New York Jets: Why Mark Sanchez Is Only Part of the Problem

December 15, 2010   ·   Tom Edrington   ·   Jump to comments

The New York Jets offense is knee-deep in a quicksand pit.
Nothing good is happening, that's a given for anyone that has witnessed that which has transpired the past two weeks for the J-E-T-S. And the quicksand of December is sending out that sinking feeling.
Nothing good is happening on offense when a team goes nine straight quarters without a touchdown.
Don't blame it all on Mark Sanchez. Just don't. Somewhere along the road to the 9-2 record a couple of weeks ago, no one thought anything bad about the second-year, 23-year-old signal-caller. Now it's time to dump on Sanchez?
It shouldn't be.
Anyone check those Jet running game stats lately? They don't lie and in this case, statistics ARE for losers.
The ground game has vanished like something in a David Copperfield show. The team went for less than 100 yards for the fourth time in 32 games under Ryan, it's been there and suddenly now it's gone.
Check out first downs, shall we?
Sanchez handed of...

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