, that’s pretty special.

"As Mark continues to come into his own and now we have Braylon back for a full year and the development of Jerricho and Dustin Keller and all these guys, it just gives us another weapon. Our philosophy is not going to change, we’ll still hear “ground and pound,” but again we’re going to try to keep people off-balance and mix it up each week based on what opponent we’re facing.”

MarkyMarkSanchez · 03-31-2010, 08:07 PM

thanks. I like the ground and pound approach as the main idea and then sprinkle in some sweet plays to the weapons in Jco Braybray and Keller.

Chupa · 03-31-2010, 08:35 PM

Thats it. We are trading Sanchez to draft Tebow.

nj2socaljetsfan · 03-31-2010, 09:18 PM

we better not draft fricken teblow

Hitman Harris · 03-31-2010, 10:26 PM

I REALLY hope we don't draft FRIKKEN TEBOW!!! uuugh

FijiJet · 03-31-2010, 10:30 PM

[QUOTE=MarkyMarkSanchez;3543054]thanks. I like the ground and pound approach as the main idea and then sprinkle in some sweet plays to the weapons in Jco Braybray and Keller.[/QUOTE]

Music to my ears, though Braybray sounds like some kind of donkey :D

Would love for us to pick up Gerhart a well in the later rounds, Jets run game nailing opposition coffins....then nailing it some more.....

Crease29 · 03-31-2010, 10:32 PM

So basically Schotty is impressed with the way his agent's client talks about Jesus?

Interesting.

MCBNY · 03-31-2010, 10:34 PM

I will kill myself if we draft Tebow.

TheMagicRat · 03-31-2010, 10:36 PM

I wouldn't mind if the Jets drafted Tebow......... in the 7th round.

sameoldjets · 03-31-2010, 10:37 PM

sch#tty has an agent? maybe that's why they haven't launched him.

Ven0m · 03-31-2010, 11:03 PM

1) We're not drafting Tebow. We have a starting QB, teams rarely target backup QBs in the 2nd or 3rd rounds, and we have Brad Smith for all the gimmicky wildcat stuff anyways. We have no need for him.

2) It still makes sense to talk him up. The earlier Tebow goes, the more likely it is a player we could use falls to us at 61.

Hitman Harris · 04-01-2010, 01:56 AM

[QUOTE=Ven0m;3543269]1) We're not drafting Tebow. We have a starting QB, teams rarely target backup QBs in the 2nd or 3rd rounds, and we have Brad Smith for all the gimmicky wildcat stuff anyways. We have no need for him.

2) [B]It still makes sense to talk him up. The earlier Tebow goes, the more likely it is a player we could use falls to us at 61.[/B][/QUOTE]

interesting...

WestCoastOffensive · 04-01-2010, 02:26 AM

[QUOTE=Chupa;3543089]Thats it. We are trading Sanchez to draft Tebow.[/QUOTE]

Hey, nothing says "SUPER BOWL" like a UF quarterback. :rofl:

WestCoastOffensive · 04-01-2010, 02:27 AM

[QUOTE=MCBNY;3543225]I will kill myself if we draft Tebow.[/QUOTE]

Over my dead body!

03-31-2010, 07:49 PM	#1
Kentucky Jet A NY JETS fan! Go Jets! Hall Of Fame Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ormond Beach, Florida Posts: 10,964	Schotty Praises Tebow and Sanchez Schotty Passes the Praise to Tebow, Sanchez Published: Tue, March 30, 2010 - 5:22pm ET By Eric Allen Allen is the senior managing editor of newyorkjets.com. He is in his ninth season with the Jets. File Under: Brian Schottenheimer, Mark Sanchez, Tim Tebow change font email article 03/30 — The Jets landed their franchise quarterback last April and they have four passers on their roster, so they don’t figure to add another one to the group in the 2010 draft. But offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, who played collegiately at the University of Florida, is very impressed by UF product Tim Tebow. “I got a chance to meet Tim down at the Super Bowl. He’s represented by my agent, Jimmy Sexton, and I can’t tell you what an impressive personality he has — the way he carries himself and the way he talks about his faith. It was very impressive, very real," Schottenheimer said in a recent interview with newyorkjets.com. “I haven’t studied him too much on film. Obviously I will look at him at some point, but I would want the guy on my team based on leadership ability alone. The guy’s always won. There are going to be things you can find offensively to use him with. Just having spent that amount of time with him and watching that much film on him and watching games during the season, I wouldn’t bet against the guy.” Schotty got his guy less than a year ago when the Jets moved up on day one of the '09 draft to select USC QB Mark Sanchez. After having successful arthroscopic surgery on his ailing left knee in February, the 23-year-old Sanchez has spent many hours rehabbing inside the Atlantic Health Jets Training Facility. And when he hasn’t been in the training room, Sanchez has been a frequent visitor inside Schottenheimer’s office and at offensive staff meetings. “It’s been terrific in terms of his growth and understanding the system. Again, he’s still scratching the surface in understanding the system,” Schottenheimer said. “He knows the system in terms of what we call this, what we call that, but there’s a difference between knowing the language and truly understanding it. The more he’s in there, the more he’s going to pick up on the system and his knowledge and understanding of what we’re trying to do will really help moving into next season.” Starting 15 regular-season games as a rookie, Sanchez completed 53.8 percent of his passes for 2,444 yards with 12 TDs and 20 INTs. But he became a 60.3 percent postseason passer with four playoff TDs and two INTs and flourished down the homestretch as the Jets advanced to the AFC Championship Game. “When we drafted him, we really knew he was going to have a chance to be a special player. But I think the thing I’m most proud of is he never changed throughout the good times and the bad,” Schotty said. “After the first few games, we were 3-0 and feeling really good and he stayed even-keeled. We struggled some and he obviously threw some interceptions and lost some games and he stayed even-keeled. “He worked through those problems. Having watched him in the playoffs and seeing how his preparation and routine kind of came into its own. Mixing that with his confidence level will really make him feel really good going into training camp and into next season.” Last season the Jets rushed the ball on 59 percent (607 out of 1,030) of their plays. Meanwhile Sanchez had 390 dropbacks when you combine his 364 attempts and 26 sacks. While nobody rushed the ball better than the Green & White in 2009, Schotty says the Jets will air it out more in 2010. “I think so. The big thing for us is we want to keep people off-balance,” he said. “We’re awfully proud of what we did last year in leading the league in rushing — that was actually a goal of ours in the spring. Anytime you can set a goal and go and achieve it, that’s pretty special. "As Mark continues to come into his own and now we have Braylon back for a full year and the development of Jerricho and Dustin Keller and all these guys, it just gives us another weapon. Our philosophy is not going to change, we’ll still hear “ground and pound,” but again we’re going to try to keep people off-balance and mix it up each week based on what opponent we’re facing.”

