When the Jets traded for Geno Smith this offseason, it was clearly an effort to herald a quarterback who had had some extent of success in recent times because the Jets have gone by one failed quarterback experiment after one other. However Smith is being lauded for extra than simply his play. It’s his management and mere presence that has impressed lots of his coaches and teammates.
OC Frank Reich: “I am just so impressed by Geno. I cannot express that enough. Everybody has a lot to prove, but his prep is on point. His football mind is elite” pic.twitter.com/UhVTvU7ZU4
Talking with the press at 1 Jets Drive, offensive coordinator Frank Reich was effusive in his reward of Smith, saying he’s “so impressed” by the quarterback as he says smith is “on point” with “top notch preparation”. Reich continued on Smith saying “his football mind is elite. The way he’s communicating in the huddle, at the line, in the QB room…we’re in good shape”.
Teammates seemed to be on board with Reich’s feedback as left sort out Olu Fashanu mentioned with Smith’s mere presence “you could just feel a sense of confidence in the offense”. A little bit of confidence is simply what the Jets offense wants.
Final 12 months’s staff MVP, Isaiah Williams, was requested what the arrival of Geno Smith has meant to the staff and the return man mentioned the QB was “just himself” and that he’s a “natural leader”.
It’s not solely offensive gamers who commented on Smith’s management both. Free agent cornerback Nahshon Wright was requested about Smith and mentioned he thinks “Geno has just been doing a good job leading the young guys”.
Smith’s first tenure with the Jets didn’t go as deliberate, however now getting into his thirteenth professional season, Smith seems to be to have grown right into a revered chief within the locker room who the Jets hope can lastly convey productive, constant play to a staff whose quarterbacks have didn’t do again and again.
Glenn was Born within the Bronx, New York and has adopted the Jets religiously regardless of being stationed in a number of completely different international locations and time zones all over the world. He now resides in England and has been a JetNation member since 2005. Glenn will bleed inexperienced with the remainder of us by the highs and lows.
