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Originally Posted by fairladyZ
my issues with him though are i'm not sure just how accurate he is as 80% of his throws are high percentage throws that his Allpro receivers take to the house. He generally has 1 read and won't come off that read unless the pocket breaks down. He needs to work on his footwork a little bit. Now all those i believe can be fixed.
The issues that raise the red flags to me is the situational awareness and his "thug" mentality. I see alot of tape on geno and he doesn't feel pressure very well until it's right on him, now i'm not sure if he just is overconfident in his abilities but often times he waits till the pressure is actually to him. Good example is the texas game, he had a few strip sacks from okafor from his right side where he just either didn't feel the pressure or he just got cocky and waited to long. Similar to his first safety in the bowl game, where it seemed he was overconfident and felt he could just sidestep 2 free rushers.
Mentality we come back to times he's stuggled, He's thrown multiple fits, throwing cups, cussing and whining. KState game was good evidence, now maturity may help with that once he gets to the pro's and gets a real coach in his face. But the texas game was a big no no. A heckling fan was able to stir him up enough he actually went out of his way multiple times to jaw with fans and talk shit, then throw a blood sign.. That pretty much took me off his bandwagon completely.
Now if we do take him... Then i'm all in i'll root and cheer for him as a chief, does he have my vote? no, but i don't make the calls and i don't sit him down and talk to him.
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1) You can judge his accuracy because he has thrown an entire NFL route tree multiple times in ONE game, let alone if you were to look at his body of work over a career. There is more than ample amounts of footage out there. I can't fix blind and/or lazy.
2) Again, there is ample footage of him working progressions. I think sometimes he depends too much on his pre-snap reads and sits on a receiver he knows will come open eventually sometimes. But that is NORMAL for a QB transitioning from college to the NFL. Hell, RGIII had some questions about his ability to work progressions. It is coachable, as is Geno. He improved each year under Dana Holgorson ffs. I also wonder how much this has to do with the system.
3) Geno Smith has faced as much pressure this year as Tyler Wilson. The difference is he has demonstrated an ability to evade pass rushers AND KEEP HIS EYES DOWNFIELD which is actually a trait I value tremendously. He feels the rush as well as anyone else who has come out for the draft in recent memory. And again, it's totally coachable.
4) Heaven forbid we draft a competitor. This "thug" mentality is nothing but racist bullshit. Hey at least he's not vandalizing cars or getting evicted. Oh wait, Bray can't have a thug attitude, he's white.