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The New York Jets hope for improvement out of Mark Sanchez in 2010

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,Positional Previews by admin on Thursday 20 May 2010 at 4:01 pm

23-year old Mark Sanchez didn’t play especially well during the regular season but he stepped up in the playoffs.  The Jets hope that Sanchez builds on his playoff success during the regular season in 2010.  He played in 15 games for the Jets last season and he completed 196 of 364 passes (53.8%) for 2,444 yards with 12 TD passes and 20 INTs (63.0 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 36 times for 106 yards (2.9 ypc) with 3 TD runs last year.  The Jets will likely take off the shackles and let Sanchez throw the ball more in 2010 as he has more than enough arm to make all of the throws needed.  They also hope that he learned to slide in the off-season so that he doesn’t get drilled too often like he did last year which caused him to miss a game.  The Jets were 8-7 (53.3%) when Sanchez started last season and they expect to improve on that record in 2010.

The Jets tried to trade 26-year old Kellen Clemens during the off-season but they found no takers.  That means that Clemens will return at Mark Sanchez’ backup in 2010.  Clemens played in 10 games for the Jets last season in which he completed 13 of 26 passes (50%) for 125 yards with 0 TD passes and 0 INTs (63.8 QB Rating).  Clemens also carried the ball 12 times for 1 yard (0.1 ypc) but most of those where kneel downs to run out the clock at the end of Jets’ wins.  Clemens has now played in 24 games in his four years with the Jets and he has completed 146 of 282 passes (51.8%) for 1,680 yards with 5 TD passes and 11 INTs (59.7 QB Rating).  He also has carried the ball 44 times for 119 yards (2.7 ypc) with 1 TD run in his NFL career.  The Jets are 4-5 (44.4%) in games started by Kellen Clemens and they would likely go super conservative if he were forced into action in 2010.

23-year old Erik Ainge has yet to appear in a game for the Jets in his career and he will have to battle 24-year old Kevin O’Connell for the #3 job during training camp.  O’Connell played in 2 games in 2008 for the Patriots in which he completed 4 of 6 passes (66.7%) for 23 yards with 0 TD passes and 0 INTs (73.6 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 3 times for -6 yards (-2.0 ypc) that season (they were kneel downs at the end of wins). 

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE JETS’ QBs in 2010:  B-