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This is what it's come to in New York

Mr. Scot

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Telling the fans "Don't worry folks. We don't really need an accurate quarterback."

Asked in an interview on the Jets’ website if there’s a certain completion percentage benchmark that he’ll need his quarterback to reach, Mornhinweg answered, “No, absolutely not.”

Mornhinweg went on to say that he has seen quarterbacks have great seasons without great completion percentages.

“Some of the great ones have really not thrown for such great accuracy,” Mornhinweg said. “Steve Young was astronomical accuracy-wise. Brett Favre wasn’t. Brett Favre, I believe won an MVP two different times out of the three times that he won it, throwing 58, 59, 60 percent, somewhere in there. So they all come in different shapes and sizes.”

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Does Mornhinweg have a valid point or is this just desperate spin to cover for Sanchez' ineptitude?

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Telling the fans "Don't worry folks. We don't really need an accurate quarterback."

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Does Mornhinweg have a valid point or is this just desperate spin to cover for Sanchez' ineptitude?

It makes some sense. Alex Smith had a higher completion pct than Tom Brady. Flacco, Stafford, and Eli didn't have stellar completion rates and nobody would consider them innefective. Newton's perecentage is pretty bad but I'm sure the Jets would poo themselves to have him.

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Something to consider...

If I recall correctly, the Jets are running a West Coast offense. The WCO actually inflates a quarterback's accuracy numbers because its bread and butter is short, high-percentage passes.

So if Sanchez were playing in a more conventional offense, it's no great stretch to think that his numbers might actually be lower than they are now.

(though to be fair, he does lead the league in buttfumbles)

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He's right in the sense that it's silly to have some arbitrary number to shoot for. Completion % is a function of offensive style as much as QB ability. I think he is definitely wording his answer in deflective way- the QBs on their roster have little in common with Brett Favre or any other elite QB with low percentages.

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Something to consider...

If I recall correctly, the Jets are running a West Coast offense. The WCO actually inflates a quarterback's accuracy numbers because its bread and butter is short, high-percentage passes.

So if Sanchez were playing in a more conventional offense, it's no great stretch to think that his numbers might actually be lower than they are now.

(though to be fair, he does lead the league in buttfumbles)

They are moving to a WCO but neither Sparano or Schottenheimer were primarily WCO guys. Schottenheimer worked some of it in but Sparano not so much.

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They are moving to a WCO but neither Sparano or Schottenheimer were primarily WCO guys. Schottenheimer worked some of it in but Sparano not so much.

I know Mornhinweg is thoroughly West Coast, pure Andy Reid disciple.

If you go by lineage, Schottenheimer should be a Coryell guy, but I haven't watched the Jets enough to say for certain.

(have watched enough to know Sanchez is not so great, though)

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I know Mornhinweg is thoroughly West Coast, pure Andy Reid disciple.

If you go by lineage, Schottenheimer should be a Coryell guy, but I haven't watched the Jets enough to say for certain.

(have watched enough to know Sanchez is not so great, though)

Therefore we will not know until they make the switch whether or not it inflates Sanchez's completion percentage.

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