All good points. Geno Smith certainly is a more confident quarterback than Ryan Tannehill. He's growing in swagger out there. You could see it in the season finale last year and in the first two games this season. It's natural residue of a logical progression. Geno played sparingly as a college freshman then took over the starting role as a sophomore. I was already very familiar with him and betting the games. Geno had excellent yards per attempt -- above 8 his final two seasons -- and won tons of games the next three years, including a dismantling of Clemson in the Orange Bowl.
Too many fans fail to understand the value of a full successful college career. Every week on this site there's an obsession with knocking Andy Dalton or Colin Kaepernick. Hilarious beyond description. One of them might be trending up and the other trending down. We'll pick on the one trending down and briefly ignore the other one. Then wait for it to reverse. What a party! As always I have no idea what it has to do with Ryan Tannehill, the guy who has been a .500 quarterback in the NFL after leading an extremely talented Texas A&M team with a massive power rating to 7-6 his senior year, including several blown halftime leads. Guys like Dalton and Kaepernick and Geno led college offenses that racked up yards and victories for years. They fully expect to do the same thing in the NFL. More often than not it will play out that way, even if we'd prefer to believe they are more like Tim Tebow than our savior Tannehill.
Geno was bouncing around out there last week at Green Bay. Lots of energy. I like the Jets so the outcome annoyed me. Key play was late second quarter inside 2 minutes when the Jets led 21-9 and were driving. That possession was critical to the math. Green Bay was going to be a 6 or 7 point favorite for the second half alone. So you can see what was in the balance. If the Jets score to lead 24-9 or 28-9 then Green Bay is a considerable underdog to pull it out. Instead, Geno got hit in the legs just as he threw the ball, taking steam off the throw and enabling an interception. The replays weren't conclusive but I'm not convinced that isn't a touchdown if he has time to step into the throw. Geno can generate plenty of zip. The defensive back had time to wander over there but that was based on a fluttering throw not a dart. Rodgers led a late scoring drive that closed the halftime margin to 21-16. Now the Jets are underdogs, even if they didn't realize it.
As always, TedSlimm's opinion is touted as long as if doesn't involve Tannehill. Amazing how that works.
then we'd be hanging lombardis
