No matter who you were a fan of, one of the best storylines of the 2022 NFL season was the resurgence of Seattle Seahawks QB Geno Smith.

Geno was was once drafted 39th overall to the New York Jets and had hopes of taking the starting job there. He suffered injuries and was ultimately benched. Eventually, his contract expired and he became a free agent. He spent one season with the New York Giants before joining the Los Angeles Chargers. 

After that season is when Geno arrived in Seattle. Despite signing with the Seahawks in 2019, he didn't see any meaningful playing time until the 2022 season. This, of course, was because of the Russell Wilson trade and Geno stepped in and wrote a comeback story for the ages.

Following the 2022 season, Geno Smith won NFL Comeback Players of the Year and earned a Pro Bowl nod after leading the Seahawks to a 9-8 record.

He also earned himself a very nice payday as he recently signed a three-year, $75 million deal. 

Pro Football Focus recently predicted Smith's success to fade, however. Even more so, they think he'll revert back to the style of play that had him bouncing amongst teams before he joined the Seahawks.

Geno Smith was one of the most amazing stories of the 2022 NFL season, earning himself a new contract with his performance as the Seahawks' starter. Smith made 35 big-time throws and recorded a 77.7% adjusted completion rate, ranking among the best quarterbacks in the game in a variety of categories.

The issue is that Smith also tied for the league lead in turnover-worthy plays (29) and his grade was built largely on three extraordinary single-game performances. Outside of those games, Smith’s PFF grade ranked 20th in the league and he had more turnover-worthy plays than big-time throws. Of course, removing every passer’s best games would impact their numbers, but few seasons were as top-heavy as Smith’s last year. It wouldn’t take much for him to regress into a more marginal starter from his 2022 level.

Honestly, it's going to be very interesting to see how Smith performs in 2023. The Seahawks did a good job of giving him even more weapons over the offseason and the duo of Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Zach Charbonnet are great fits for what the team likes to do on offense.

Smith is certainly set up to succeed in 2023, not fail. The one area that could ding things is the 'Hawks interior offensive line, but it shouldn't ever get bad enough to the point where it's holding the unit back, or anything like that.

From this vantage point, it's hard to see Smith "fail' in 2023, but it's certainly not out of the question. Either way, we won't have our answer until months from now, anyway.

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