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The coaching reference is a great start. To say that Rex is a defensive minded coach is putting it mildly. He also had to endore a young inexpierenced cooridinator in his first 3 years. The Jets didn't even carry a veteran backup in his rookie year, someone for Sanchez to lean on and learn from.

The thing that boggles my mind is that they went to the AFC title game in his first two seasons (does that not count for anything). At times he struggled, but I can also remember him playing very well and leading them to some late 4th quarter victories. More importantly he played well in the playoffs. But that brings us to last season, where he struggled at times. But there were mitagating circumstances. There was a shortened trainning camp due to the lock-out. They didn't resign what seemed to be his favorite target in Braylon Edwards. On the flip side, Santonio Holmes cashed in, which seemed to change his entire attitude. And most importantly, the offensive line was not good (which affected their ability to run the ball and open up the passing game as well). All this lead to an 8-8 record and just missing the playoffs by one game. The three games that come to mind that cost them the spot would be the Broncos, Giants and the finale at Miami. I remember Sanchez being bad in Miami (the Holmes mutiny game), but they probably thought that they were already dead going into that one. The other two fall at the defense's feet. They let Tebow march down the field late in Denver. And then they had the Giants in a headlock and backed up in their own zone in a game they were controlling, then procedded to give up a 99 yard TD.

So instead of giving Sanchez a pass for one so-so season and making the team around him better, what do the do? They bring in another (lesser) QB, a new offensive cooridinator and try to totally flip the script, with no major upgrades on the offensive unit. It just all seems a little unfair. To make matters worse, the defense is not as good as it was a couple of season ago and they need Sanchez and the offense to score even more points. Unfortunately for Jets fans they are only 2 years removed from back to back trips to the AFC title game, and somehow this team seems to be on the decline and now needs to be overhauled.