Imagine Geno, with his football IQ, having to walk over with his clipboard and start kissing up to the dude that just went 3-and-out by ignoring layups and running in circles. He did that for years, gotta ate him alive inside
I imagine that being behind Russell helped him though. He got to see how Wilson managed to pull success out of seemingly thin air... but also see where Russ failed by ignoring the gameplan.
Sometimes you can appreciate why or how something should be done a certain way better when you can watch from outside of the situation.
Geno probably appreciates the value of delivering the ball on-time and assessing the defense at the line because he saw how many yards our team left on the field because of someone else not doing those things and he even got to be right there on the sidelines appreciating in real-time the coaches reactions to those mistakes.
As I'm typing this, it actually strikes me that our backup QB situation has played out the exact opposite of how people viewed it.
Typically, there are two QB setups: One, where the starting QB is your star and you've got a serviceable backup who you hope to never use.
Two, your starter is an aging journeyman/former star who you're only starting so the talented prospect who you really want to put out there can learn and be ready to go.
Everyone thought we were in situation 1, but it seems we were closer to situation 2.