Is Mark Sanchez The Worst Starting Qb In The Nfl?

[eaglejoe8]

I guess I'm in the minority here. Obviously Sanchez has struggled, but it's mostly a consistency issue I think. He has, at times, looked good, and made some good throws. And that Ravens game was brutal... I've rarely seen a QB take a beating like that for 60 minutes.

When I look at QBs and their teams, I try to keep in mind that the goal of playing football is to win games. Granted Sanchez has a very good defense, but since he came into the league, he's been a winner. He's also played very well in the post season... not so much that he's won them games, but he hasn't lost games for them either.

I think the Jets made some bad offseason moves. Braylon Edwards wasn't the most productive guy, but he was a good fit for NY, and they probably should have gone a little further than they did to keep him. Plaxico is doing about as well as I thought he would after missing two full years... he wasn't the fastest receiver to begin with, or the best route runner. They also lack depth on the O-line and if they lose Mangold or Ferguson for any length of time, they're pretty screwed.

I was in the minority as well. I didn't think Sanchez was the type of QB to carry a team, but I thought the Jets could win with him given their defense and ground game. In the last 2 AFCCGs, he gave the Colts fits for a half, and last year, almost helped a comeback in Pittsburgh.

[-JJ-]

I was in the minority as well. I didn't think Sanchez was the type of QB to carry a team, but I thought the Jets could win with him given their defense and ground game. In the last 2 AFCCGs, he gave the Colts fits for a half, and last year, almost helped a comeback in Pittsburgh.

Thing is he can make plays that hurt you. That defines a good QB. Now can he make a lot of them... more than the bad plays....I dunno....but he's a 1st round just in his 3rd year so..........

[Captain Americolt]

Tom Brady

[KyFan18]

Sanchez may not be that great, but I'd take him over Painter any day.

[Blue Horseshoe]

oh, so peyton manning is the starter? shouldn't he get the vote for the worst then?

i don't think he's thrown a completion all year

He has thrown fewer interceptions than Brady

[JCPatriot]

and last year they were one PM converted 3rd down from watching AV kick a FG with the time running out, and thus would of been one and done . . .

Not to split hairs, but the Colts were ahead. They didn't need a FG. They just needed to run out the clock.

[JCPatriot]

Never mind. I see what you were getting at now. If they had picked up that first down, AV's last FG would have been the game winner without giving it back to the Jets. Duh. It's been a long day.

Why doesn't the post editor work? I tried to edit my previous post instead of double posting, but it gave me an error every time I tried to save the changes.

[patsallday]

Tom Brady

peyton hasn't completed a pass all year.

[patsallday]

He has thrown fewer interceptions than Brady

that's a first.

[ReMeDy]

that's a first.

Wow, you sure like spouting your Peyton interception fantasies while waving that pick-6 signature of yours around, dont you?

Edited October 23, 2011 by ReMeDy

[mahagga73]

whoever the Dolphins have is the worst QB.

[Gonzo]

I don't know, Kyle Boller is making a pretty strong argument.

[CCH]

Kyle Boller is only a starter this week. The actual worst starting QB's are:

Tim Tebow

Christian Ponder (even though he looks pretty good right now)

Tavaris Jackson

Mark Sanchez

John Beck

Matt Moore

[John Waylon]

tebow

13 yards passing through 55 minutes isn't going to cut it in this league, win, lose, or draw.

That was awful. Steve Wonder is glad he's blind right now because he didn't have to see any of that mess transpire today... Worst game of all time, bar none.

[CCH]

tebow

13 yards passing through 55 minutes isn't going to cut it in this league, win, lose, or draw.

That was awful. Steve Wonder is glad he's blind right now because he didn't have to see any of that mess transpire today... Worst game of all time, bar none.

Against possibly the worst defense in football, he's very fortunate that the Dolphins are really in it to lose it.

[Grav]

Tebow, he just looks awful when he throws the football

[ColtsLegacy]

Kyle Boller is only a starter this week. The actual worst starting QB's are:

Tim Tebow

Christian Ponder (even though he looks pretty good right now)

Tavaris Jackson

Mark Sanchez

John Beck

Matt Moore

So why is Christian Ponder one of the worst? I'd like a good explanation. The guy's a rookie who just made his first NFL start vs. the Packers and did pretty darn well.

[Gonzo]

So why is Christian Ponder one of the worst? I'd like a good explanation. The guy's a rookie who just made his first NFL start vs. the Packers and did pretty darn well.

So why is Christian Ponder one of the worst? I'd like a good explanation. The guy's a rookie who just made his first NFL start vs. the Packers and did pretty darn well.

To be fair, I would've agreed with him before the game today.  Shocking how much better he was then McNabb.

Lets not leave out Kevin Klob.  He can't get it done with one of the best Wrs in the game.  Blaine Gabbert QBs the worst passing offense in the league.  Possibly Colt McCoy.  Lots of competition at the bottom.

