ESPN: “Data” shows Sanchez no better than Henne

I’m not trying to win any love from Jets fans by saying I think this article is a bunch of BS but based on his playoff performance against the Patriots, when it was all on the line, I’m forced to refer to BB’s credo “stats (or "data” in this case) are for losers".

Digest this:

Sanchez now has two of the top four games, in terms of passer rating, for the Jets in postseason play. He finished with a 127.3 rating in a 28-21 win over the New England Patriots in the AFC Divisional Playoffs. That’s actually not the best of his five postseason games – he posted a 139.4 rating in his playoff debut, in a win over the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2009 AFC wild card round.

Sanchez is the third quarterback to throw at least three touchdown passes against Bill Belichick’s Patriots in the playoffs (since 2000). The others were Jake Delhomme and Donovan McNabb in losses in Super Bowl XXXVIII and XXXIX respectively.

Sanchez had three touchdown passes, tying the Jets single-game postseason record. He did so in Gillette Stadium, where he’d previously thrown one touchdown and seven interceptions.

The Jets won partly because Sanchez excelled when the Patriots blitzed. Based on our video review, New England blitzed 40 percent of the time when Sanchez dropped back to pass and he went 6-for-10 for 108 yards, two touchdowns and a 136.7 passer rating in those instances.

I have total respect for how Sanchismo played against the Pats. He needed to be perfect for the Jets to win the game and that’s exactly what he was. It just makes me want to smash him even more ‘11.