Yup. That's because its obvious its where the fault lies. Folks harp on bad decisions Geno made. When your offense is literally horrid, the likelihood of making bad decisions goes up. And the idea that he didnt take what the defense gave him... if you watch the tape - and this has been covered by many outside of .net - often, all that was there was a sack. When you are getting pressure across the line, instantly, just tossing it out of bounds isnt an option. Seattle was near league leading in pressure up the middle and they werent great on pressure from the edge either. In that scenario, the options are often 1. sack, 2. intentional grounding... which is the same as a sack. Geno is NOT Lamar - a QB who's natural instict and natural talents tell him first to run or make space to throw and if not, then run. Geno is a traditional pocket passer who CAN run. And pocket passer's always rise and fall with the quality of the o-line and playcaller. We all saw what a qb in J Goff who can play at 'elite' levels looks like when things arent going so well. He also rises and falls (sharply) when protection fails. Give Geno time and better than the 30th ranked o line and rushing attack (averaged) and he can do better.
But yes, the Geno SHOULD have thrown the ball away against AZ on the bad pick, against SF on both picks intended for JSN, on the pick 6 against LA and the first pick against Minny. The thing to note is NONE of them were plays where he had time to throw. Does pressure automatically relieve the QB of responsibility for errors? No. but when you are talking about a QB who was one of THE most pressured in the league, and who ALSO had one of the worst OCs in the league... well, you should honestly expect far worse.
And its obvious that that's how Mac sees it as well.
