K D Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Where were all the Geno lovers last week when he was butt fumbling in the end zone? He had a good game TONIGHT but every dog has his day. It's a long season, let's see where he is at after week 16
Boatdrinks Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Lol at the excuse makers. Geno is the real deal. Could have had him but opted for the third round talent with "character.". Luckily we should finish poorly enough to draft a legit starter like hundley or manziel. Yep. Put him in the hall right now. Talk about your over reactions. Different team and support staff around him. Didn't remind me of Peyton Manning out there tonight.Good game executed the offense. Didn't carry them on his shoulders and didn't hurt them either. Where were all the Geno lovers last week when he was butt fumbling in the end zone? He had a good game TONIGHT but every dog has his day. It's a long season, let's see where he is at after week 16 Good point. GS has one more win for his team, and that was a gift personal foul that gave them a FG attempt on the final play when he struggled all day. EJ has done just as well with what he has to work with. Geno has a way better situation than EJ. That team has had success recently. We have 1 playoff win in 18 years.
Uncle Monkeyhead Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Geno Smith played a very good game tonight. Hostile environment, national spotlight, and had to drive his team in the fourth quarter with little time on the clock. That's a big time performance for any rook. Falcons were a playoff team last year and didn't lose too many key players. Give the guy credit. He deserves it.
ALF Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Looks like the Jets have a good replacement for Sanchez.
first_and_ten Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 I have to laugh at people annointing Gino Smith after 5 games. How quickly people forget what happened with Trent Edwards.
bobobonators Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 I have to laugh at people annointing Gino Smith after 5 games. How quickly people forget what happened with Trent Edwards. Geno Smith has more physical tools than Trent Edwards. There is no comparison.
ax4782 Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 People are also quickly forgetting how well EJ was playing on Thursday night against a much better defense than what Geno faced this week. Rookie QBs are going to have good games and bad games. Most people seem to be coming around to the fact that EJ has the potential to be a very good quarterback, who has some rookie corrections to make. He has been pretty consistent in his play, minus the game against the Jets. He doesn't throw too many interceptions, and has started to become better at making the long, downfield throws than he was in camp. Geno played well last night, but if our receivers were that open against a defensive secondary, I think EJ would have put up those kinds of numbers. Smith has been VERY inconsistent, and has not been able to string two good games together so far this season. And, I would argue, had EJ been in the game in the second half on Thursday, there's no way we lose that game. Period. Let's see where they are after the end of the season and how they played overall, rather than anointing Geno Smith as the best thing since sliced bread, and deeming EJ to be only average at best.
NoSaint Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Mike Smith better get his linkedin page ready they assembled a really good team, and theyve done well developing players and scheme and.... but he FREQUENTLY makes really bad calls. not just aggressive calls like going for it on 4th, but just ridiculous dumb ones that hold that team back.
T master Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Hate to admit it...but he doesn't look bad. He is making plays. If geno goes on to have a better career we will never hear the end if it since we had our choice of them. Ugghh...... Come on EJ!!!! Ya but his OC opened it up & let him play that is what our OC isn't doing it's like he's scared to play with the big boys & everything goes through the run game . All the teams know it so they key on the run game shut it down then there we are ... Open it up let the kid use his arm cause we've all seen that he has one !
Fan in Chicago Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 they assembled a really good team, and theyve done well developing players and scheme and.... but he FREQUENTLY makes really bad calls. not just aggressive calls like going for it on 4th, but just ridiculous dumb ones that hold that team back. Indeed in yesterday's game itself, there was the 4th down attempt you mentioned and I also think the clock management at the end was poor. I was hoping they would make all attempts to run a lot of time of the clock or force the Jets to use their timeouts on the last Falcons drive. COnsidering that the Falcons were not playing well on D, they should have left little time for the Jets. I dont have it recorded to see exactly how this could have been done but remember thinking about it on the last Falcons possession.
tennesseeboy Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 You know we are going to be continuing this debate on a game by game basis all season. Lets judge them by the body of work at season's end. However I'm starting to wonder about EJ being injured as much as he has, and hope that is just an aberration. I suspect if, injuries aside, they get the work in we'll find that there isn't much difference at the end of the year. If EJ is FAR better than Smith I'll be happy. If Smith is FAR better than EJ, I'll be sad.
zow2 Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 How nice of the Falcons to lay down at home vs. the Pats and Jets. They are really a disappointment to the NFC.
Livinginthepast Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Atlanta sucks, period. They choked last year in the playoffs and have buckled under this year to the Dolphins and the mighty Geno. Speaking of which Geno did have a good game but that was more indicative of the swiss cheese secondary of the Falcons and their lack of cojones overall on the D. EJ is better than him. I think the rest of the season will show Geno for what he is... mediocre!
PearlHowardman Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 EJ Manuel missed a good chunk of pre-season because of an injury and is now going to miss a good chunk of the regular-season because of an injury. EJ is injury prone. Geno is not injury prone.
Wayne Cubed Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 EJ Manuel missed a good chunk of pre-season because of an injury and is now going to miss a good chunk of the regular-season because of an injury. EJ is injury prone. Geno is not injury prone. Geno was injured during the preseason as well... Also, injury prone?!? Let me know what player wouldn't be hurt by that hit? It was a bad decision, that doesn't make him injury prone.
Section242 Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 He looked good. Atlanta is horrible defensively. Still not as if Geno has a bunch of talent on offense. Mike Smith has to be fired at the end of the season. I thought the Bills pass rush before this season was horrible, they're worse.
Meatloaf Sandwich Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) Is Geno that good or is the Falcons defense horrendous?? My gosh, the CB's and safeties are leaving receivers and the TE wide open. Disregard this thread. Another one opened at same time. Atlanta has one of the worst defenses, reason they have 1 win. Edited October 8, 2013 by Meatloaf Sandwich
BuffOrange Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) they assembled a really good team, and theyve done well developing players and scheme and.... but he FREQUENTLY makes really bad calls. not just aggressive calls like going for it on 4th, but just ridiculous dumb ones that hold that team back. I am a big advocate of 4th down aggression. But it is curious that he chose to kick a FG near the goaline w/ 2min's left in the half in Miami, and went for it last night with no time leftover. The field position advantage you gain after getting stopped is a point in favor of going for it in the former scenario but not the latter (and btw the Dolphins ended up kicking a long FG before the half after a kickoff which negated those 3pts). To be fair that did not cost them the game last night because they never would've gone for it on 4th down in FG range if they were down 27-24 at the end. Edited October 8, 2013 by BuffOrange
DallasBillsFan1 Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 147.7 QB rating last night doesn't lie. The kid has potential. Also, really liked the play calling by Morningwig. Creative! Give credit where credit is due ... Jets did a good job last night. Ryan is a defensive genius ... we are lucky to have Pettine.
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