Geno Smith channels MJ energy after ESPN’s QB rankings come out
Michael Jordan turned being cut by his high school varsity basketball team into becoming the greatest, most celebrated athlete in human history. Once he’d reached the apex of his sport, Jordan sometimes imagined slights in order to keep himself motivated.
Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith doesn’t have to make any slights up, though – as his game is being disrespected even after a strong 2022 season. Today ESPN shared their top 10 quarterbacks, as polled by NFL coaches, scouts and executives. Not only did Smith miss out on the top 10, he didn’t get an honorable mention or even a single vote.
A short time later, Smith shared the famous Jordan laughing at his Ipad GIF from The Last Dance.
— Geno (@GenoSmith3) July 17, 2023
While it’s ridiculous that he didn’t even get a single vote, Smith can help his case by cutting down on turnovers. He threw for over 4,000 yards and 30 touchdown passes, but Smith also ended the season with 11 picks and eight fumbles – several of which came in the red zone in crunch time. We think that some analysts are letting those examples color their commentary on his game a bit too much – but it’s not difficult to see why most of them are not as high on Smith as the average Seahawks fan.
For what it’s worth, we did our best to balance it all and in the end we had Smith ranked No. 10 in the league at his position.
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