For all the coddling that Mark Sanchez has received by the Jets organization in his first three years, quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh has never sugarcoated the truth with the young quarterback. After Sanchez's uneven season that included a career-high 26 touchdown passes and a career-high 26 turnovers, Cavanaugh laid out his goals for the quarterback, including becoming an effective game manager in Tony Sparano's new offensive system. "There were turnovers that were not his fault that were credited to him," Cavanaugh told the Daily News in his first public comments since the Jets missed the playoffs at 8-8 last season. "But there were enough that playing that position he needs to cut some of those down. Most of them came from just poor decision-making." Last season, Cavanaugh admitted that those themes didn't make an impact on Sanchez until the Jets finished the season in free fall. "Sometimes when you have quote-unquote the success that he had the first two years, maybe it doesn't hit home," Cavanaugh said. "Maybe it's like, 'Hey, I thought I was playing pretty good. Yeah, I threw some picks and some of them were bad decisions, but we still got to the AFC Championship Game.' (Last) year, I think he became much more aware (that) it's a fragile business." Sanchez had thrown for 21 touchdowns and 11 interceptions before an epic three-week meltdown that included nine turnovers to end the season. Source: New York Daily News
A perfect NY style vote of confidence for their starting QB... rip him a new one in the press. :icon_smile:
