Geno Smith resigned In April 2022, Not Today People.

[Sgt. Largent]

Geno's been resigned.

 

[Hawknight]

I personally am glad he's back!

 

[JayhawkMike]

I’m not a fan. I think we could have a better backup QB. I’d rather have either someone competing with Lock OR a late round or UDFA that we can take a flyer on.

 

[Rat]

He must really believe in this team to reject the plethora of other suitors he had. Nice to see guys all-in on us!

 

[jammerhawk]

Ouch, the sarcasm is strong here.

This re-signing seemingly puts the screws to the idea of acquiring Mayfield though.

 

[Chawker]

Glad to have Geno back, hes like a warm blanket on a cold night.

 

[Cyrus12]

We got our starter! Better than the other guy that tried to play qb here last year!

 

[Cyrus12]

Ouch, the sarcasm is strong here.

This re-signing seemingly puts the screws to the idea of acquiring Mayfield though.

Which is a good thing!

 

[Rat]

This re-signing seemingly puts the screws to the idea of acquiring Mayfield though.

It absolutely does not.

 

[toffee]

I didn't like Geno before last season, I like Geno a lot after the games he played last season.
He didn't quite have the deep ball arm strength of Russ, but few have, he did however show better command of Waldron offense. Most of the time, our offense moved smoother with him under the center, he was rusty, but was a breath of fresh air.

 

[Sgt. Largent]

Ouch, the sarcasm is strong here.

This re-signing seemingly puts the screws to the idea of acquiring Mayfield though.

Maybe.

We need to look at Geno's one year contract to see if he's easily cuttable come September or not.

But yes, you're probably right. My guess is they'll draft a QB as well if one they like falls to them, either this year or next.

I can tell you one thing, it's VERY sobering after having Russell for the past decade to be having these discussions........about a mediocre backup fighting for the starting job with a mediocre draft pick that failed in another city.

 

[kidhawk]

I am fine with Geno as a backup, but I am hearing his contract has gone up from vet minimum (a little over a million dollars) to over 4 million dollars plus possible incentives. I'll hold judgement on this until we know more about the contract (guaranteed money is an important factor here) and our overall qb situation. Right now I'm on the fence about re-signing him.

 

[Cyrus12]

I didn't like Geno before last season, I like Geno a lot after the games he played last season.
He didn't quite have the deep ball arm strength of Russ, but few have, he did however show better command of Waldron offense. Most of the time, our offense moved smoother with him under the center, he was rusty, but was a breath of fresh air.

Metcalf definitely liked him over the other guy

 

[jammerhawk]

It absolutely does not.

I suppose you could be right but given Pete's comments that Geno needs to get back here to compete lead me to surmise that a competition for the QB job is now the way the the team will approach this situation and resurrection of Mayfield's career is very much not in the cards for our FO.

If Cleveland makes it attractive enough to Seattle to take the player off their hands i.e. an Osweiller type situation then maybe it happens but this news points away from a belief it absolutely will.

 

[hawkfan68]

Seahawks are 1-3 with Geno as the starter. That one win came against a team that most top 5 college teams could beat. Not excited about this at all. Hopefully he's not on team come September. Seen what he offers (throughout his NFL career since 2013) and it's not good enough.

 

[AROS]

He's a body to compete. Knows the system and despite what some have said, he's very servicable.

 

[Hawknight]

We got our starter! Better than the other guy that tried to play qb here last year!

Come on...It wasn't Wilson's fault he had a bad finger

 

[Hawknight]

Sidenote: Now that Geno's signed, salary cap wise that completely puts to rest trying to sign Bakerfield. Anyone know about how much cap space is left? We still have draft around the corner.

 

[nwHawk]

Heck, why not. As long as it isn’t for several years I think we could do a lot worse.

 

[hugecanoli]

I thought he was just on the roster to call the coin tosses for overtimes?

We all know how much Pete loves playing for OT!