Lego My Lageman Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/mark-sanchez-doesn-t-seem-know-receivers-now-142241369.html I thought this was an Onion article at first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lego My Lageman Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 Wizard of Id is totally into mini draft though so dont worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Posting links with no article!! It's an epidemic!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Mark Sanchez doesn’t seem to know who his receivers are right now "Wait ... WHO am I throwing to again?" (AP) If you've been out to New York Jets OTAs and it feels like you need a program to name the receivers ... well, don't worry. You're not alone. His main targets out with all kinds of injuries, alleged starting quarterback Mark Sanchez has been playing catch-up with the identities of the guys he's throwing to. “We’ve come up with some funny nicknames for some of them, because you don’t even know their names and they’re just in there,” Sanchez told Brian Costello of the New York Post on Thursday. As Lou Brown might have said in "Major League II," Santonio Holmes has a foot thing, Stephen Hill has a hamstring thing, Jeremy Kerley has a heel thing, and Clyde Gates also has a hamstring thing. That leaves some new guys to pick up the slack. They've got Ben Obomanu, a former Seattle Seahawk who was signed last week. There's Jordan White, who has two games of NFL experience. He and Obomanu are the only receivers going through practice who do, and at one point during the team's recent practices, there were three receivers on the first team -- Joseph Collins, Zach Rogers and Thomas Mayo -- with no real NFL experience at all. Sadly for the Jets, their current receiver injury situation mirrors what happened in the 2012 season. Holmes was lost for the season with a Week 4 foot injury, and Hill couldn't stay healthy in his rookie year. Kerley led the team with 56 catches and 827 yards, while Hill and tight end Jeff Cumberland tied for the team lead with three receiving touchdowns. That doesn't excuse Sanchez's frequently sub-par play in 2012, but it certainly helps to explain it. “Looking back on the whole season, we didn’t have a healthy receiver from the beginning of the offseason to the very last game we played,” Sanchez said. “We never had everybody out on the field that was, on paper, a starter.” Sanchez put together his worst season to date. He threw just 13 touchdowns to 18 interceptions and ranked dead last among all qualifying quarterbacks in Football Outsiders' opponent-adjusted metrics. The Jets selected Geno Smith in the second round of the 2013 NFL draft to challenge Sanchez for the starting spot, but no matter who's playing that position, the lack of depth at receiver is a major concern to the coaching staff. Receivers coach Sanjay Lal has a particularly tough job right now. Rex Ryan said that he expects Kerley, Hill, and Gates to be up for next week's minicamp, but Holmes may have to ride the Physically Unable to Perform list, and none of this does anybody any good right now. “It’s hard in the sense that these reps are invaluable right now, especially with a developing group. They’ll never get these reps back. It’s very hard in the sense that you could have been coaching these guys to a different level and you never got the opportunity. But the only way to look at it is you’re building some other guy up that maybe wouldn’t have had the quality reps that they’re getting now. “You just channel your energy into who’s there. Otherwise, you’ll drive yourself crazy thinking, ‘What if?’’’ “If we had to play [this week], obviously there would be major concerns,” Ryan said. When your quarterback doesn't even know who he's throwing to, that's concern number one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbatesman Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 "Right now"? Not knowing who his receivers are is the best explanation yet for Sanchez's entire career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 His receivers are the opposite team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 His receivers are the opposite team They are straight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelticwizard Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Wizard of Id..... Is that original? First time I've seen that. +1 for that phrase alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lego My Lageman Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 Is that original? First time I've seen that. +1 for that phrase alone. Yes Sir! Everyone is on this Idzik the Ninja ish. Wizard of Id is better IMO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Where's Gato? tell these dudes the receivers don't matter. If Mark was better they're Pro Bowlers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointman Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjets Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Atleast the 3 no names get alot of play time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I don't know why every UDFA receiver didn't sign here. I mean obviously having Mark throw you the ball would be depressing but some of those guys might be better than anything we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmaster2 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 No QB can win with the Jets wideouts and it is not all the on the QB , where is the talent , it would be nice to draft a wideout who can catch a ball and stay on the field to bad Hill is going to be a bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPPT1974 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 What other problems has not Sanchez faced during his Jets tenure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 "Right now"? Not knowing who his receivers are is the best explanation yet for Sanchez's entire career. Perhaps he could at a minimum aim for the ones in green and white. That would be new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashmouth Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 we better bring in another QB really quick so we can put a name to some of these guys, after all WR's suddenly get 4.3 speed and incredible hands if they have the right guy throwing to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 we better bring in another QB really quick so we can put a name to some of these guys, after all WR's suddenly get 4.3 speed and incredible hands if they have the right guy throwing to them. Sanchez sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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