The Jets' Entire Offense Depends On Geno Smith

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
I think you guys have great chemistry, man. Well, thank you.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:04)
That's very kind of you. I appreciate that. That's all you call for today, I hope, yes?

**Craig Carton** (0:09)
No, no, no, I'm calling about the jet.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:12)
Okay. Okay, we'll eventually get there. I'm taking the over. I don't even know, the over on what?
I assume he's talking, I'm just gonna let you know. I love you. I just took the over.

**Craig Carton** (0:28)
I'm assuming he's talking about wins.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:30)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (0:31)
Look, I think the, I told you this.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:33)
What is the over under? Just out of curiosity.

**Craig Carton** (0:35)
I think it's six and a half.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:37)
No, it's gonna be less than that for the Jets. I don't think it is. I think the Giants are six and a half.

**Craig Carton** (0:42)
I think it's, I don't think that.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:43)
Five and a half. Yeah, that's what I figured.

**Craig Carton** (0:46)
I'll tell you this, and I told you, I think that there's a chance that he throws for 4,000 yards this year. I think the offense is legitimately talented. I think their offensive line is really good. I think they have weapons in hall. They have multiple tight ends. They have a good wide receiving core. I think Mitchell has a chance to be a legitimate playmaker in this league, and Wilson is a stud. And I think they're gonna have to score points because I think their defense is gonna be awful. So I think the offense has a chance, as Connor Hughes told us, to be fun. I honestly believe that. I think they can score points. The question with the Jets is gonna be whether or not they can prevent them.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:18)
Well, it's gonna be two things. It's not just that, it's also, what do we get out of Geno Smith?

**Craig Carton** (1:23)
I think Geno Smith has a chance to win.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:24)
Because there is no backup to Geno Smith.

**Craig Carton** (1:27)
No.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:27)
Right? There's just not.

**Craig Carton** (1:29)
And that's the question too. Kluvenik is a rookie. He's the backup. You don't have a veteran backup. We saw it last year multiple times. If he just has one of those days, we talked about how on and off Geno Smith can be. If he goes out there and throws three picks in the first half, you gotta have a competent quarterback to say, all right, let's throw him out there in the second half. Even if Geno stays the starter and then becomes the starter again the next week, if he's just having one of those games where it's not working for him, you got nowhere to go.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:53)
It's Bailey Zappi, Brady Cook and Cade Klubnick.
This is a one quarterback team. No doubt. Yes, this is a one quarterback team, which is why, if Geno Smith has that game you're talking about, your three picks in the first half was totally overwhelmed. He's playing the second half.

**Craig Carton** (2:10)
He's playing the second half.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:11)
Barring injury, he's playing every game. Now, if you told me week 17 and 18, the Jets have two wins and we wanted to see what Clubnick looks like in an actual NFL game, okay, I'm with you on that, fine. But if he doesn't play well, he's playing every week.

**Craig Carton** (2:31)
And Clubnick hasn't really, it's not like he's made a name for himself here at this camp. He hasn't really shined.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:38)
Oh, he's going to play most of the preseason?

**Craig Carton** (2:39)
He's been competent, we'll see, yeah. But I'm saying, like Jackson Dart last year, because I don't know if you remember, they made Jackson Dart the second quarterback early on in camp.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:47)
Yes, that's right.

**Craig Carton** (2:48)
And I remember not being happy about it. I'm like, you're putting a lot of pressure on the kid, why would you sign James Winston to then just bypass him and make Jackson Dart the number two quarterback? But it was because early returns on Jackson Dart camp where he was playing really, really well.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:01)
Right.

**Craig Carton** (3:01)
And then preseason, he played really well. So I mean, I'm surprised they're making him the number two, not that that's set in stone right now. But yeah, it's a- And there's some fair comparisons, by the way. And he was the top draft pick, obviously, you know?

**Chris McMonigle** (3:12)
There's a fair comparison to Jackson Dart. Look, there's not a fair comparison to Jackson Dart to Claude Kluvnik.