Geno Smith had the stage to himself for 3 quarters on Saturday night vs the Giants and the starting QB job was on the line.\u00a0 Geno’s line reads 16\/30 for 199 yards with 1 TD.\u00a0 He also threw 3 interceptions and stepped out of bounds in the end zone which resulted in a safety. This all adds up to a 45.7 passer rating.\u00a0 If it wasn’t for the injury to Mark Sanchez, this performance by Geno would certainly have cost him the opportunity to start week one.\u00a0 For now we will have to wait and see how bad the injury to Mark’s shoulder is and if he will miss time because of it Geno could get the call.<\/p>\n
Rex Ryan spoke about Geno’s performance on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Obviously, there were some good moments and there were some low moments. The interceptions, the ball was a little behind the intended receiver (on the first one), and then he overshot the one with the young man playing centerfield (Stevie Brown) and he does a great job of that. He broke on it (and) made a nice play. Then (Justin) Tuck, you have to tip your hat to him. Great play, (he) disguised it well. The defensive end drops back into coverage in a trap coverage and he just made a great play on it. So, obviously he had moments where he threw the ball extremely well, but there are some things he has to take and learn from this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Rex Ryan did show that he was annoyed with some of the questions in the post-game press conference.\u00a0 When it was mentioned that he did not answer whether Smith can still be the starting quarterback Rex responded:<\/p>\n
I can say anything I want. That\u2019s the beauty of this country. I can answer it 100 (times). I can stand backwards and answer the question. I\u2019m going sideways. We\u2019ll make the announcement when I think it\u2019s the appropriate time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n