Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Take on The Italian Stallion

When the Jets drafted Geno a few years ago we were super excited, not because he was going to be the savior but because it meant the butt-fumbling, long hair in a headband, throw an INT into the flat, GQ era was over. It was addition by subtraction not because Sanchez shouldn't be good but because in NY he just couldn't be good. Geno was a breath of fresh air but after two turnover plagued Sanchez-esque years, he turned out to have the same flaws that Mark had, a propensity to make mistakes, an inability to learn from them and then an incredibly thin skin which would come to define his tenure. But even with all of that, after the ouster of Rex and Idzik and the return of Revis, I was ready to give Geno another shot. Maybe it was because, deep down, I knew that it wouldn't be fair to judge a QB after only two years especially if that meant having to play in three completely different systems. I wanted to believe in Geno this year because, well the other option is a guy who can't hit the broad side of a barn which is good since he looks like a lumberjack. The issue is that when your only real claim to fame is that you went to Harvard in the NFL you know you are kind of screwed. Harvard in the real world is a great resume builder but in the NFL just means that people think you should be cerebral enough to not make the same mistakes over and over again which after the last two guys and Vinny T a few QB's before that would be a nice change. Then again they had a cerebral QB  with a crappy arm and that never got them a SuperBowl either.

Anyway bring on Bryce

1 comment:

Mr. R. Lee said...

Geno makes Sanchez look like a solid NFL starting QB.