Willie Colon on Geno Smith: He has keys to Porsche
We've seen this before, of course. For every Drew Brees, there is a Cleo Lemon or Trent Edwards that teams need to force themselves to believe in every Spring.
Take it away, Jets guard Willie Colon (Via Sirius XM and NJ.com):
"He was never ready to be the starting quarterback of theNew York Jets," Colon told Sirius on Tuesday. "When Mark Sanchez went down, he was thrown into the fire and he was forced to cook. Everybody knows in this league, to be a quarterback, which is the No. 1 position on the field, it's a maturation period you have to go through. And it takes the mental, the physical, and everything to go along with it, to be the best, or even be in the top 10.
"Now, Geno, with that said, has made his mistakes. He's said some things where you look at him like, 'What are you talking about?' But I think that's all about his maturation period. And I think right now, like (Cromartie) just mentioned, we bought the Porsche. We've given him the keys. He can't crash it. Bottom line. He can't crash it."
More: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...no-smith-he-has-keys-to-porsche-he-cant-crash
- By Conor Orr
- Around The NFL Write
We've seen this before, of course. For every Drew Brees, there is a Cleo Lemon or Trent Edwards that teams need to force themselves to believe in every Spring.
Take it away, Jets guard Willie Colon (Via Sirius XM and NJ.com):
"He was never ready to be the starting quarterback of theNew York Jets," Colon told Sirius on Tuesday. "When Mark Sanchez went down, he was thrown into the fire and he was forced to cook. Everybody knows in this league, to be a quarterback, which is the No. 1 position on the field, it's a maturation period you have to go through. And it takes the mental, the physical, and everything to go along with it, to be the best, or even be in the top 10.
"Now, Geno, with that said, has made his mistakes. He's said some things where you look at him like, 'What are you talking about?' But I think that's all about his maturation period. And I think right now, like (Cromartie) just mentioned, we bought the Porsche. We've given him the keys. He can't crash it. Bottom line. He can't crash it."
More: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...no-smith-he-has-keys-to-porsche-he-cant-crash