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Yes, Seahawks Fans, Geno Smith is for Real
NFL Week 10 - The Geno Smith Revival Tour isn't a fever dream. It's not a fluke or the product of an unsustainable model of offense (sorry, Daniel Jones) or any other explanation that takes credit away from the individual. Smith, with nearly a decade of NFL knowledge and training pent up just waiting to be unleashed, has become one of the league's preeminent pocket passers.
Smith's emergence is that much sweeter, at least for the Seahawks, because he is winning in all the ways Russell Wilson rarely did. Wilson, at his best, was obviously a better player and an MVP candidate, but he flew by the seat of his pants, trading three-and-outs for moonball deep passes and miraculous plays from outside the pocket every other drive.
Smith, by contrast, is a prim and proper passer. He commands the pocket, he exhausts all of his progressions down to the humble checkdown, and, yes, he throws the hell out of the middle of the field.
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What to Pay Geno Smith and Other QB Conundrums
NFL Week 10 - Pay Geno Smith! -- Specifically, pay him $40 million dollars over two years.
That's a smart price for Smith's services in the wake of his unexpected breakout for the Seattle Seahawks. It's more than the $36 million over two years that Case Keenum received when the Denver Broncos decided that his 22-touchdown 2017 season with the Minnesota Vikings was no fluke.
(Spoiler alert…) It's much more than the $28 million over two years that the Saints gave Jameis Winston this offseason. It's top-of-the-scale for a former prospect turned scrapheap veteran turned possible one-year wonder.
It's a salary structure that screams, "Last year was awesome, and we love you, but let's be reasonable." And it's a tidy raise for Smith, who has never earned more than $3.5 million in a season in his decade-long career.
www.footballoutsiders.com
NFL Week 10 - The Geno Smith Revival Tour isn't a fever dream. It's not a fluke or the product of an unsustainable model of offense (sorry, Daniel Jones) or any other explanation that takes credit away from the individual. Smith, with nearly a decade of NFL knowledge and training pent up just waiting to be unleashed, has become one of the league's preeminent pocket passers.
Smith's emergence is that much sweeter, at least for the Seahawks, because he is winning in all the ways Russell Wilson rarely did. Wilson, at his best, was obviously a better player and an MVP candidate, but he flew by the seat of his pants, trading three-and-outs for moonball deep passes and miraculous plays from outside the pocket every other drive.
Smith, by contrast, is a prim and proper passer. He commands the pocket, he exhausts all of his progressions down to the humble checkdown, and, yes, he throws the hell out of the middle of the field.
Yes, Seahawks Fans, Geno Smith is for Real
Numbers can sometimes be deceiving, but not in this case—the Seattle Seahawks quarterback is playing some truly excellent football this season.
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What to Pay Geno Smith and Other QB Conundrums
NFL Week 10 - Pay Geno Smith! -- Specifically, pay him $40 million dollars over two years.
That's a smart price for Smith's services in the wake of his unexpected breakout for the Seattle Seahawks. It's more than the $36 million over two years that Case Keenum received when the Denver Broncos decided that his 22-touchdown 2017 season with the Minnesota Vikings was no fluke.
(Spoiler alert…) It's much more than the $28 million over two years that the Saints gave Jameis Winston this offseason. It's top-of-the-scale for a former prospect turned scrapheap veteran turned possible one-year wonder.
It's a salary structure that screams, "Last year was awesome, and we love you, but let's be reasonable." And it's a tidy raise for Smith, who has never earned more than $3.5 million in a season in his decade-long career.
What to Pay Geno Smith and Other QB Conundrums
Walkthrough charts the path forward for Geno Smith, Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa, and other quarterbacks ready to get paid.
