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Inside Geno Smith’s Intense Training Regimen For His First Offseason as Seahawks Starter
The veteran has always done his job, he just happens to have a new one this offseason as Seattle’s official QB1.
Albert Breer Jun 5, 2023
While his teammates, like the members of any other eliminated team would, scattered across the country to start their offseasons, Smith saddled up in the Pacific Northwest with Seahawks assistant strength coach Danny van Dijk. The quarterback jokes now that van Dijk was probably pretty pissed with him, because chances are the coach wanted to go home, too. But there was real purpose to what Smith hoped to accomplish over the last two weeks of January.
“Obviously, there was a contract situation coming up, but I just wanted to stay connected to the guys and see it through,” Smith said, during a quiet, postpractice moment Thursday. “I wanted to keep playing until we got to the Super Bowl. I just told myself, If I was gonna make it to the Super Bowl, I’d still be training all the way up to the last day. I didn’t see why this [should be] different. I just took that approach—just continue to train as if I did have a game and just see things into the future for myself.
“Like, if next year, this happens, then I’ll still be working at this time. So why not do it now?”
Geno Smith holds the football at his release point midthrow
Smith is preparing for his Seahawks to be playing even later in the year this coming season.
The veteran has always done his job, he just happens to have a new one this offseason as Seattle’s official QB1.
Albert Breer Jun 5, 2023
While his teammates, like the members of any other eliminated team would, scattered across the country to start their offseasons, Smith saddled up in the Pacific Northwest with Seahawks assistant strength coach Danny van Dijk. The quarterback jokes now that van Dijk was probably pretty pissed with him, because chances are the coach wanted to go home, too. But there was real purpose to what Smith hoped to accomplish over the last two weeks of January.
“Obviously, there was a contract situation coming up, but I just wanted to stay connected to the guys and see it through,” Smith said, during a quiet, postpractice moment Thursday. “I wanted to keep playing until we got to the Super Bowl. I just told myself, If I was gonna make it to the Super Bowl, I’d still be training all the way up to the last day. I didn’t see why this [should be] different. I just took that approach—just continue to train as if I did have a game and just see things into the future for myself.
“Like, if next year, this happens, then I’ll still be working at this time. So why not do it now?”
Geno Smith holds the football at his release point midthrow
Smith is preparing for his Seahawks to be playing even later in the year this coming season.
