Jets Select QB Geno Smith

     As Geno Smith sat in the Green Room, aka the depression tank, player after player heard their names called during the opening night of the 2013 NFL Draft.  When the first night came to a close, Smith remained undrafted.  On the next night, the New York Jets selected Smith with the 7th pick of the second round.  Dream come true?  Hardly.  For Smith, this is a nightmare scenario.  The New York Jets, after the release of Tim Tebow, have four other quarterbacks on their roster.  The legendary John Madden always said, "if you have two quarterbacks, you don't have any."  Two is too many, three is a turducken, so what would Madden call five?  Another issue for Smith is the Jets head coach, Rex Ryan.  Ryan is to offense what Dan Quayle was to spelling.  The man is clueless, as evidenced by the lack of any offensive weapons on the roster.  Ryan has destroyed the confidence of Mark Sanchez, former savior, and it's only a matter of time for Smith.
    During his senior year at West Virgina, Smith passed for 4,205 yards, 42 touchdowns and 6 interceptions.  These are incredible stats, video game-like stats.  However, college quarterbacks from pass happy offenses usually don't translate into franchise NFL quarterbacks.  There's Andre Ware, David Klingler, Tim Couch, and perhaps the worst of all, Akili Smith.  All of these men were sensational college quarterbacks, but their NFL legacy is being labeled a bust.  The only saving grace here for Geno Smith is that he was selected in the second round, not the first, so he won't be as big a bust as the other aforementioned quarterbacks.  Perhaps if Smith was drafted by New England or Denver, and was able to be tutored by the likes of Tom Brady or Peyton Manning, his future might turn out differently.  But this is New York, where the fans don't have the patience and the media is far more critical than those in the smaller markets. This new Jet is expected to soar, but I'm afraid he'll never make it off the tarmac.