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If Mark Sanchez won’t stop turnovers, NY Jets will toss him aside for Geno Smith

Rex Ryan has little margin for error to keep his own job, which means Sanchez has almost no margin for error in his attempt to hold off Smith.

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Published: Saturday, May 25, 2013, 12:32 PM

Updated: Sunday, May 26, 2013, 2:08 AM.

   

 

 

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Mark Sanchez was in midseason form at one of the Jets’ practices last week, throwing three interceptions in 15 snaps, including one to a defensive lineman, which has become his specialty.

If he keeps this up, he’s going to make it an easy decision for Rex Ryan. Even if Geno Smith is not as prepared to start right away as last year’s tremendous rookie trio of Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson, the Jets coach will lose credibility in the locker room — you can’t fool the players — by starting Sanchez in the opener if the fifth-year QB doesn’t finally find a way to stop giving the ball away.

 

One thing has been drilled into Sanchez’s head about the 52 turnovers he committed over the last two years: Cut it out. Maybe Sanchez is not wired to pull the ball down or throw it away rather than fumble or throw a pick. But with his career in jeopardy, if the message doesn’t get through now, it never will.

 

Ryan has little margin for error to keep his own job, which means Sanchez has almost no margin for error in his attempt to hold off Smith. It was just a meaningless OTA practice in May, but how can Sanchez throw interceptions on 20% of his snaps when he’s been put on notice that his reckless play and inability to take care of the ball won’t be tolerated anymore.

 

I get the feeling the organization is just worn out by Sanchez’s mistakes, even in an OTA practice, and is ready for Smith to take over. If Sanchez didn’t have his $8.25 million salary guaranteed this season, he probably would have been Wilson’s backup in Seattle this season for his former coach, Pete Carroll.

 

There’s little question Jets fans have had enough of Sanchez. Can you imagine if he starts the opener against the Bucs and throws a pick-six to Darrelle Revis? Sanchez might as well head straight to the airport and never come back.

 

It wasn’t that long ago that Ryan proclaimed he wanted Sanchez to be his quarterback as long as he was the Jets coach. But now Ryan is in self-preservation mode and it’s every man for himself. That’s why Ryan is calling the defenses this season and why he won’t hesitate to make the move to Smith either as soon as he shows he’s ready or Sanchez’s mistakes again become unbearable.

 

Sanchez was once the golden boy of the organization, but now he just might be relegated to playing the role of Kurt Warner with the Giants in 2004. Warner started the first nine games that year until Tom Coughlin was ready to switch to Eli Manning.

 

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Sanchez has come to represent all that has gone wrong with the Jets the last two years. Even so, he has this one last chance to resurrect his career with the Jets. Remember, Bill Parcells picked Scott Brunner over Phil Simms in 1983, corrected the mistake and committed to Simms in 1984 and Simms was nearly perfect in the Giants’ first Super Bowl victory in the 1986 season.

 

After two poor seasons by Drew Brees (28 TDs, 31 INTs, 10-19 record), the Chargers made the 2004 draft day trade to get Philip Rivers. They were prepared for Rivers to open the season as the starter, but he held out so deep into training camp that San Diego had no choice and stuck with Brees. He was one of the best quarterbacks the next two years (51 TDs, 22 INTs, 20-11 record) and kept Rivers on the bench. It was only after Brees suffered a serious shoulder injury in the final game of the 2005 season that the Chargers came up with a way to give Rivers the job.

 

It’s easy to say now that Sanchez does not have the talent of Simms or Brees, but the Giants were close to giving up on Simms and the Chargers were ready to give up on Brees when their careers turned around. Still, it just might be that the Jets need a new quarterback and Sanchez just needs a new team.

 

COACHING PAYS

Forbes came out with the list of the highest paid coaches in sports in 2013, and Sean Payton is at the top at $8 million, followed by Bill Belichick and Andy Reid at $7.5 million. So, it appears BountyGate and SpyGate didn’t have much of an impact on the earning power of Payton and Belichick, respectively. Payton signed a five-year, $40 million deal in January despite being suspended last season. Tom Coughlin is eighth on the list at $6.67 million. Eight of the 10 coaches are in the NFL.

 

Celtics coach Doc Rivers ($7 million) and Spurs coach Gregg Popovich ($6 million) are the only non-NFL coaches who made it into the top 10. There are two reasons NFL coaches make more than coaches in other sports: The NFL makes the most money and its coaches have more of an impact on game preparation and game management than their counterparts in baseball, basketball and hockey.

 

... San Francisco promised so much advanced technology in its bid to help secure Super Bowl L in the 49ers’ new Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara that I almost expect the game to be played on an iPad. Houston was awarded Super Bowl LI. One of the perks for the owners: Texans owner Bob McNair said they will have their own private runway entrance at Ellington Field. Can you imagine if some of these owners actually had to wait in line like everybody else?

 

24 REASONS

Bucs second-year safety Mark Barron has given up his No. 24 to Revis and has switched to No. 23. No word yet on what Revis had to surrender in return. ... Bruce Irvin is the fifth Seahawk since 2011 to be suspended for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. Irvin would have been No. 6, but Richard Sherman won his appeal last season. Irvin will have to sit out the first four games of the season. ... The hysteria surrounding Hakeem Nicks’ no-show at the Giants OTAs on Wednesday was, well, hysterical. OTAs are voluntary. June minicamps are mandatory. Which is why Coughlin saying, “He should be here,” and “I expect everybody here,” tends to turn voluntary into mandatory, which is not how the collective bargaining agreement is written.

