committed to being a good quarterback<\/a> and, you know, that was a that was an issue when he was with the Giants that, okay, was his commitment fully there? That\u2019s long gone and behind him,\u201d he said to Papa. \u201cLike you said, he has proven he\u2019s dedicated himself to being a good quarterback and he\u2019s proven that he could be a NFL quarterback in this league. But boy, it\u2019s that\u2019s a tough situation to walk back into, when you\u2019re your team and your fans don\u2019t want you. How how is that even tenable?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet the insider\u2019s view on Gang Green\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd then it just brings up or it flashes back to all the feelings he had when he left the place, you know, and that\u2019s that\u2019s tough. I don\u2019t think he deserves that. I don\u2019t. And I think if he shows up for the Jets and, you know, he\u2019s getting this type of unwelcoming, it\u2019s going to be a tough place to start.\u201d<\/p>\n
For a franchise starved for competent quarterback play while eagerly awaiting the passer-rich 2027 draft, getting a battle-tested veteran should be a win for everyone. <\/p>\n
Smith has the added pressure of overcoming his ghosts in New York.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not an easy place to play,\u201d Banks said. \u201cThe Jets are not a good football team. That\u2019s why they need, you know players and they\u2019re trying to get players, but you address the most important position and he\u2019s starting, you know, with a big anvil just inches from his head ready to drop on it from this fanbase and it\u2019s just \u2026 oof.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carl Banks thinks Jets fans have skipped the judge and jury parts and moved right to executioner when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[77903,7,1507,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,9],"class_list":["post-810438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-jets","tag-carl-banks","tag-football","tag-geno-smith","tag-jets","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-jets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkjets","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116223700091834886","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Geno Smith #7 of the Las Vegas Raiders stretches on the field. Getty Images<\/p>\n