Burrows, Stafford, Goff, Rodgers, Prescott, Mayfield, Carr, Herbert, so on and so forth are all pocket passers and they did pretty darn good this season. You're definitely right.
The most frustrating thing about our pocket passer is the fact that Geno is actually very athletic. Back at the combine, Geno ran a 4.59 40. That is damn fast, Russell Wilson was 4.55, not much a difference there. Geno also had the quickest clocked time in terms of MPH in several games this year. Honestly, Geno looks like he's in better shape than the guy at the combine. He's taken good care of himself.
What I'm getting at here is Geno is legitimately fast and athletic. Geno Smith has one of the quickest 40 times of starting QBs. It's frustrating because he had so many opportunities to gash teams on the ground. Just having to put a spy on Geno would potentially put one person in a less than ideal spot to make a play. Instead, he plays like he's 40 year old Kurt Warner in the pocket.
If Geno leveraged his athletic talents, he'd legitimately be a scary QB. The man can run and he has decent agility. I've seen him do Russell Wilson impersonations before. It's infuriating seeing him not take advantage of how athletic he is. Geno could do a good Josh Allen impersonation if he worked on his improv skills and leveraged his speed.
