The great John B. of GangGreenNation sums it up nicely:

Brian Schottenheimer: I would love nothing more for the Jets to have Aaron Rodgers. You would too. So would Brian Schottenheimer. The Jets do not, however. They have Mark Sanchez. As much as Schotty would love to pretend he has Aaron Rodgers, he is foolish if he draws up a game plan as though he did. You have to work with what you are given. The Jets are not built to win with Mark Sanchez throwing 59 times for the reasons I mentioned when I touched on Sanchez. Now add five Giants sacks and three Sanchez scrambles. Schottenheimer called 67 passing plays today. Please note that his run blockers were blowing the Giants off the ball for long stretches during the second half. The biggest indictment was probably the series that began with around 5:00 left and the Jets at midfield down 6. Three passes. I have told you in past years the sad news that the Jets loved Schottenheimer so he would not be fired. If you are looking for a silver lining, I do not see any way they can possibly bring him back now.

I don’t think that Jets fans can know what they have in Sanchez until they put him in an offense more suited to his ability. And I don’t know who could be productive in an offense like today when about half the passes at least were designed to go no more than five yards downfield. These were not checkdowns. These were first reads. How many passes get batted down on this team? It’s not Sanchez’s size that’s the problem as much as that he’s throwing the ball right at the line of scrimmage. Big plays win in this league and the Jets count on broken tackles to get them and those rarely happen in the NFL (Victor Cruz’s jaunt nothwithstanding).