The New York Jets have been stricken with a disease that is a cancer to an organization, known as bad quarterback play. Mark Sanchez is what I would label as a “flat liner”. If you chart his QB Rating rating progression against time, you get a small dip early from just over 70 to just below 70 and slight bounce back to just over 70 and then a pretty long pretty flat line. Entering the 2013 NFL season, Mark Sanchez sits at a career QB rating of 71.7.
Thus, as a response, the New York Jets drafted another Quarterback, selecting QB Geno Smith in the 2nd round of the 2013 NFL Draft with the 39th pick overall. One type of analysis I do is break down a prospect with a mix of known metrics, often with my own modifications, and a number of my own proprietary metrics plus a clear rule and methodology for inclusion. I can then compare this to all players at the position to find the closest comparisons for a draft prospect and get a clearer picture of a floor/ceiling; better yet, I can remove human bias that I may have about a player.
The quarterback comparisons for Geno Smith are all either backup quarterbacks or out of the league currently. This group combines for 22 games started and 49 games played in the NFL. The QB Rating of their cumulative stats is in the 60s with an upside into the low 70s. From an analytical perspective, it is hard to believe that Geno Smith is going to be the quarterback solution for the New York Jets. Perhaps he can overcome the odds.
Interesting enough, the cumulative NFL stats for Mark Sanchez’s comparison group, excluding Sanchez, nets a 72.6 QB rating; compare that to Mark Sanchez’s career QB rating of 71.7. The New York Jets organization faces tough obstacles and will need resolve to overcome.
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