Yep, playing well until the 4th quarter. I'm not saying he isn't playing well, he is. Since when is it good enough to NOT score points in the 2nd half of games?
He's the damn QB, it is on him to lead the team to scoring drives in the 2nd half of games. Do I expect too much? maybe.
Well, first of all: If he's playing well (as you say), why would he be a focal point of criticism for the team?
Additionally, we're only 3 games into the season. Each game has an overinflated import on stats, so by focusing on only one half (or worse, one quarter) across only 3 games means you are focusing on a smaller version of an already limited set of data and at the same time, failing to acknowledge how situational differences.
For example, you are ignoring that we've had 14 first half drives to only 10 second half (technically 11, but one was a kneel down drive, so counts for nothing). As you might expect, you are more likely to score points when you have more chances to score points.
Additionally, outside of one game, we've had worse starting position in the second half of games. (The game where we had better? The Atlanta game, the only one we scored in the second half... but we also only had 3 drives in the second half of that game and only 1 in the fourth quarter where the
damn QB led us all the way to the 10 before he got screwed by a BS holding call.)
Limiting your analysis of Geno to only the second half (or worse, 4th quarter) of games when you've already got only 3 games worth of data to begin with means you are making your argument from at worst 3 quarters to at best a game and a half worth of data.
I wonder how many QBs in the league I could make the 'Why does this guy suck so bad in the 'Insert Quarter of Your Choice' argument for?
How come Tom Brady doesn't any have any first half TD throws?
Do you know how many 4th quarter TDs Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes have thrown for
combined? 1.
In fact, Geno's 68.1 passer rating in the 4th quarter is pretty anemic, but it's practically a HOF performance compared to Mahomes 41.2.