Geno's Decision to Slide

[keasley45]

I love ya man but Geno screwed up. It’s as easy as that. Brady, Manning, Wilson and Geno they all make mistakes from time to time. I bet the next time he’s faced with it he doesn’t make it again.

I feel like i am speaking a different language. I have said in almost every post that he errored. He made a mistake. He messed up.

You know, how a wr drops a ball. A kicker misses a kick. A qb misses a throw. A rb chooses the wrong hole.

It was a mistake.

Having an entire thread devoted to it and making into some bigger thing is the objection.

But wr know why that happens.

For at least the 6th time...
He OBVIOUSLY messed up.

Acting as if Geno is the only qb who ever slid short of a first is whats rediculous.

EVERY qb who has ever played has done the same thing probably multiple times. It was an OBVIOUS miscalculation .

7th time.

 

[pittpnthrs]

Alright. Let's remove subjectivity, and I'll explain why Geno's slide was within the margin of error.

In 2023, the probability of converting a 3rd and 12 was around 20% to 25% (PFR doesn't have specifics on this distance). Anything within 4 yards of the line-to-gain is a favorable outcome in this situation.

Geno got 11 of the 12 yards. That's a B+ or A- outcome. He put us in a favorable spot in a low-probability situation. His slide was within the margin for error. A mental mistake is an error in the process; I don't see that. Geno sees the guys closing in on him and slides too early, but he's already done his job in that situation.

Similarly, the idea that, as Mike Salk suggests, Geno's not sliding was one of three deciding mistakes in the game is pure nonsense. He certainly could have fought for and gotten the first down, and I think Geno would even admit to that in hindsight. But it's still a great play and nowhere near as costly as DK's fumble, the terrible fourth down call, or the botched FG. That distinction is why I referred to this as petty.

Now, I've already conceded that you can call the play whatever the heck you want. Call it a mental mistake or a lack of awareness. I don't care. That's semantics. And whether the majority of people agree with me doesn't make a damn bit of difference.

This is one of the farthest reaches ever posted on this board. So if it's 3rd and 12 and a WR runs an 11 yard route instead of the required 12 or 13, that receiver gets a B+ or A- for the route he ran. That's what your saying here.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

This ^^^^

Nah, if it was a WR, he would probably say "He should know where the marker is!"
If it was DK, he would probably say "DK sucks, he cost this team again!"
If it's Geno, he says "He just made a mistake, it was a great play because he didn't get sacked"