All QB's go through ups and downs. Young QB's have to adjust, they have to learn to continue to make adjustments, to be able to read defenses, and trust themselves. Above all, the QB is the one player on the field that cannot lose confidence, it affects the entire team.
For me, Sanchez has lost his confidence. We can play the blame game all day long, about half of it will make sense based on all the agenda driven feedback I've seen on the topic, and on the player.
He's regressed, but most of all, injuries have derailed the season from the start, it began in training camp, when multiple players, especially at WR were out with injury all camp long, Sanchez never had an opportunity to go through camp and learn the offense with the weapons he has on the field with him today. This continued into the season when he lost Keller to open the season, and then Holmes when he went down.
The QB needs consistency around him, he cannot trust the offense, and the players around him, if he isn't able to work with them for a period of time and establish that chemistry, the timing, the rythm. It's a new offense, all of this matters greatly.
Because of this, Sanchez has had to adjust, each and every week it seemed he had to handle each game plan with a new set of weapons.
It's difficult for almost any QB to perservere through this.
The Tebow factor has obviously been a big deal, this has been piled on by the media every week, and it's an obvious distraction.
I was for the move when it happened, I still am, but it's obvious the media has their own agenda with this guy. There is a reason why Denver players and supposedly Jets players have commented as they have about him.
The season has not gone well, so fans are hot, understandibly so, but much of the blame has been placed on Sanchez, while some of it is understandible, I don't think fans take in all the factors and analyze the problems as they should, and they dump it on Sanchez. Add the Tebow dynamic, we have fans screaming for him, and he isn't even half the QB Sanchez is.
Fans will say, Sanchez hasn't shown anything in 4 years. That just isn't true. He showed quite a bit his first two. Even showed that he could perservere through some of the problems last year, his first 11-12 games overall, before the end of the season, look up the numbers, he was actually pretty solid, played well, but the season imploded, players imploded, players around him lost trust in the offensive coaching staff, and they basically quit on Sanchez. I blame Burress and Holmes for a lot of this. It appears Burress was not only a big contributor, but didn't seem to care. With Holmes, we all know the guy can be a douche, but I also think the guy is an intense competitor, and for all of his wrongs, I believe he is at least a player that cares, but went about it the wrong way.
The OL struggled mightily last year, and that too was a big issue.
Add it all up, with the fans now jumping on him, it's something Sanchez was probably not prepared for. He is a player without confidence and is undoubtedly shaken about the state of the team, the offense, himself, and now fan pressure all on top of the Tebow distraction.
I felt he was handling the Tebow distraction well, but with players out every week, and then young players not yet ready for prime time roles not performing consistently, it has hurt the entire offense. I don't think it would have mattered who was running the offense, the QB would have been impacted.
But fans don't see this, they only see Sanchez, the only answer is he must suck.
It's wrong IMO.
He needs a break mentally, the benching could be good for him.
I'm still hopeful being on the road can give him a break from the fans, and that Rex gives him a shot to get back on his feet this week.
Still a Sanchez fan, but he needs to get himself right mentally, he needs his confidence back. It would better if fans could STFU and help instead of hurting the process.
