We've seen him with the ball in his hands, quite a few times, with the game on the line and he doesn't get it done. He's not THE problem, but he is part of many problems that this team needs to work out. Round and round we go, and that's fine. But until I see him knock off top teams, let alone the Niners and Rams, I'm just not as confident as I was even just a few weeks ago. Just my OWN opinion on it. I'm probably a little too tough on him. Just like many are probably way too lenient with him.
If he wants this huge contract, he needs to do more with the game on the line, imo. He needs to not be pouting and breaking things over his head on the sidelines.
QB is the leader of the offense, and often the entire team. Lead by example. It just seems that LATELY he has had some bad body language. He cares, a lot.
As does DK. It just seems that for one obvious reason, Geno gets excuses consistently. It shouldn't be about a popularity contest and/or if you like the guy, hate the old guy etc. You either get it done or you don't. You either have the IT factor or you don't. I know I'm not on an island thinking he just doesn't have the IT factor. I have a right to my opinion and/or my nervousness about Geno. Especially with the game on the line, and his decision making in big moments.
Hope to very wrong.
How do you square not having the 'IT' factor against him setting the NFL record for 4th qtr comebacks? Because, you know, he HAD to comeback for lack of a defense, running game and O-line.
This is just the goalposts moving again. His first year starting, it was ' he doesnt have the ability to take the game in is hands and win it '. Then, his second year, he sets the record, and now its ' he doesnt come back against good teams '.
He beat the Lions last year by puttig the team on his shoulders.
If we had a healthy team, he'd have done it again this year.
He was the only offense we had all game last year against the Cowboys and went blow for blow against a superior offense AND defense. Then, because he plays behind the worst line in the league, gets knocked because he didnt do it on the fial drive? How about placing blame on the defense that no matter how many times he gets us close to the lead or puts us ahead, ALWAYS gives it up again.
He brought us back against the Giants this year and had a kick blocked.
Against the Niners Thursday, he through 2 TD's that were it not for dumb plays by teammates, would have had us in the lead . are the 9ers not a good team? Again, HOW many times does he has to do his job the way he should before you actually look at his game and say... yeah, he did his part, the team cant hold up their end though.
You cant have a QB actually put you in position to win, again and again... complete the tight window pass fD, throw the deep arcing pass in that exact moment the team needs it for a TD, only to have those plays wiped out. What some of you are doing in measuring the dude is saying. Ok, make the 3pointer from half-court and i'll believe in you. Then when he makes it but has it negated because of a technicality, expect him to do it again. And when he bounces it out, say ' see - told you he cant do it'. That's LITERALLy what would have to happen to have him be seen as 'successful' in some people's eyes.
If you want the measure of a QB worthy of keeping around as a franchise guy to be - no matter how bad the team is around him, he wins anyway. And no matter how many passes get dropped, penalties get called negating 1st downs, Tds, and stealing momentum, he STILL wins, then good luck finding that guy. Not even Tom Brady or Pat Mahomes .... or dare i say Russ at his best was able to play in a way that made us contenders when everything around him failed. And never in his tenure, did Me3 have things around him non-functional the way Geno has.
Brock Purdy is hailed as the friggin 2nd coming of Joe Montana. And how good was he when his line got him pummeled the way Geno has been? He wasnt bringing them back for victories.
At least you admit that you are harder on the dude than you should be. But when you have Mike Macdonald flat out calling INT's TEAM mistakes... is he also an apologist? Is he just being nice? Why would he when before the season started, he was never effusive in his praise for Geno? First he wont give him credit... now he assigns blame to players around him fo rmistakes the QB makes?
How about the HC sees it how it is. Not blindly. Not wishfully thinking. Not with a boner for the dude. But looking at the game, seeing the reality of whats happening and the context whithin which certain errors or shortfalls occur and making a judgement.
The QB you apparently want is a one a thousand unicorn. I asked you and every other uber critic of Geno to name ANY QB in the last 20 years who has found as much success as Geno has with a poorer supporting cast. To this day, no takers. Because they dont exist.
And that's NOT to say the dude walks on water. It IS to say that you need to look at the totality of the picture and weigh that against what you see instead of looking at game situations, or stats in a vaccuum.
Its tiring hearing things like, ' the line is actually protecting better than it has and Geno stank it up ...' . Seriously? The line is awful. The ONLY reason it doenst look as bad as it is is because Grubb and Geno are running the handful of plays from a truncated playbook that allow him to get the ball out before he takes a sack. THATS why you see an idiot like DK throwing a tantrum over not getting the ball deep... because there isnt time to hit that play. Anyone with AL22 can see that. He should be able to as well. The line isnt playing well. We are just working around an debilitating shortcoming and STILL managing to remain competitive.
