I never really thought about how much I have in common with Geno Smith until today, but after finding out that his piss-poor quarterback performances amuse even him, we may not be so different after all.
How else do you explain Smith’s reaction to finding out he has been voted by NFL coaches, talent evaluators and NFL players as the worst quarterback in the NFL. For the second year in a row. I’m laughing right now even as I type that.
But it’s not just you and me who find it funny that the New York Jets wasted a second-round pick on Smith and have shoved him out on the football field to stink up multi-million-dollar football facilities all over the United States. Smith thinks it’s pretty funny too.
“I laugh at that, I laugh at it,” Smith told the New York Post. “It’s hilarious. It was hilarious last year, too.”
Geno Smith laughs right back at doubting NFL execs #nyj: http://t.co/mOGL2ZcV6x via @nypost
— Brian Costello (@BrianCoz) July 29, 2015
Indeed it was, Geno. But the joke might be on you since the Jets actually drafted a pretty good rookie quarterback, one Bryce Petty out of Baylor, that no one would be surprised beat you out of the job the minute he puts on his eye-black.
There’s also career backup Ryan Fitzpatrick, who could also beat out Smith.
Frankly, a drunken moose could stumble out on the field at this point and send Smith to No. 4 on the depth chart. So Smith better hope there’s an electrified fence or two in its way as it wanders in from any nearby apple orchard.
Smith is about to enter his third year in the league. Last season he finished with a 77.5 quarterback rating and threw for 13 touchdowns and 13 picks as he led the Jets to a 4-12 record, a new head coach and a top five draft pick.
Redskins think everyone on Earth and a few extra terrestrials watched their camp coverage in 2014
You’d think with the amount of money Daniel Snyder has blown in his years as the owner of the Washington Redskins he’d be a little better with numbers. He isn’t and evidently that ignorance of how numbers work has trickled down the organization, even to the public relations department.
That ignorance was on display when the Redskins announced that 7,845,460,401 unique visitors enjoyed their print and online training camp coverage last season. That’s 7.845 billion if you don’t want to start counting zeros. There’s only one problem with that number. As of today there are only 7.356 billion people on planet Earth. That means that not only did every single man, woman and child all over the world tune in to watch Robert Griffin III scramble out of passing drills and throw incomplete balls into the dirt, but that aliens from other worlds tuned in as well.
The Redskins have made contact with an extra terrestrial space-faring civilization is the only explanation for the nearly 500 million extra viewers the Redskins enjoyed than have ever lived on our planet. And, after viewing a few Redskins practices, I expect us to be invaded and destroyed Starship Troopers-style any day. It’ll be hard to argue we don’t deserve it.
Chiefs Dontari Poe may miss most of 2015
While the Kansas City Chiefs got good news Wednesday about former All-Pro safety Eric Berry, it was tempered by the information that nose tackle Dontari Poe may miss the entire season after surgery on a herniated disk last week.
Dontari Poe will miss #ChiefsCamp after undergoing surgery earlier this month.
Full Report: http://t.co/PEFJ547kK5 pic.twitter.com/yP3zsvKBGM
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) July 28, 2015
Poe was injured during a voluntary workout with the team. In the meantime it will give back ups like Jaye Howard, Mike DeVito and rookie Rakeem Nunez-Roches a chance to show what they can do, especially in the preseason.
Player moves
The Washington Redskins locked up linebacker Ryan Kerrigan long term with a %57.5 million extension Wednesday. The deal is for five years and comes with $16 million in guaranteed money. Last year Kerrigan recorded 64 tackles with 13.5 sacks and five forced fumbles.
The Indianapolis Colts signed undrafted free agent Raymon Taylor out of Ohio State.
The Buffalo Bills cut guard Chris Williams after signing him to a $13 million free agent contract just a season ago.
Just a few days after cutting the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers starter, the Miami Dolphins have re-signed quarterback Josh Freeman. It makes you think there was some sort of contract shenanigans involved, but regardless of that, the Freeman career death pool is back open and taking bets.
The Kansas City Chiefs cut ties with running back Cyrus Gray. Gray was a special teams player and back up running back for the Chiefs last season and tore his ACL in November.
The Tennessee Titans added 10-year veteran tight end Anthony Fasano to their roster Wednesday. The Titans will be Fasano’s fourth team in his career. Last year with the Chiefs he caught 25 passes for 226 yards and four touchdowns.
