Seahawks, Geno Smith Conform to 3-Yr, $105M Deal

NFL Offseason – The Seattle Seahawks and Geno Smith are finalizing a three-year deal price as much as $105 million, as first reported by The Rating’s Jordan Schultz. 

Smith earned the chance to begin for the Seahawks after Seattle traded Russell Wilson to the Denver Broncos. He beat out Drew Lock in coaching camp and proceeded to have a profession season. Beginning greater than 10 video games for the primary time since 2014, Smith posted profession highs in passing yards and touchdowns whereas ending top-ten amongst quarterbacks in DYAR and main the league in CPOE (per RBSDM). He earned his first profession Professional Bowl nomination and obtained the 2022 Comeback Participant of the Yr award on the NFL Honors in February.

One space of concern from Smith’s 2022 efficiency: the outlier efficiency was closely front-loaded. Soccer Outsiders’ Aaron Schatz famous that Smith’s DVOA and web yards per play each dropped because the season went on. Smith posted a 33.9% passing DVOA and a 7.58 web yard per cross try by means of the primary 5 weeks of the season. In Weeks 6 by means of 13, Smith posted a 9.6% DVOA and a 6.66 web yard per cross try. These numbers fell right down to minus-17.3% and 5.14 by means of the ultimate 5 weeks of the season. 

Based on Schultz, Smith can have the chance to earn as much as $52 million within the first 12 months. Based on OverTheCap, Smith has earned $17.49 million by means of his first 10 seasons within the NFL.