SayNoToDMC Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Geno Smith played solidly today and I hope it is a sign of things to come. That said, I'm a Jets fan, so I know I must temper expectations. Geno Smith's first game line reads as such: 24/38 256 Yards 1 TD 1 INT 6 Carries 47 Yards/fumble 80.6 Rating Mark Sanchez's first game: 18/31 272 Yards 1 TD 1 INT 5 Carries 6 yards 84.3 Rating Both guys won their first game, Sanchez getting a solid running game and Geno not. I hope today is a good step in the right direction, but lets not load a ton of pressure too early on the guy. He's going to make mistakes and hopefully learn from them. If he was on the Red Sox, Penguins or Notre Dame you would be blowing him and asking for seconds. I think he did well later in the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Geno played well today. It was a good first game for a rookie who didn't look ready in the preseason. Heck, he pulled a Sanchez in his first 4 quarters of action (5 TOs), but he settled down in 2nd half and, most promising, was at the end when he made the right plays on the final drive after Rex's D and brain fart blew the lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 If he was on the Red Sox, Penguins or Notre Dame you would be blowing him and asking for seconds. I think he did well later in the game I've never blown anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I've never blown anyone. That's because Ortiz isn't a fag....... you would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 What happens when someone scores 30 Then they have to score 31? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I've never blown anyone. You came close with Manti. Tell the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 That's because Ortiz isn't a fag....... you would Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 You came close with Manti. Tell the truth. He had a ghost penis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgb Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 also nice to have an OC that knows what to do with a QB. marriucci was just on NFL network showing how mornhinweg designed plays to make it easier on the rook and strip a way some of the complexity in the west coast system. the discussion was over my head but it is a nice feeling knowing we have an OC who has some capacity to be flexible with his system to fit what he has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 also nice to have an OC that knows what to do with a QB. marriucci was just on NFL network showing how mornhinweg designed plays to make it easier on the rook and strip a way some of the complexity in the west coast system. the discussion was over my head but it is a nice feeling knowing we have an OC who has some capacity to be flexible with his system to fit what he has. Yep. Since Geno had limited gametime due to his preseason injury and he wasn't considered ready for Week 1 we had to dumb down the playbook a little bit. As the training wheels come off we'll see growing pains but hopefully, simultaneously, see some subtle improvements as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jettington Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 What I like most is that if you didn't tell me Geno was playing his first game I wouldn't have thought he was for a second, and that's a good sign. He looked young and lacking in experience yes, but considering his experience has been not even a full pre season game plus some series until he got hurt against jacksonville he looked good. Considering what we saw against the Giants, I was afraid Geno would have a 3 int game and not look good at all, but he exceeded my expectations. The way Geno plays reminds me a lot of Kaepernick, they play in the pocket but when they're forced to run they have the wheels to make a big play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Under pressure is Sanchez like. But he throws a mean screen pass. Our receivers are so garbage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 The fact that Geno could actually execute a screen play is a big factor. It showed up today with play to rookie FB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Sanchez also faced a cupcake Houston secondary that got scorched regularly back then. Geno faced the best secondary money could buy this off-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbatesman Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 FWIW: Gerald McCoy on Geno: 'I was for sure when I was hitting him early on that he would get rattled. But the guy just kept sitting in there...' "'Man, how many more times I got to hit you?'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedin Green Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I agree with a lot of what has been said, but think the most important difference between Geno and Sanchez is that Geno seemed to show more ability to read a defense than Sanchez ever has in his four plus years. With very few exceptions, even on some of his poorly placed passes, more often than not Geno really did seem to be making the proper reads; everything from finding his secondary targets to throwing the ball away or tucking it in and running. It's not even necessarily the respective success of each given play, as there are plenty of other factors (whether they were or weren't the fault of Geno's), but the fact that he seemed to have a good grasp of what he should, or perhaps more importantly should not, be doing and ultimately not getting himself bated into things by the D or completely missing reads is very reassuring. There's definitely plenty of work to still be done, but I think there's also plenty of reason for optimism, particularly since he already seems to have a better grasp than Sanchez does today of some of the things that have been plaguing him the most over his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionelRichie Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Mark Sanchez's first game: 18/31 272 Yards 1 TD 1 INT 5 Carries 6 yards 84.3 Rating The crazy thing is that if Sanchez could have consistently put up these numbers the Jets never would have drafted Geno....and those aren't even good numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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