 

LATE HITS...

-- Tom Brady lost his most trusted receiver and good friend, Wes Welker, when the latter signed with Denver. “I don’t think anything surprises me anymore in the NFL,” Brady said on his Boston radio show. “I’ve been around long enough to see things happen at different times with the greatest players of all, whether that’s Wes or Randy Moss being traded by the Raiders or Brett Favre and playing for the Jets and Vikings.” He called the NFL a “very tough, competitive business, and nobody appreciated Wes more than I did and what he was able to accomplish for our team. He’s moved on; he’s in a good situation with another great team and a great quarterback. We always kind of kept in touch, we always will. He’s one of my best friends.”

 

-- Because of a scheduling conflict with an Easter show at Radio City Music Hall, next year’s draft will likely be moved back to May 8 or May 15. Beyond 2014, Roger Goodell said the league will look at other venues and other cities. The draft has become such a big event, it’s surprising the NFL has not yet rotated it around the league.

 

-- On a personal note, congratulations to all the guys on the Horace Greeley High School baseball team in Chappaqua for their first postseason victory since 2006. I’ve been to the last 32 Super Bowls and seen some pretty amazing games, but the thrill of seeing my son Andrew pitch a three-hitter for the victory over Ossining in the last start of his high school career is alone on top of the list. There is nothing like high school sports where they play for the love of the game and form bonds and friendships that last forever.

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As the author said, there's not much question that Sanchez' position with Geno-at best-is much the same as Kurt Warner's position with Eli.  Just play decent and save the season until we move the new kid in.

 

The only difference is that Warner was destined to go sometime during the season, the coach and team officials were openly saying it before the season began. The Giants had a winning record under Warner but they made the change anyway.   However, if Sanchez takes to Mornhinweg's system and actually performs decently, they might well stick with him the whole season.  If Sanchez doesn't prove he finally "gets it" and turns the ball over, he's gone.  If Sanchez' offense becomes a long string of three-and-outs, he's gone.

 

It's going to difficult for Sanchez to prove it because the first half of the schedule this year has most of the tough games.

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Exactly.   The stretch leading up to the bye is brutal.   If there is going to be a QB change this year, it will probably be at the bye.  Funny thing is the games following the bye seem to all be winnable games.  This is almost the perfect scenario for Smith. 

 

If he comes in after the bye against the beatable teams, and the Jets win the majority of them everyone will be running victory laps.  Yeah, we've found our franchise QB.

 

Then next year, and reality will set in

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I love how Sanchez cannot be discussed without references to how Bree's stepped up after the Chargers got Rivers, as if there's some similarity to what we have here... A year removed from Sanchez getting worse when we bout in a potential replacement.

Nobody ever points to the more realistic stories of QBs that stink and just get replaced and there's no magic.

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I love how Sanchez cannot be discussed without references to how Bree's stepped up after the Chargers got Rivers, as if there's some similarity to what we have here... A year removed from Sanchez getting worse when we bout in a potential replacement.

Nobody ever points to the more realistic stories of QBs that stink and just get replaced and there's no magic.

 

Eli stepped up in Year 4... Brees stepped up in Year 5... Is there a QB who stepped up in Year 6 that we can start making comparisons to when Sanchez fails again this year?

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Sanchez is mentally broken, he's totally David Carr, I think like others, the Ravens game a couple years back when Mangold was out did it

He's in for the opening games, and they phase Geno in, when it's a lost cause. Hopefully Geno can play? - We will be Drafting in the top 12 picks again. Worst case 4-12 best 7-9.

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Eli stepped up in Year 4... Brees stepped up in Year 5... Is there a QB who stepped up in Year 6 that we can start making comparisons to when Sanchez fails again this year?

 

Not so sure about year 6, but any day now we should be ready to roll with the Jim Plunkett comparisons I would think.

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Right.  He is not going to suddenly find accuracy.  Or courage in the pocket.  Or a brain.

 

The guy is 100% garbage as an NFL QB.  If he wasn't such a vastly overrated prospect, and wasn't drafted so highly, given his play in preseason and during the season it seems unlikely he would have ever started an NFL game (other than as the result of injury/demotion of someone else).

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Eli stepped up in Year 4... Brees stepped up in Year 5... Is there a QB who stepped up in Year 6 that we can start making comparisons to when Sanchez fails again this year?

This is year 5 for Sanchez, but Brees even in his bad times was never as awful as Sanchez.

 

Hes mentally shot. He cant even complete a dumpoff without it getting INTd by a DLineman. Its absurd. Its a weird combination of lack of confidence and apathy on his part. The only reason hes still on the team is Tannys idiotic extension. Hes lucky if hes viewed as a placeholder.

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+1

 

Exactly.   The stretch leading up to the bye is brutal.   If there is going to be a QB change this year, it will probably be at the bye.  Funny thing is the games following the bye seem to all be winnable games.  This is almost the perfect scenario for Smith. 

 

If he comes in after the bye against the beatable teams, and the Jets win the majority of them everyone will be running victory laps.  Yeah, we've found our franchise QB.

 

Then next year, and reality will set in

 

That might be an understatement.  Best case scenario they get to the bye 3-6 but honestly 1-8 or 2-7 is most likely.  Other than the Bills and Titans there's not one team there that they should even have a shot to beat.

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