So this is where it gets confusing. We’re back to claiming he’s a franchise guy like the pic posted? If he has a bad game next week are we back to discussing who we should draft because he’s not the guy? I can’t keep up.
Geno has had a very average year. He played great down the stretch today which was awesome. Both can be true
I'm maintaining the position that I always have. I believe Geno is the best we can do, and the best we were capable of doing the past two years. He's performed well above any reasonable expectation, and fundamentally, he is
capable of top-10 play if given excellent conditions. Otherwise, Geno Smith is merely a competent operator of the offense who can give you a chance to win if you're not getting dicked in every other phase. He is genuinely a good quarterback, and he'd be competing for championships on a team like San Francisco.
With that said, I've maintained that Geno's viability here is self-limiting by his age. He is a bridge. He's in his 30s and he's not of the caliber where you can hitch your wagon to him until he falls off in his advancing age, and also is about to command a cap hit that is commensurate with his level of talent but isn't especially compatible with the timeline of where this team is in terms of Super Bowl viability.
So, to summarize my view, Geno is not the franchise quarterback of the future for the Seattle Seahawks, and this is likely his last year here given his cap hit. I've maintained that view consistently - he is a bridge. His talent, however, I truly believe is in the 10-12 range based on a combination of factors including his overall processing, his arm talent, his overall accuracy, and his ability to mitigate negative outcomes especially in the form of sacks. For an ideal championship window, we'd want to be moving on a young quarterback relatively soon provided the acquisition of one is reasonable to achieve (as in, not trading up into the top 3 overall picks).
If they're not in a position to obtain one of, say, Williams/Maye/Daniels and would have to settle for a talent like Nix or McCarthy - I'd hope they could maneuver Geno's cap hit a bit or convince him to restructure, and would be comfortable seeing Geno especially with a revamped offensive coaching staff (God damn I wish we had Canales right about now). Even that, again, would be a self-limiting career arc due to Geno's age, which is a fact that cannot be changed. If we could get this offense to the point where it is handling the chains through the rushing attack and bringing Geno's attempts down in both volume and difficulty, we'd be dangerous.
I have tried to be as clear and consistent on this matter as I possibly can over the past couple of years.
Also, I should've been clearer - I just wanted to post that for the statistic, not to endorse the commentary of that reposting tweeter.