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[CrazyCarl40]

Sanchez was past the guaranteed portion of his rookie contract. If he was cut (if he called the Jets' bluff on a "renegotiate or else" ultimatum) it would have saved the team far more than what we saved by extending him. Plus he would have been off the team in early March of 2012 - a damn good year to draft a QB as late as round 3 - and he'd have been off the books forever for 2013 and beyond.

The extension was worse than the draft pick. Bad as the pick was, the draft is somewhat of a crapshoot as you well know, and everyone drafts lousy players who just flat-out suck.

Well that would have meant admitting they were wrong and made a mistake. That's something only men do. The people running this gong show have shown that they are more huff and puff than they are men of substance.

[tEYbow]

Well that would have meant admitting they were wrong and made a mistake. That's something only men do. The people running this gong show have shown that they are more huff and puff than they are men of substance.

Hence why the extension was the huge mistake. Had they drafted a bust and moved on, at least we could have faith that this organization can recognize talent and lack their of and keep trying to move in the right direction.

We can't even say that.

[Sharrow]

What a sh*tty article. Obviously no one disagrees with the premise; nobody here ever thought the extension was a good idea. But how can you write an article with a title saying that statisticians didn't like the Sanchez extension and then not include any pre-2012 stats except for his TD/Int numbers in 2009 and 2010 and dropped interceptions in 2010? What about his sh*tty play in 2011? I wanted to actually see a bunch of stats showing how bad he was before this year, and instead, there's nothing there that every Jets fan doesn't already know.

[Sperm Edwards]

Well that would have meant admitting they were wrong and made a mistake. That's something only men do. The people running this gong show have shown that they are more huff and puff than they are men of substance.

Yep.

[Bugg]

“Clearly, the die is cast,” Brian Billick, the Super Bowl-winning coach of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2000 season who is now an analyst for Fox Sports, said in a telephone interview. “You’ve got to go in a different direction. It’s hard to imagine that they believe McElroy is going to be the long-term answer. We know Tim Tebow is not.”

Briam Billick attempting again to say as many empty cliches as possbile in the shortest time allowable. If you asked this guy who first said "The die is cast"(attributed to Julius Ceasar,) he would hve no goddamn clue. That the Ravens had this egomaniac and Rex on the same staff is scary. How did they win anything?

[Ignatius del Sol]

Drafting him at 5 was the mistake.

The mistake was not firing Tannenbaum and Rex the second they told Woody they were planning on doing such a thing.

[Lupz27]

extending sanchez wasn't the mistake. Drafting him at 5 was the mistake. the extension was necessary, because of the old CBA contract he had. I know you guys like Laron Landry, well no Sanchez extension no Landry. No Pouha. The original sin was the draft pick. the extension was just a continuation of that mistake.

it's easy to say the extension sucked (and it did) but it was a move they had to make. the alternative of letting him play out his deal and make 10+ mil in salary was never a real option.

Boy imagine a world where the Jets went to Brett Favre's door step after hiring Rex, and told Brett your our guy we are not releasing you if you want to play football in 2009 it will be for the NY Jets. Here is our offer to you we want you back, we are/already did fire Brian Schottenheimer, you tell us what O-Coordinator you would like us to bring here for you, my guess is Brett chooses Tom Clements, I don't know if GB would have granted Clements permission to talk with the Jets about taking over as their OC which would have been a step up from QB's coach, or if he would have been interested, I think if Favre was in the mix he would have to be. After the Jets get that squared away they go, and draft Hakeem Nicks at pick 17, and LeSean McCoy in the 2nd round with the pick they would have not given away for trading up in the 1st round, Favre decides to come back in 2010 again like he did with Minny, and then in the 2011 draft with their 1st overall pick, probably somewhere in the 20-32 range the Jets reach for their future QB, and draft Andy Dalton, or Colin Kaepernick, and the rest is history, and probably a really good history, good chance their could have been a SB celebration in 2009, or 2010 if Favre stays healthy, or heck 2.

Now that I think about it Tom Clements should be added to the list of HC canidates along with Darrell Bevell IMO, IF Rex is fired.

[jack48]

the jets decision to extend him after seeing 3 years of Sanchez was to cross their fingers and squeeze real tight. Very statistically oriented. Anyone with eyes could see there was nothing there. Why not cut bait when there is nothing there? Bring in a cheaper nothing if you have to.

Edited by jack48, 28 December 2012 - 06:53 AM.

[Ignatius del Sol]

Anyone with eyes could see there was nothing there.

Anybody who can count to sixteen could have seen there was nothing there in 2009. Everybody chose not to.