Like i said. If you watch the other plays, they are not a result of making a poor decision. Murph has covered this on Youtube. Matty Brown has addressed it, as have a few others. If you have time, find their gane recaps. They do a pretty solid job of explaining exactly what was happening on the plays.
Shoot, if i have time i will post clips.
Its not making excuses.
Week 1 - 1 int.
Geno gets hit in the knees while throwing (should have been a roughing call) ball falls short when it likely would have been completed over the defender who intercepted it.
Bad decision? No.
Week 2 - No INTs
Week 3 - Dolphins - 1st int occured from the endzone where he was pressured immediateky and threw a pass to Charbs that he tipped and was Intercepted. He was throwing the ball to where Charbs had setup (7 yard line) but during the pass, Charbs broke back toward the line of scrimmage, the ball was deeper than his position (4 yard line).
Bad decision? He had to get rid of the ball or take a safety. He threw it to where his player was, under duress. - No.
2nd int - tipped ball by the Dlineman
Bad decision? No.
Week 4 - Detroit - he threw a pass to a doubled covered JSN from the 20 with a little over a minute left.
Bad decision? Yes. In Redzone
Week 5 against the Giants- no ints. But... he gets faulted for sliding short on 3rd and a mile and detractors point to THAT moment losing us the game, when DK caughed up the ball at the 20 when we woukd have scored and the playcall on 4th and 1 following Genos slide was hot garbage resulting in a sack.
Week 6 -1st int - an overthrow to Tyler from around the 25.
Bad decision? No.
Bad throw? Yes.
2nd int - DK runs a crap route resukting in the pick. This was ackowledged by everyone who was asked about it, including DK.
Bad decision? No
Week 7 - No picks
Week 8 - Buffalo - he throws an INT as a result of a batted pass on a screen to Walker. Its the exact same kind of pass we have hit for huge yards a hundred times. Could he have pulled the ball down and broke pocket a bit? Maybe.
But a bad decision? No
Good on the Defender timing the swat.
Week 9 - 1st pick hits JSN in the body, bounces off and is intercepted. The ball was a little behind him, but hits him in the chest / arms.
Bad decision? No
2nd pick - pick 6 after his arm was hit trying to throw the ball away. He could have decided to throw it away sooner but was hit from behind so he likely thought he had time.
Bad decision - Yes and No.
3rd pick - Barner is held. Geno throws it EXACTLY to where Barner was going. Not his fault his receiver was held getting there. Should have been interference.
Bad decision? No
Week 10 - he throws a ball to where he thought JSN would go on his scramble when he should have just run it.
Bad decision? Yes
Week 11 - he tosses a dumb ball into the endzone right at the defender when he could have run for the 1st.
Bad decision? Yes
Thats all of them. Feel free to debate my take, but those are the circumstances under which they happened. Contrary to popular belief, they arent all happening in the redzone. As a matter of fact, few of them are.
And the majority of the time, they arent a byproduct of the QB brain farting.
The dude has been under a good bit of pressure behind one of the worst line in the league. Considering that and the low number of 'unforced errors' he has commited, he's doing pretty well.
There is no defense of his dumb backpedal, for him not running sooner, and for him trying to force balls into tight windows or for trying to make a play when there isnt one to be made.
But the reality is that these INTs shouldnt even have counted due to uncalled penalties.
Week 1 - should have been roughing where he was hit while throwing.
Week 9 - one should have been PI
There are 4 more that hit the reciever in the hands or were tipped by a defender.
Theres one where his arm was hit resulting in an INT
Thats 7. Is Geno a victim in those 7? No. Coukd he have made better plays? Sure. But he also didnt make bad plays or poor decisions.
4 of the other 5 are 100% Geno. No doubt about it.
But to have a guy get pummeled constantly, always be in a position where he is throwing under duress - this just isnt a case of Geno making bad decisions that are killing us.
Its an offense that is maligned because it is overly pass based and cant pass protect, resulting in oressure thats getting to the QB and effecting the play or the pass itself.
