Geno Smith is earning a contract extension with the Seahawks through his performance | Sports

In phrases of pure quarterback performances, Geno Smith's Sunday in Foxborough is considered one of the greatest I've seen from a Seattle Seahawks quarterback. With a banged-up offensive line that could possibly be greatest described as a five-man turnstyle, and with out their lead again with Kenneth Walker sidelined with an indirect harm, Seattle made the nearly 2,000-mile flight for a 10 am PT bout with the scrappy New England Patriots.

And when all else failed, Smith put the complete staff on his again and willed Seattle to victory.

In a recreation with out their beginning operating again, Seattle tried to lean on second-year man Zach Charbonnet. Charbonnet, extra of a one-cut energy again, merely is not as elusive as Walker, who juked and jived his strategy to 103 yards and two touchdowns in week one. Behind an offensive line that enables run-stoppers in inside a second of every snap, Charbonnet struggled to get something going. Charbonnet completed his Sunday with solely 38 yards on 14 carries.

The Seattle protection, who stifled Denver in week one, confirmed some vulnerability on Sunday. Patriots quarterback Jacoby Brissett was avoiding sacks and hitting his receivers in stride all day, together with tight finish Hunter Henry (who I genuinely thought had retired), who had eight catches for 109 yards. In the second half, Rhamondre Stevenson and the New England run recreation have been marching down the area with ease.

To make issues worse, the Seahawks' go catchers couldn't hold on to the ball. En route to 5 complete drops in the recreation, Seahawks receivers and tight ends have been on the receiving ends of excellent balls from Smith, just for them to fall incomplete. Noah Fant was accountable for two, of his solely two targets, whereas DK Metcalf dropped two, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba dropped one. Any quarterback would have been annoyed, and rightly so, however not Geno Smith.

Instead, Smith continued firing off darts. Offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb tried his hardest to determine Charbonnet and the run recreation, however nothing was doing. His receivers have been dropping balls like loopy, however Smith saved firing at them. This brings up the query of if anybody else was quarterbacking the staff with zero run recreation and receivers unable to catch a chilly, would they've received? We've seen that story with Russell Wilson earlier than. When the run recreation is not productive, neither was Wilson.

The level is Seattle was in a position to falter on all points on offense, however nonetheless depend on Geno Smith to finish 75 % of his passes, regardless of the 5 drops, for 327 yards. The most spectacular facet of this monster performance is that halfway into the first quarter, it was evident to everybody, together with the Patriots, that the Seahawks would not be capable to run the ball. The truth New England knew Smith was going to must throw it makes this performance so masterful.

With Seattle trailing by three factors with simply over 4 minutes to go, Smith led Seattle all the approach down the area to tie the recreation. Completing 4 out of his 5 makes an attempt, Smith threw for 40 yards on that drive alone, which allowed Jason Myers to tie the recreation and drive additional time. In additional time, after a defensive cease, Seattle began on their very own 16-yard line and wanted three factors to win the recreation. Smith, as soon as once more, was improbable.

The first play was a five-yard dart to Smith-Njigba, who had a profession day. The second play was a ten-yard dime to Metcalf. The third play was a shot to Tyler Lockett, who was ready to attract a defensive go interference. The fourth play noticed Geno hit JSN once more for 4 yards, then on 2nd and 6, his go fell incomplete. On a huge third and 6, Smith swung a excellent ball to Charbonnet, who was in a position to struggle for the first down. By that time, they have been nearing area objective vary for Jason Myers.

On 1st and 10 from New England's 38-yard line, Smith took the snap, felt instant strain, expertly navigated out of the pocket, prolonged the play by rolling left, and fired a excellent go to Lockett for 16 yards. After a nine-yard run by Charbonnet to the left hash, Myers went out for the game-winning 31-yard area objective and snuck it inside the left upright. Smith completed the additional time drive finishing 5 of his six makes an attempt for 62 yards.

Let me make it clear – the Seahawks don't win this recreation with out Geno Smith. I do not know if the Seahawks win that recreation with anybody else not named Patrick Mahomes behind that brutal offensive line and non-existent run recreation. The truth Smith was in a position to put up 327 yards on 75 % completion regardless of 5 dropped balls is nothing wanting magnificent.

It was reported Smith's camp reached out to Seattle requesting a contract extension previous to week one. At that point, Seattle could have felt fairly hesitant about committing to Smith for greater than they already are, however now, it looks as if a fairly good concept for John Schneider and firm.

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