Can anyone recall my assertion when he struggled in big moments earlier in the year? He's been a media darling, Cinderella story, feel good story. But... As I said all along, and holding true: Smith is a .500 QB. Maybe without Smith we are 1-2 wins fewer, maybe 1-2 wins more. Don't extend this guy, he will take us no where. Period. Glass slipper is lost.
Just wait a moment my friend, Geno played well yesterday, he sure looked like a keeper to me.
However, in direct response to your post your premise is flawed as you believe the QB solves everything and that QB can will his team to Ws. For sure he’s a .500 QB and so is his team. Their D has cost this team between 4 & 5 Ws that’s not on him who has been consistent ant reliable and perhaps not Mahommes like spectacularly brilliant but if nothing pretty darn good. I do ask just how many guys are Mahommes brilliant? Is that what every team needs to win or is it more?
If Geno can be re-signed at a non cap crushing deal for a few seasons while a young guy is brought along the O is in steady and pretty capable hands while a young QB of ability is allowed to learn to play as a Pro QB, putting his team ahead of his ‘legacy’. It took Mahommes a year to understand his job.
By now if you haven’t noticed the D is the problem with the lack of 12-4 success so far this year. Now that isn’t on Geno who is 150 yards from a team passing record for this season. I suspect he’ll break it as 9-8 QB on team that was universally expected to barely win 5 games. Frankly Geno is the reason why this team has won 8 games despite a very inconsistent a frequently bad D. If he’d had a good D he’d be the MVP. Hardly a player that is not worth at least seeing if you can extend fora few seasons to see if he can build upon this season.
Now to another issue, I suspect that Geno’s lack of need to play as a difference maker has delayed his abilities in that regard as he seemingly has not been truly clutch, but to me as he gains confidence and actually has a complementary running attack Geno is getting stronger when it counts. I do admit I wanted to see more yesterday than he delivered, but darn it the Jets actually do have a talented D that was beaten like a drum yesterday, so Geno’s lack of late success late was not a huge surprise.
I confess being in the ‘Gee-No’ group earlier but he has proven he has genuine ability and can be a winner quite consistently if he has a complementary team, you know one that can consistently play D. Even then he can get it done when that h doesn’t happen.
My honest belief is you are wrong and Geno is a keeper, but like most things his price must be right.