{"id":7633,"date":"2013-12-20T09:53:21","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T14:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=7633"},"modified":"2013-12-20T09:53:21","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T14:53:21","slug":"jets-still-backing-geno-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/12\/20\/jets-still-backing-geno-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets still backing Geno Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7083\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7083\" alt=\"getty images\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/12\/genosmith.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/12\/genosmith.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/12\/genosmith-300x218.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/12\/genosmith-50x36.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The New York Jets drafted Geno Smith in the second round and while the rookie quarterback has had more downs than ups the coaching staff is still behind him.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday offensive coordinator Marty\u00a0Mornhinweg gave Smith a vote of confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m even more certain now than I was earlier that he could be a really good one,\u201d Mornhinweg said, via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/sports\/football\/jets\/jets-insider-mornhinweg-smith-good-article-1.1553561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">New York Daily News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s 21 interceptions this season have stalled out the Jets offense numerous times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody progresses at a different rate at really all positions, but (in) particular the quarterback,\u201d Mornhinweg said, though he also admitted, \u201cI felt like we had to restart almost a few weeks back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Jets may bring in another veteran this offseason but for now it appears that Smith is safe atop the depth chart unless a new coaching staff arrives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got skill and ability. He\u2019s a bright young man. . . He\u2019s got instincts,\u201d Mornhinweg said. \u201cNow, from afar or if you\u2019re not really in it, it\u2019s probably hard to see the great progress. He\u2019s certainly progressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The New York Jets drafted Geno Smith in the second round and while the rookie quarterback has had more downs than ups the coaching staff is still behind him. On Thursday offensive coordinator Marty\u00a0Mornhinweg gave Smith a vote of confidence. \u201cI\u2019m even more certain now than I was earlier that he could be a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[426,386,31,216],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-7633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-front","9":"tag-geno-smith","10":"tag-new-york-jets","11":"tag-nfl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7633"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=7633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}