Buckle up, Geno Smith.
It’s time to shine for the almost savior of October 7, 2021 – what will become either the day Russell Wilson got injured that time or the day the Seattle Seahawks came to an end.
Geno Smith came out with a 98-yard touchdown as a man who waited five years to get revenge on someone for hit him in the mouth.
After that, things weren’t so easy. For anyone who has been tempted to start an immediate quarterback controversy, every NFL player on the practice squad is capable of making plays, which is why they’re here.
Supporting him is what makes millionaires.
But Smith leads the second-round draft pick and has actually made a few costs things in his career. Since the next 20 days on this website will be filled with apocalyptic sadness, I invite you to travel with me on a (brief) road of encouragement.
There is light.
Because, my friends, these are Geno Smith’s four best games of his career. By evaluation of passers-by.
Besides, he won them all.
4. 2018, week 6. Los Angeles Chargers vs Cleveland browns.
Result: win.
Statistics: 1 pass, 1 completion, 8 yards. No bags. An exact score of 100 passers-by.
No, this is not a troll article. But when you pull up Smith’s stats and filter by passer rating, it’s the fourth game that comes along and I had a good laugh.
We’re going to drop a spot on the roster and grab Smith’s best three games as a starter.
3. 2014, week 1. New York Jets against the Oakland Raiders.
Result: win.
Statistics: 23 of 28 for 221 yards. 1 TD, 1 INT. 2 sacks and 38 rushing yards. He also dropped the ball twice and lost one. Score: 96.6.
The Raiders that year were very bad (3-13). But hey, the Jets too (4-12). I don’t research this game as much as the next two are more interesting. But I will say that Smith’s only interception in that game was a ridiculous Hall of Fame piece DB Charles Woodson. Sometimes the big guys do great things.
Here is however the first game in the game. Game action – not really well sold – followed by a slight lag left in the pocket and a deep hit. Interestingly, I’m not sure he even got a second glance and is sort of looking at the first target until the end of the play. Will not work against Jalen Ramsey, who by the way is not on the Jacksonville Jaguars.
2. 2013, week 5. New York Jets vs Atlanta Falcons.
Result: win.
Statistics: 16/20 for 199 yards. 3 TD, 0 INT. 4 bags. Three ground attempts for 21 yards. Score: 147.7.
This Monday night game had some crazy nonsense all over the place. An early practice had a punt blocked in a full left hand pass for nearly a first down, Jeff Cumberland caught a pass twice on the same play, and Julio Jones picked up someone’s fumble the other for a gain of 40 yards.
But oooooooh baby is it too much to ask for one of those 3rd and long completions?
1. 2014, week 17. New York Jets vs. Miami dolphins.
Result: win.
Statistics: 20/25 for 358 yards. 3 TD, 0 INT. 1 bag for 6 meters. A lost fumble and, finally, a landing target (incomplete). Evaluation? A perfect 158.3 and he didn’t even have Tyler Lockett.
This game was the real deal. The complete pack. Our boy Smith was throwing, if not lasers, packages well delivered and at the right time all over the field. In particular, check out how Smith delivers high value throws with a quick release.
This one I especially like because it’s something Russ just won’t do. 3rd down, pressure to come, immediate throw in time at a tight end in the middle of the field, huge gain pic.twitter.com/ILjwwQCVSx
– Tyler Alsin (@TylerjAlsin) October 9, 2021
Russell Wilson has 78 career games with a passer rating over 100.0, Geno Smith has three.
However, three trends in his best games that I think both define who he is as a QB and show what the Seahawks could get at Smith for 3-4 games. I refuse to consider beyond that.
First, it’s a fumbler, and it sucks. It’s absolutely not what this team needs right now for 11 reasons, all defensive and attacking with very little margin for error. I don’t know if you’d call him an interception machine, he averages just under one per game, but compared to Wilson everyone will look like a reckless gunslinger, so this will be kind of a perception of the fans, I think.
Second, the percentage of completion. It’s very exciting. In the games we looked at, he finished 80, 80, and 82.14%. In Russell Wilson’s Top 10 games by passer rating, he only had over 80% completion in two of them. Geno had some really bad games on a small sample that brought down his career count, but I’m intrigued by that coupled with what we saw on Thursday night. One of the biggest concerns this year has been how few strikes the attack has sustained, and honestly, if Smith takes dunks to DK Metcalf and Will Dissly, some interesting things are going to happen eventually.
Ultimately. Ultimately. Quick release stuff. That’s not to say Russell Wilson can’t do it. But in 2021 and many more times, Russell Wilson won’t. I do not know why. You don’t know why. Maybe no one other than Ciara knows why.
What I’ve sometimes seen in Smith is an ability, and maybe a necessity, to get rid of the ball faster. No one else can do the 8.5 second scrambling thing to find Lockett, so they don’t try. That alone can distinguish Smith from Wilson initially in the perception of fans. If he shoots two, three, four quality 7-yard completes without being sacked, someone’s going to appear in line with “oh This is the Waldron offense we’ve been expecting.” And they’re not entirely wrong, but they sure aren’t right. I think Wilson refuses to make that part of Shane Waldron’s offensive intention, and Smith will probably do it better – absolutely especially in midfield. But Smith can’t do the rest.
Still, I wonder if it’s enough to beat a few wine merchants and see where this team is in a month’s time.
Dude, what a year.
