His whopping part of one quarter earned him playing time? Geno had a great 1st half, far better than Lock's partial quarter. Not sure how you can even say he "deserves" anything.
When I lived in San Diego, you could often see one early in the AM at Balboa Lake, about 12 miles inland. Small lake but decent fishing. Probably easier than fighting the waves for food. Amazing to see them catch a fish.
He's been listed high on the injury report for a few days so if they're smart, and that's a big if, they prepared for it as much as they could with the fairly limited tape the rooks have.
Didn't he have pec issues last season? hopefully it isn't serious, seems like he's been the most consistent at getting pressure though he hasn't been finishing as well as he did last season.
Slight correction: despite winning the first challenge, a lost challenge there would cost more than a late in the half timeout because we'd lose the ability to challenge again. Winning it means we get a third challenge.