Edited October 24, 2011 by Gonzo

[wallieump99]

That my friend - would be Curtis Painter.

[FairleySuhper]

No, but he's inconsistent. The whole team is inconsistent.

[number28]

and the Jets still beat San Diego. Something that Colts even with Manning can't do.

goes to show that Team effort wins games and not QB's.

[BoltNut]

The Bolts, sadly, continue to beat themselves. They have continually stepped all over their own jock all season long. Our defense could not get any pressure on Sanchez, but when they managed to hurry him, he did nothing. Like any decent QB, given time, Sanchez does okay. My Bolts just couldn't get out of their own way in the second half and played stupid. It is a sad day down here in San Diego.

[GoPats]

The Bolts, sadly, continue to beat themselves. They have continually stepped all over their own jock all season long. Our defense could not get any pressure on Sanchez, but when they managed to hurry him, he did nothing. Like any decent QB, given time, Sanchez does okay. My Bolts just couldn't get out of their own way in the second half and played stupid. It is a sad day down here in San Diego.

That last drive... you must have been chucking stuff at your TV. Watching the amount of time they wasted was frustrating. (I was, of course, pulling for a Chargers win there.) Nice completion to Gates, then a pair of three-yard dump offs? They would have been better off with incompletions.

[John Waylon]

The Bolts, sadly, continue to beat themselves. They have continually stepped all over their own jock all season long. Our defense could not get any pressure on Sanchez, but when they managed to hurry him, he did nothing. Like any decent QB, given time, Sanchez does okay. My Bolts just couldn't get out of their own way in the second half and played stupid. It is a sad day down here in San Diego.

Today is precisely why rivers isn't an elite QB. He's just a cog in the wheel. A good cog, but a replaceable cog. Elite QB's run their offense, not the plays. When rivers tried to run the offense today, it was like something straight out of "The Benny Hill Show". But at least you guys had to do it out of necessity. We had our QB do the exact same thing by choice last night.

[CCH]

So why is Christian Ponder one of the worst? I'd like a good explanation. The guy's a rookie who just made his first NFL start vs. the Packers and did pretty darn well.

How many QB's are you taking Ponder over? Doesn't matter if he's a rook or not if he's starting. And I posted that sometime in the 1st or 2nd quarter.

[CCH]

J.P. Losman

[joo 2h]

sanchez is better then painter

[number28]

Today is precisely why rivers isn't an elite QB. He's just a cog in the wheel. A good cog, but a replaceable cog. Elite QB's run their offense, not the plays. When rivers tried to run the offense today, it was like something straight out of "The Benny Hill Show". But at least you guys had to do it out of necessity. We had our QB do the exact same thing by choice last night.

fail. Rivers is top 5 QB in the NFL. no questions about it.

just because his team sucks, doesn't say anything.

[number28]

sanchez is better then painter

maybe, maybe...but not definitely

[John Waylon]

fail. Rivers is top 5 QB in the NFL. no questions about it.

just because his team sucks, doesn't say anything.

Lol yeah, his team was the one trying to call signals and set up a formation with no idea what they were doing.... His team was the one who kept throwing short underneath passes when they needed big yards and fast. His team was the one who threw the ball away on 4th down that lost the game. Yessir, it was his team. Had nothing at all to do with him...

Go troll elsewhere...

[JimJaime]

maybe, maybe...but not definitely

are you KIDDING? Sanchez as much as I dispise him is LIGHTEARS ahead of Painter, and thats not a knock on Painter as he looks like a decent back up forced into service. (a 3rd string back up no less)

[jcdavey]

i love rivers, no doubt

but i will say, as inconsistent as sanchez is, he's clutch in the playoffs when i watch him

i'd love to see how he'd play on a team whose oline is built for pass protection and not a team where it's a rushing smashmouth offense

that would be interesting

[oldunclemark]

So.... Is he?

I seriously think he might be. watching this guy play is just hard. I would take painter over him i think. He seems to have gotten worse beyond all odds.

Tim Tebow is the worst.

[The Fish]

Tebow is going to have 2 or 3 more chances to go 8/30 for 45 yards... if so that makes him the worst.

[Dtman513]

Sanchez is in a weak offensive system...C'mon it's the Jets, when have they ever had a prolific high powered offense?

[super8todd]

We draft Luck and trade him to the Jets for Revis and Holmes. Wishful thinking but wouldn't that be a sweet trade?!

no. be a horrible trade for us. Revis is over-rated and Holmes is a punk character that wouldnt last long in Indy.

[super8todd]

Sanchez isnt the worst. Painter and Matt Moore are.

[04DarkShadowGT]

We draft Luck and trade him to the Jets for Revis and Holmes. Wishful thinking but wouldn't that be a sweet trade?!

Umm no

[04DarkShadowGT]

Uh since when did Painter become a starter? Last time I checked he was Peytons backup. I believe I'd take Kolb over Sanchez any day.

Since Collins stopped starting would be my guess.