03-31-2010, 08:07 PM	#2
MarkyMarkSanchez cant wait Rookie Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 661	thanks. I like the ground and pound approach as the main idea and then sprinkle in some sweet plays to the weapons in Jco Braybray and Keller.

03-31-2010, 08:35 PM	#3
Chupa All League Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,282	Thats it. We are trading Sanchez to draft Tebow.

03-31-2010, 09:18 PM	#4
nj2socaljetsfan Rookie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 688	we better not draft fricken teblow

03-31-2010, 10:26 PM	#5
Hitman Harris Tebow..... LOL All League Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Right Here Posts: 4,478	I REALLY hope we don't draft FRIKKEN TEBOW!!! uuugh

03-31-2010, 10:30 PM	#6
FijiJet waiting for our pass rush thunderbolt All League Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,515	[QUOTE=MarkyMarkSanchez;3543054]thanks. I like the ground and pound approach as the main idea and then sprinkle in some sweet plays to the weapons in Jco Braybray and Keller.[/QUOTE] Music to my ears, though Braybray sounds like some kind of donkey :D Would love for us to pick up Gerhart a well in the later rounds, Jets run game nailing opposition coffins....then nailing it some more.....

03-31-2010, 10:32 PM	#7
Crease29 All Pro Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,059	So basically Schotty is impressed with the way his agent's client talks about Jesus? Interesting.

03-31-2010, 10:34 PM	#8
MCBNY Token Liberal All League Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 2,973	I will kill myself if we draft Tebow.

03-31-2010, 10:36 PM	#9
TheMagicRat Practice Squad Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: TCNJ Posts: 31	I wouldn't mind if the Jets drafted Tebow......... in the 7th round.

03-31-2010, 10:37 PM	#10
sameoldjets All Pro Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,497	sch#tty has an agent? maybe that's why they haven't launched him.

03-31-2010, 11:03 PM	#11
Ven0m a shutdown poster Hall Of Fame Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NY Posts: 18,349	1) We're not drafting Tebow. We have a starting QB, teams rarely target backup QBs in the 2nd or 3rd rounds, and we have Brad Smith for all the gimmicky wildcat stuff anyways. We have no need for him. 2) It still makes sense to talk him up. The earlier Tebow goes, the more likely it is a player we could use falls to us at 61.

04-01-2010, 01:56 AM	#12
Hitman Harris Tebow..... LOL All League Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Right Here Posts: 4,478	[QUOTE=Ven0m;3543269]1) We're not drafting Tebow. We have a starting QB, teams rarely target backup QBs in the 2nd or 3rd rounds, and we have Brad Smith for all the gimmicky wildcat stuff anyways. We have no need for him. 2) [B]It still makes sense to talk him up. The earlier Tebow goes, the more likely it is a player we could use falls to us at 61.[/B][/QUOTE] interesting...

04-01-2010, 02:26 AM	#13
WestCoastOffensive Didn't pull the pin - got blasted anyway Board Moderator Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SF via Strong Island Posts: 26,972	[QUOTE=Chupa;3543089]Thats it. We are trading Sanchez to draft Tebow.[/QUOTE] Hey, nothing says "SUPER BOWL" like a UF quarterback. :rofl:

04-01-2010, 02:27 AM	#14
WestCoastOffensive Didn't pull the pin - got blasted anyway Board Moderator Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SF via Strong Island Posts: 26,972	[QUOTE=MCBNY;3543225]I will kill myself if we draft Tebow.[/QUOTE] Over my dead body!