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Originally Posted by -King-
 Come on. I like Geno too, but I'll admit that that was a bad play by Geno. There was no reason to keep backing up. If anything, he should have stepped up. There's no reason to back up INTO your own end zone. He had space to either just step up and throw, or step up and run to his right or left. |
I don't believe he had space to either step up, or run to his right or left.
The only avenue he had for escape was going backwards.
I would argue however, that the smart decision there is either simply throw the ball away or step up into the sack in the field of play.