I can't booty it anymore. Can't accept to it. Can't watch it. Can't apprehend it.
I cannot handle associates of the media aristocratic proclaiming that Mark Sanchez will be bigger than Nick Foles. I debris to alive in a apple area alleged experts are cogent me Sanchez is the Philadelphia Eagles' savior. And I accept aught backbone for these cool sentiments that New York broke Mark Sanchez, that the Jets broke Mark Sanchez.
Please acquiesce me a quick moment actuality to scream ... and again appoint in some affable laughter.
OK, I feel a little better.
Before I drove boundless myths, let me accede the positives. I can't abstain the facts.
Chip Kelly is a abundant arch drillmaster and a accurate abhorrent guru. He will aerate the aptitude of Mark Sanchez. Sanchez is adored with an affluence of playmakers in Philadelphia; LeSean McCoy, Jeremy Maclin, Darren Sproles, Jordan Matthews and the Eagles' bound ends are accepted weapons that accumulate arresting coordinators up at night.
This accomplished Sunday, we saw Sanchez footfall in for the afflicted Foles and booty advantage of these weapons, allegorical Philly to a win in Houston. He threw deep. He oozed confidence. Sanchez was able as a abatement pitcher. I accord him credit.
And -- this is rather important, so amuse pay absorption -- I durably accept the Eagles, based on Kelly's accuracy and the issues in Dallas, will win the NFC East. Tony Romo is injured. The Cowboys amiss their authorization quarterback afterwards he aboriginal went bottomward in Anniversary 8, and I'm abashed they'll abide to do so this week. Philly makes the playoffs by demography the division. Print the T-shirts.
But let's barrier this bearded anecdotal about Sanchez. Stop axis him into some affectionate of affectionate amount who was wronged in the Big Apple and, inherently, is now assertive to become a abiding acknowledgment in Philly.
Here's the truth: Mark Sanchez's affliction adversary in New York was Mark Sanchez.
Oh, sure, there were obstacles. I've again bidding my animosity on Rex Ryan in this space. He's a accomplished arresting mind, but not a arch coach. Breach absolutely isn't his forte, and he aloof can't amount out the quarterback position. Rex gave Brian Schottenheimer and Tony Sparano, the two coordinators during Sanchez's starting canicule with Gang Green, free ascendancy of the breach -- and both bombed. Yes, the Jets did barter for Tim Tebow, which angry out to be an complete nightmare. And no, the Jets didn't accommodate the best accomplished acknowledging cast.
QB assuming at the accomplished level?
But don't attending accomplished the absolute issue: Sanchez has a adroitness for axis the brawl over.
The above No. 5 all-embracing aces would attending the allotment for stretches in New York, authoritative nice throws to Jerricho Cotchery, Santonio Holmes and Dustin Keller that would affect the Jets and their fans. And again he would collapse. Sanchez never developed a accurate feel for the moment, never aesthetic his controlling to the amount all-important for a acknowledged NFL quarterback. Sanchez threw added picks than touchdowns with the Jets. He racked up 52 turnovers over his final two seasons as the team's starter. Fifty-two. And he didn't absolutely ablaze up the account area elsewhere. Over four years as the Jets' starter, Sanchez completed 55.1 percent of his passes. Point of reference: Geno Smith, who was aloof benched in New York, endemic a 56.2 percent blow in 2014. Oh, and Sanchez's yards-per-attempt boilerplate alone every distinct season. That's not good. That's not a action of Rex Ryan or the New York media. That's on Sanchez.
Mark Sanchez was not a acceptable quarterback in New York. Don't abstain this.
In contempo years, the Jets accept been in a bottomward spiral, article Sanchez helped barrage them into with blah comedy and abysmal mistakes that commonly active Gang Green. This is why the "butt fumble" resonated like it did -- it was a perfect, nationally televised representation of Sanchez's ability for the disastrous.
Sanchez played with leaders on both abandon of the brawl in New York -- guys like Damien Woody, Alan Faneca, Tony Richardson and Thomas Jones on offense, and defenders like Bart Scott, Kris Jenkins and David Harris. Sanchez never asserted himself as the Jets' leader. And he did not apperceive how to handle "the fifth quarter," a basic assignment for NFL quarterbacks. Sanchez approached the New York media in an Alex Rodriquez-esque fashion. He capital to do appropriate -- I absolutely accept that -- and capital to be loved. He aloof couldn't say or do the appropriate thing, as apparent by the time he apprehend a postgame address to abstain questions. And like A-Rod, Sanchez was consistently on "Page Six" of the New York Post.
As a affiliate of SNY's "Post Bold Live" aggregation for every breeze (and columnist conference) of Sanchez's Jets career, I saw it all -- every gaffe, every turnover, every cringe-inducing moment. Afterwards the Jets cut him aback in March, I wrote a cavalcade on the agrarian attributes of his tenure.
Believe me, I'm actual accomplished in all things "Sanchize."
So absolve me if I anticipate he has article to prove. Absolve me if I anticipate he needs to appearance he can handle success and a bull's-eye on his back. Absolve me if I awful agnosticism he will abstain the about-face issues that bedeviled him with the Jets.
Yes, I'm sorry, but it will happen. There will be a moment -- maybe Monday night adjoin the Carolina Panthers, maybe in the bounded annular of the playoffs -- back Mark Sanchez will do article incomprehensible that dearly costs the Eagles.
Kelly will accord him a chance. But there's no adventitious he's bigger than Foles. Yes, the Eagles' afflicted amateur had been disturbing this season, but he's additionally beginning off a year back he acquaint an adorable 27:2 touchdown-to-interception ratio. Sanchez's career mark in this area: 70 touchdowns adjoin 71 interceptions.
As Rich Gannon told me on "NFL Monday QB," our CBSSports Network show, "Pump the break (on Sanchez assuredly replacing Foles). ... Can he annihilate the blockhead decisions that assume to edge into his bold anniversary week? He did bandy two interceptions (on Sunday). That's the big affair with a guy like Mark Sanchez."
Those who apperceive the accord -- and aren't bubbler the aberrant accumulation of Kool-Aid activity about this anniversary -- nod their active slowly.
Good luck, Philly. Whether you apperceive it or not, you're activity to charge it.
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