I watched the replay on NFLN. Maybe it was live. **** I don't know. Sanchez looked better than I anticipated.
I guess before I go further, I should throw my disclaimer. I was in the Sanchez camp, but recognized his red flags. We got Cassel, whom also has red flags. We got a pretty smokin ass deal for him. Cassel is my man, I hope he rips it up.
My interest in Sanchez, now is merely as a fan of football. Hell, I don't even buy into the "link" between teams or whatever. Sanchez could own in NY, but if he would have come here and got planted every week by whomever Sackintosh decided not to block and may well have busted wildly. I don't much care about Sanchez anymore outside of just an interest in football.
That being said, why the **** did the first two guys only throw 4 passes? IIRC Clements was 4/4 20-something yards, Sanchez was 3/4 80-something yards. That doesn't tell you a lot. Them being on the field and running plays inherently gives you ideas, but come on, 4 passes each? Are they really that interested in Ainge?
That 50 yard pass was good all around. It was a good playcall from Shottenhiemer. It's easy to brush off if it is incomplete or whatever, there probably wasn't going to be an INT from misreading the D, because nobody in the building thought he was going deep. And I'm sure that sent his confidence through the roof. Damn good work there.