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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
I have said several times that he's come up when asked to. And I said he made several big plays in the playoffs.
But it doesn't change the fact that people talk about him as this Quarterback that knows how to win. I don't know how anyone can say that when he's never been asked to do ANYTHING in 4th quarters and when asked to, hasn't been impressive. Going into the 4th quarter, the Jets won games usually because their defense held a 7-10 point lead. When the Jets were behind by, say, 7, their defense usually gave Sanchez about 5 opportunities to even the score. It's not like Brady, where you're constantly asked to engineer game-winning 2-minute drills early in your career. Sanchez's only job in the 4th quarter was to not shit his pants. And he did a few times, but the defense usually covered his pants for him.
In the late part of the season, he become a good game manager who made a few occasional huge yardage plays who wasn't asked to do anything when it mattered most. Or when he was asked, was very inconsistently admirable.
This isn't pointed at you as much as it is pointed at people who want to make Sanchez to be more than he is. He performed well for a rookie but has a really long way to go before proving he's a franchise QB. But he's going to continue to win games because his supporting cast is so damn good, he'll be asked to be a game manager. There are a lot of QBs who failed in the NFL that I can bet you would do just fine in the same role Sanchez plays. JMO.
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Then, when talking to me, say that.
I can get behind that line of thought.
Throwing numbers at me and then trying to justify throwing those numebrs at me after I've said numbers mean hjack to me simply pisses me off.
I agree that Sanchez did nothing to prove he's going to be a franchise QB, so don't waste my time with numbers.