Mark Sanchez at 13th?

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

I'll be the first one to say I'd love for us to be the '99 Rams re-created and sling the ball down the field all day long but that's not who we are. I love offensive football as does Snyder. Give me the early 80's Chargers over teams like the '85 Bears any day, to watch but not to support. I'd love to put an aerial assault to match our defense but it's not who we are, yet.

Now, you make a good point. Teams that are offensive juggernauts are rarely elite defensively as well. That's where our two sides of the house don't meet. We've done a great job in drafting and developing defensive players pretty consistently since the Norv days but we've always whiffed, most of the time badly, in doing that on offense. Snyder is desperate to turn that around. Like Gibbs was satisfied winning 17-14, I think Snyder would be just as satisfied losing 45-43, as long as it was exciting. I'm really amazed he didn't go after Mike Martz when he hired Zorn just for that reason.

I truly think that while Campbell is never going to be a 35 TD, 4500 yard guy he can develop THIS YEAR into a 22 TD, 3800 yard QB that can lead us to a playoff year. He's improved year to year and good organizations allow that progression to continue rather than stunt it at every opportunity.

I know what I will say is beside your main point but this is primarily a Sanchez thread and I want to return to that, using your words.

It should be indicated that one of the knocks against Sanchez is that his accuracy significantly diminishes over 20 yards. He struggles with deep throws. So if what we want is the Greatest Show on Turf, Sanchez is not the guy we want.