Fantasy Football 2011: Will Mark Sanchez Make a Leap in 2011?

July 23, 2011   ·   Ryan Lester   ·   Jump to comments

Mark Sanchez threw for 2,444 yards and 12 touchdowns as a rookie. Last year, he improved to 3,291 yards and 17 touchdowns. He decreased his turnovers from 28 (20 INTs, eight fumbles) in his rookie year to 18 (13 INTs, five fumbles) as a sophomore.
His passer rating remained a modest 75.3, which was up from 63.0 as a rookie, but still not what you want from your starting quarterback. His completion percentage remained virtually unchanged (54.8 percent compared to 53.8 percent) and left plenty to be desired.

Nobody is worried about him as a starter. After all, not many quarterbacks can boast that they’ve been to the AFC title game in his first two years in the league. Fantasy owners, on the other hand, are more concerned with the numbers he produces.

Sanchez had a nice three-game span in which he averaged 316.7 yards per game. Of course, that was against Detroit in overtime, Cleveland in overtime and the historically bad Texans. In the other 12 games (not countin...

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