Seattle Seahawks: Geno Smith’s Redemption – Pt. 2 Coming to Seattle
The Seattle Seahawks are off to an incredibly surprising start that few saw coming. A good part of the team’s success can be attributed to their quarterback Geno Smith. His play has been nothing short of MVP level.
Ten games into the 2022 season and the Seattle Seahawks sit in first place in the NFC West by a half-game with a record of 6-4. If the playoffs started today, they would be the three-seed hosting a rematch with the New York Giants. This week they are on bye and get some much-deserved time off to prepare for the final playoff drive.
Much of this season’s success is due to quarterback Geno Smith and his wristband. Jokes aside, we’re going to look at Smith’s Phoenix-like career. Well, at least the part of his career with the Seattle Seahawks.
Should anyone have seen this coming?
So, why all the surprise to the success of Smith this season? He was a highly touted quarterback prospect coming out of college.
Prior to this season, Smith had a career 58.8% completion rate with a 3.4 touchdown percentage rate and a 3.7 interception rate. For every touchdown pass, he also threw a pass to the opponent.
Smith’s production this season has been way outside of his career norm. He leads the NFL with a 72.8% completion rate. Right behind him is Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa, at 71%.
Smith currently ranks sixth among NFL quarterbacks at a 5.4 TD percentage rate and fifth at a 1.3 INT percentage rate in the NFL. So, now he is completing a high rate of his passes and has almost a four-to-one touchdown to interception ratio.