Geno is doing more than both of them with a much worse Oline
This. And that's been the case for 2 years AND for those years, we didnt have much of a rushing attack.
Not even gonna mention his OC during that span...
But yeah.
Now you see a bigger picture of what some were seeing in the way he executed plays even since his short stint when Russ went down. Go back and watch the game he had against the Jags in 2021. He was something like 14 for 14 or 15 for 15 to start and was just throwing darts everywhere. Some folks discredited the performance because it was against the Jags. But the opponent didnt matter as much as what Geno was doing and HOW he was doing it. He started the following year hot as well, but by midseason, with no o line, a stumbling run game and an OC who had been figured out, his game slumped. In 2023 he showed all of the same great qualities he had prior, but was again hamstrung by incoherent gameplans and poor in-game, situational decision making by Shane.
This year, the OC is light years better, the O line is holding up in large part because of the OC, and the rushing attack is beginning to click.
I expext defenses will begin to adjust to what we are doing, but my sense is that Grubb's playbook is deep, and his ability to adjust in game, solid, so i dont expext the drop-off he experienced during 2022. In fact, i think whereas Shane came into the season a finished product in terms of plans, plays and scheme, Grubb and Geno are just getting started.
We put up 500 plus yards and 38 first downs on a pretty solid D who was sporting the leagues leader in sacks coming into the game.
Barring injury, this season has the shape of one for the ages.
I expect that by the time its all said and done, we get the rook TE integrated, continue to gel the oline, get Lucas back and polish the run game, passing records will fall.
Total yards
Total completions
Total attempts
Completion percentage
And if he starts getting hot with DK, JSN and the TEs in the redzone, the TDs will come too. How many? Maybe not franchise record setting, but they will come.
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