The social media realm that involves JetNation has been split 50-50 over who should start at the quarterback position between Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith.\u00a0 In fact, there have been arguments and insults thrown out by fans, to fans who support one way or another.\u00a0 My question is this…Why not just wait until coaches have made the necessary decisions that will give the TEAM the best chance to WIN?\u00a0 I’m not talking about winning one game, I’m talking about building a sustained winning club for years to come, starting with this upcoming season.<\/p>\n
Mark Sanchez has been ineffective to say the least the past two years.\u00a0 He has more turnovers than any other quarterback in that span.\u00a0 He HELPED the Jets get to the AFC Championship his first two years in the league, as a PART of a solid all around team effort.\u00a0 Mark has shown signs of brilliance, and signs of a guy who just doesn’t seem to take the next step in his career.\u00a0 Either way, he is competing for a starting position on the New York Jets football team.\u00a0 Whether you like Mark Sanchez or not, he is going to give it his all to try and win the position, because he sees the writing on the wall.\u00a0 If he fails to beat out rookie QB Geno Smith, he may never start in the NFL again.\u00a0 He may be a career backup, something he will not be happy to settle for.<\/p>\n
The rookie Smith was a projected top 10 pick, and even discussed as the #1 overall pick.\u00a0 He fell into the second round where the Jets were able to draft him at #39.\u00a0 He has the prototypical quarterback size 6’3″ 220 lbs.\u00a0 He has an underrated arm as he’s shown in camp so far.\u00a0 He can put touch on a deep ball, but also fire one in on shorter routes when he has to.\u00a0 He is getting used to playing under center and getting used to dropping back from that position.\u00a0 He has to learn to read defenses very quickly and make accurate decisions to ensure that the offense stays on the field.\u00a0 He has a lot to learn, but is the potential alone enough to give him a leg up on the competition?<\/p>\n
It’s not up to us as fans to say whether or not one guy should be the QB or the other.\u00a0 Would a lot of Jets fans like to see Mark Sanchez holding a clipboard after two dismal seasons? Of course, who wouldn’t?\u00a0 Would some fans go with the veteran in the beginning of the season and bring the rookie along slowly to learn the ropes of how to\u00a0prepare as an\u00a0NFL quarterback? You bet there are many fans who feel this way also.<\/p>\n
It’s fine to support one way or the other, but you’ve got to respect others opinions about how they feel.\u00a0 Marty Mornhinweg has been an Offensive Coordinator in this league for many years.\u00a0 He’s seen it all.\u00a0 He has a system in place that can be successful and he will undoubtedly pick the best players to help his offense prosper.\u00a0 Let him be the judge of who should start.\u00a0 If he chooses a way in which you were hoping he would, then that’s great news.\u00a0 If he chooses the opposite, you have to take a step back before reacting and say “The coaches believe that this guy gives our team the best chance to win at this time.”\u00a0 That doesn’t mean that the player he, along with front office and Head Coach Rex Ryan, chooses will play out the entire season as the starter.<\/p>\n
I have been clear and opinionated about who I hope starts for this team.\u00a0 I personally feel that the Jets need to turn the page and move on from the last four years.\u00a0 This is a new year, new front office, and they need to start over.\u00a0 However, having said that, if the coaches and organization feel that another guy in that place gives the team the best chance to win I will support the JETS as a team.\u00a0 Remember, we all fell in love with the “NEW YORK JETS” at some point in our life.\u00a0 There have been many players who have come and gone in this organization, but we’ve always stayed loyal to the team.\u00a0 Why change now?<\/p>\n
Every Jets fan is entitled to their opinion, but remember why we are all fans…we want to see the JETS TEAM WIN <\/strong>and be SUCCESSFUL<\/strong> for a long time.\u00a0 We are all dying to see that 2nd Super Bowl trophy hoisted.\u00a0 We are one family, and probably one of, if not THE MOST PASSIONATE FANS<\/em> in all of the NFL.\u00a0 We’ve gone through a lot of ups and downs as fans and I’m sure there will be many more in the future, but remember we are JETS and we’ll support them no matter what.\u00a0 We’ll celebrate when we win, and criticize when we lose, but we are one fanbase and we support the NEW YORK JETS<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The social media realm that involves JetNation has been split 50-50 over who should start at the quarterback position between Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith.\u00a0 In fact, there have been arguments and insults thrown out by fans, to fans who support one way or another.\u00a0 My question is this…Why not just wait until coaches have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":20988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,1337,213],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-editorials","8":"category-home-slider","9":"category-jet-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Sanchez_Smith_Simms_McElroy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-5uf","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21095"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21142,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21095\/revisions\/21142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}