The long-term trajectory Geno Smith’s career has taken a drastic turn in a short time.
Smith was in a quarterback battle just eight weeks back, playing for his fourth team. Drew LockHis former team had just given up on him. Lock Positive for COVID-19Smith is at the tail of the competition. By default, you can win the job, despite posting pedestrian preseason numbers that didn’t include any passing touchdowns.
Smith was born three weeks ago. In a blowout loss, led nine drives without scoringOn the way to the 49ers. Six consecutive quarters of scoring football were marked by this outing. Seattle’s offense, which some believed would be better with Lock at the helm. Smith wasn’t Seattle’s primary problem, but at the same time, he didn’t appear to be one of the team’s solutions, either.
Entering Week 6, not only does Smith look like he may be Seattle’s long-term answer at quarterback, but it’s fair to wonder whether the Seahawks will have to back up the Brink’s truck to keep him around.
