Geno Smith will be hanging around Seattle for at least a few more years.
The quarterback agreed to a three-year deal with the Seahawks on the heels of a 2022 season that saw him seize a starting job after a decade as a journeyman backup. Smith, a former Jets and Giants quarterback,after longtime starter Russell Wilson was traded to Denver last offseason.
While Wilson struggled with the Broncos, Smith threw for a franchise-record 4,282 yards, 30 touchdowns and led the NFL with a 69.8 completion percentage. It was enough to sneak the Seahawks into the postseason — they fell to the 49ers, 41-23, in the wild-card round —“I want to finish my career in Seattle,” he said after the playoff loss. “I want to. I want to be here. The town, the city, the team, coach [Pete] Carroll, the organization, they all embraced me. “I was a guy who probably could have been out of the league. They embraced me and I want to repay them for that.
He never regained the starting role, eventually taking the No. 2 job with the Giants in 2017 before spending a season in the same role with the Chargers. Smith seemed destined to finish out his career as a backup with the Seahawks, joining as Wilson’s backup in 2020.Smith won the starting job in Seattle and led the Seahawks to the playoffs.Three years later, and he has earned his payday — not that you’ll find him complaining about his often bumpy road back to NFL stardom. . “I’ll never look at it as something that was too hard for me or too tough. I just had to stay patient until I got that opportunity.
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