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Brady HendersonESPN
MATCH – Geno Smith throw two more touch passes Seattle Seahawks football team‘ Win 27-13 via New York Giants on Sunday, then passed up an opportunity to throw it back in the face of his former team.
Smith was asked if he felt any vindication or any sense of revenge in defeating the Giants considering how he was treated during his only season with them in 2015. 2017, when he took over from Eli Manning at the end of the year only to team upstream. next week and reassembled Manning as their starter.
Smith said “not at all” and instead took the opportunity to express his gratitude to Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese, then head coach and general manager of the Giants.
“I am so happy to be here in Seattle,” Smith said. “I spent a year with the Giants. That year was like a blur to me and my life changed from them. I don’t have any regrets for anyone there. In fact. , to me, this game is for Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese. They believe in me. As far as anything else, I don’t really care. I’m happy here in Seattle. This is like a family. It feels like home. And I’m just enjoying my time here and continuing to work hard with these people and try to be the best I can be.”
Smith similarly took the highway to answer what has become a frequent question about how he counters those who doubt he can play as well as he has this season after spending most of seven previous match as a backup. He entered Sunday with the NFL’s fourth-best QBR Total and turned into another strong performance in the Seahawks’ third win in a row, helping them top the NFC West leaderboard with a score of 5-3.
Smith completed 23 of 34 212-yard passes and made no redirects. He could have a third touchdown pass already Tyler Lockett didn’t drop a coveted score on a perfectly deep handball in the third inning. That was despite being pressured 19 times by the Giants’ dense defence. It was a career high for Smith and the biggest pressure a midfielder has faced in a regulation win this season.
With a tie in 13th at the start of the fourth half, Smith won 5 to 5 on a 75-yard run that he overcame with a 33-yard touchdown pass to Lockett. This is Smith’s third touchdown pass with more than 30 yards in the air this season, matching his combined TD such passes in his first nine seasons.
Another of Smith’s touchdown passes was DK Metcalf, who is suspected to be entering the match with a knee injury. Lockett (hamstring, oblique) is also a question.
Smith also jumped 26 yards after five attempts.
Coach Pete Carroll said Smith was “solid as a rock” again on Sunday and noted how well he ran Seattle’s offense even with center Austin Blythe in and out of the game in favor of redundancy Kyle Fuller after spraining his knee in the first quarter.
“True to the day’s work,” Carroll said. “Excellent handling of the script. They did everything with us and he handled it and handled it and checked and did the things we needed to do in the game plan. They’re a tough team to deal with. They’re very tech-savvy in what they do in defense and in the things they throw at you, and that calls for the midfield to really command. And even if Austin goes out and gets smashed and Kyle comes in to keep that flow and keep playing winning football, it’s just a tribute to the people who worked and the bridges. player as well as everyone on board and all that. Only praise to go everywhere.”
With 13 touchdown passes (3 interceptions) this season, Smith has finished his career since 2014 and has nine games left.
Smith is not even considered a favorite to beat Crew Lock in the following Seattle quarterback competition Russell Wilson purchase. He now has the Seahawks in first place and, in Carroll’s words, in a position to “make some noise.”
“He’s the real one, we’re seeing it,” Carroll said. “It’s no mystery or ‘Oh, he’s running out of gas or something.’ It’s not like that. He knows exactly what he’s doing and he shows you week after week, throw after throw after throw. There’s nothing for us to keep him but high expectations. It’s really a thrilling story for the kid. He was just in it very hard and lasted longer and now he’s enjoying all the fun of it. He did a great job. “
