Mark Sanchez Your 2009 Starting Quarterback
February 23rd, 2009
Peter Schrager of FoxSports.com suggests the Bucs will select a quarterback in the first round and it will be Mark Sanchez.
Well, at least this makes a helluva lot more sense than Josh Freeman or Alex Mack.
Like Mel Kiper of BSPN, Peter Schrager of FoxSports.com opines the Bucs will draft a quarterback in the first round. Unlike Kiper, Schrager believes it will be USC quarterback Mark Sanchez.
I know, I know. Sanchez is going as high as No. 3 to Kansas City on some other mock drafts. And yes, it seems absurd that he’d slip all the way to 19. But I’m not crazy about him as an NFL quarterback, and I’m not so certain NFL draft experts are either. Tampa Bay’s QB spot is a mystery, and they did draft Josh Johnson a year ago. At 19, this is a risk worth taking. As for the other mock drafts, remember — most had Aaron Rodgers going second overall in 2005 and Brady Quinn going as high as first.
Joe doesn’t know what to make of Sanchez. At first glance, USC has a veritable quarterback factory in the City of Angels. But Sanchez only shined for one season. Can you say “Akili Smith?” Had Sanchez staying in school and shredded Pac-10 defenses another year, Joe would be fully on the Mark Sanchez bandwagon.
Joe isn’t sure he’d pull the trigger on Sanches with the No. 19 pick.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:35 am
Don Banks reported on SI that Sanchez stunk up the joint at the combine (as did Freeman), hitting only the slants and missing almost all the deep outs. I know all the issues with throwing to different receivers, but it just seems too big a risk that he is a product of the USC system rather than a viable pro QB.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:00 pm
I’m starting to cringe a little already.
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Sanchez did good at the combine and helped himself.
Will he be a Buc? Not a chance.