Sanchez: Offense can't keep losing focus

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Mark Sanchez isn't about to give back his paycheck, docking himself for the Jets' offensive struggles early in the second half of Sunday's win over the Redskins.

Still, the quarterback thinks the Jets' offense didn't show up for the third quarter. It totaled only 39 yards in 20 plays, converted 1 of 6 third downs, had one measly first down, punted three times and committed three penalties for 25 yards.

"We kind of took that third quarter off and really hurt ourselves," Sanchez said Wednesday. "I don't know the reason for it, but we weren't on the same page. We had false-start penalties, took a delay of game, took a timeout when we didn't need to. We just weren't sharp, and that's not the stuff you want to put on film at any point in the game because it will get you beat.

"We found a way to win and that was important, but we just can't take plays off like that."

Now that offensive consultant Tom Moore is going to be around the team for the rest of the season, perhaps he can help the NFL's 26th-ranked offense come up with a solution or two. Rather than continuing to review game footage and give observations from his Hilton Head, S.C., home, Moore took Rex Ryan up on his suggestion.

Moore spent the last 13 seasons in Indianapolis working with the Colts.

"We've wanted him around the whole year all along," Ryan said, "but I also recognized that the man is retired, and asking him to stay the entire season was not going to be fair to him and his wife. He's here. Everything is OK at home and Tom was like 'Why not? Let's go for it.' "

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Moore attended his second Jets game of the season Sunday. He watched from the FedEx Field press box, listening on a headset to see what offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer had cooking.

"I don't really do anything," Moore said. "Everything is in Brian's hands and the offensive staff. Rex let me be involved and I enjoy it strictly from a standpoint that the game doesn't pass me by.

"It's fun being where the action is, if you want to know the truth. Even in what very, very limited role I'm in, it's fun being around it. This is my 36th year. So even though I'm not involved, I'm still around."

Some may view Moore's presence as an indictment of Schottenheimer, whom fans broil on the hot seat seemingly each week because of the offense's inconsistencies. Ryan vehemently denied that's the case.

"The perception is completely false," Ryan said. "There's no reason. I have great confidence in Brian. This is just a thing that helps. You get a guy with this kind of experience, how could it not help your football team? We're happy to have him."

Even if Moore is a guy who doesn't enjoy being critical.

"I can't stand negativity," Moore said. "It drives me crazy. I've always been positive, always will be positive. There's always something positive that comes out of everything, and when you've lived a dream like I've lived for 73 years, nothing can be negative. It's got to be positive. Live to dream and you always find positive things.

"There's good in everything."