We're probably only 1-2 wins worse with Geno but are also a wildcard team that almost certainly isn't getting past the Rams. Geno's got a really unique thing going on with him. He's one of the most okay QBs ever and also one of the hardest QBs for people to acknowledge as just okay at the same time.
He's the Rorschach test of quarterbacks.
He has enough natural talent and fundamental prowess for film-based viewers to see a potentially great quarterback being held back by bad situations.
He also does enough dumb stuff while pressing to make something work in said situations for most people to say "holy hell, that's why he's got the rep he does."
I think the discourse around Geno reflects how anybody can see whatever they want to see in his play since his revival in 2021. Confirmation bias therefore affects opinions on him more strongly than it does most other quarterbacks, and that goes both ways.
I think Geno is better than he played on the Raiders, but I think he's in precipitous decline physically and his natural arm talent is beginning to wane, which affects his style of play pretty negatively.
If he goes to the Vikings, he can be a Goff-ish caliber as his ceiling (assuming their OL doesnt implode and KOC still has his fastball as an offensive coach). If they don't want him, I really hope he just takes a backup job somewhere, because he's not gonna be able to pull it off. Maybe Denver.
