After the Seattle Seahawks traded Russell Wilson final offseason, it regarded like they’d be relegated to the netherworld of poor quarterback play, to not point out a rebuilding course of.

They named Geno Smith, whom many thought-about nothing greater than an honest backup QB, the starter when the 2022 season started, and in opposition to all odds, he turned in a superb season.

Smith put up 4,282 passing yards and 30 landing passes whereas main the NFL with a 69.8 p.c completion charge, and behind his play, the Seahawks went 9-8 and made the playoffs.

However he’s about to grow to be a free agent, and it’s unknown whether or not they’ll decide to retaining him within the Pacific Northwest.

When Bob Condotta of The Seattle Instances requested Seahawks GM John Schneider if the staff would think about using the franchise tag on Smith, he mentioned one thing however mentioned nothing on the similar time.

I requested Seahawks GM John Schneider at the moment in the event that they’d think about using franchise tag on Geno Smith and he declined to reply apart from to say that it is “a software” that can be utilized. So there you go…..

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) February 28, 2023

Previous to this season, Smith had began simply 5 video games in seven seasons, and he had struggled together with his well being, as he missed time attributable to a fractured jaw and torn ACL.

He confirmed some flashes of promise in his first two professional seasons with the New York Jets, however he was very interception-prone, and the Jets didn’t make the playoffs each years.

Seattle isn’t a contender by any means, however they do have two studs at extensive receiver in Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf, each of whom surpassed 1,000 receiving yards in 2022.

As well as, rookie working again Kenneth Walker III had a really good yr with 1,050 yards and 9 touchdowns and completed second within the Offensive Rookie of the 12 months balloting.

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