Three Seahawks who might have sealed their 2019 roster fate against Chargers
By Lee Vowell
Geno Smith
The best thing that can be said about Smith is that he is calm in the pocket and looks in control of the offense. The Seahawks don’t need him to compete for starting time. They need him to be the guy who can come into a game should Wilson be injured and tell the other players, “We got this” and have them believe it. Smith’s demeanor might lead to that belief among fellow players.
Smith does not have a long-term history of success in the NFL but he does have experience. That has shown in preseason. I misread his body language in the first preseason game as he was not motivated. He is; Smith is just so calm about it.
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It also says something that Smith tried to get back sooner rather than later after having surgery on a cyst on his knee the previous week. He came back so quickly that Seattle had to make the choice to sit him rather than take a chance on his knee.
Against the Chargers, Smith was 11 for 18 for 117 yards and he also ran for 24 yards on six carries and a touchdown. He isn’t Russell Wilson but he can run the same kind of offense. And that is the most important thing about him. He is going to be Wilson’s backup in 2019 for the Seahawks.