12th by who's admission? I've seen a million lists and he's ranked right about the 15 to 19 spot (about right). Coaching staff was fired because the owner was tired of average 9-8 seasons. Shocking I know.
4th quarter comebacks? Good for him, but with more opportunities there's more chances.
And what does being ranked #12 even mean? I thought nobody else in the NFL could do what Geno did. Does being #12 mean that at least 11 others can?
Here's a quote that describes Geno perfectly.
Smith spent most of 2023 defining the
Dalton Scale, occupying the space that separates teams who have a playoff-worthy quarterback from those who don’t. It was a step down for Smith after he posted a career year that was so impressive, it prompted the Buccaneers to hire his quarterbacks coach as their offensive coordinator. Smith simply wasn’t as good as without Dave Canales in his corner, vacillating between a quarterback who could light up a defense and lead Seattle to victory and a signal-caller who couldn’t string together enough great throws to be anything more than the representation of the NFL’s quarterbacking median. The
contract he earned in 2022 doesn’t look bad yet, but Smith needs to be better in 2024 to convince Seattle they don’t need to look elsewhere for options.
Youve managed to respond twice now without answering the question.
When in the history of the league has an average qb taken a team with a league worst defense, running game and o line and gotten them a winning record?
You wont answer it will you?
Because you cant
Because it defies logic.
And I used about the exact same scale the FO did when they paid him as the 12th best qb in the game.
You wanna play quoted? Here's one:
Among QBs who were pressured at least 50 times last year, only one QB had an On-Target rate in the top five, while also having one of the five lowest sack rates when pressured, per SIS:
Geno Smith
So how do all of the 'he is not great under pressure criticisms sit when he was the only qb in the league to do the above?
Answer? Again , not well.
Are you familiar with the adjusted completion percentage rate? In 2022, the year he was league best in completion percentage, it was 77.4. Last year, the year he 'regressed' so much it was 77.8.
That number adjusts for passes that SHOULD have been completed (accurate) but for no fault of the QB, weren't. So when you take away the drops, the dude has been top 5 accurate since becoming a starter. Better than Purdy, Mahomes, Goff, Herbert, Stafford, etc, etc, etc.
So to add to the question about how an average qb takes a team with bottom 3 D, O line and running game to a winning record, also please explain how despite being average, he manager to finish at an elite level in terms of accuracy.
'AVERAGE' qbs dont lead the league in that category when they ARENT pressured.
But to your insistence that he's the 18th ot 19th best QB, who are the 3 qbs above and below him and hiw do they rank in accuracy? How many of those '15 to 20' qbs are top 5 in ANY category.
I dont even have to look because the answer woukd be zero.
And thats because you insist on flat ignoring the fact that Geno plays with
One of the leagues worst lines
One of the leagues worst run games
And
One of the leagues worst defenses ( averaged over 3 years now)
Your denial of the impact THOSE factors have on the performance of a QB and ignoring of the fact that Geno, when thise factors are taken into account (in addition to drops) is top 5 in terms of accuracy makes any critique you bring of the dude seem silly.
IF ANYTHING, in playing with the tools he has between the line, D and run game, we have seen the WORST of Geno. The best id TBD and will be shown when thise other parts improve.
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