stillers4me
01-23-2011, 08:07 AM
One.
That's how many sacks the Steelers had on Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez in the Dec. 19 meeting at Heinz Field -- a surprisingly low number for a team that led the National Football League with 48 sacks in the regular season.
That is also the number of times the Jets had a third-down conversion opportunity longer than 9 yards against the Steelers. And they were faced with 13 third-down chances.
Both occurred on the same play in the Jets' 22-17 victory. Linebacker James Farrior had the only sack on Sanchez on a third-and-18 from the Jets' 46 in the first quarter.
"We don't want to have those guys in third-and-manageable situations," Farrior said. "We definitely want to get them in third-and-long situations where they're going to have to make Sanchez throw the ball."........
read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11023/1119837-66.stm
That's how many sacks the Steelers had on Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez in the Dec. 19 meeting at Heinz Field -- a surprisingly low number for a team that led the National Football League with 48 sacks in the regular season.
That is also the number of times the Jets had a third-down conversion opportunity longer than 9 yards against the Steelers. And they were faced with 13 third-down chances.
Both occurred on the same play in the Jets' 22-17 victory. Linebacker James Farrior had the only sack on Sanchez on a third-and-18 from the Jets' 46 in the first quarter.
"We don't want to have those guys in third-and-manageable situations," Farrior said. "We definitely want to get them in third-and-long situations where they're going to have to make Sanchez throw the ball."........
read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11023/1119837-66.stm