It seems like only yesterday that New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan was saying that as long as he is the coach, Mark Sanchez is his quarterback. Now, Greg McElroy is starting this Sunday against the San Diego Chargers. Things change. It was already getting nutty at quarterback for the Jets when they traded for Tim Tebow in the offseason. I don't know how you can go from a quarterback that's having trouble throwing in Sanchez to a quarterback that's never been able to throw in Tebow. The Jets couldn't so they skipped to McElroy.
It's hard to believe that the Jets are only a couple of years removed from back-to-back AFC Championship games. It's even more difficult, for me, to believe that Sanchez was the quarterback for both games. I never understood the infatuation with Sanchez. There were many "experts" that preferred him to Matthew Stafford in the 2009 NFL Draft. It's a mystery. Sanchez only started for one year at USC. That one year was up and down. Mostly down in the games that I saw. People still loved him. Rex Ryan sure did. The Jets traded a bunch for him. The Jets were a happy bunch when their young quarterback helped the team reach those AFC title games. Sanchez wasn't making the mistakes that he's been making since. He's been playing like the quarterback that I saw at USC.
The Jets woes aren't all on Sanchez. Losing all-everything corner Darrelle Revis and play making receiver Santonio Holmes early in the season was brutal. Losing Revis changed that entire defense. The team lost it's swagger. When that happened everything started to crumble. The Jets have to find a way to get that swagger back. Rex Ryan is a terrific football coach. Few know defense better. He's always been great with the players. The quarterback situation and the incredible run of injuries killed the Jets' season. They just need to get this season behind them. See what Greg McElroy has in these last two games. Get healthy and look towards 2013.
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