Seattle Seahawks Q&A: What Must Geno Smith Accomplish to Become Elite QB in 2024?

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1. In 2024? Win three Super Bowls with a 95% completion rate.

2. I believe that our Coach's defensive experience means he is offense knowledgeable! Coach has elite position coaches! They encourage everyone to play together and mind what's important to the team! Geno has the greatest commitment to perfecting his craft, his approach to improving his play and those around him as true leader!
   This season will surprise the NFL!… listening 12's; show some love for Geno!
   !+luv❤ for Locked On Seahawks!

3. Geno is already an elite QB. Geno is underrated, underappreciated, and under esteemed in the NFL community. The day you don't need critics validation is the day you have learned your true value.👍💯

4. Well, I saw a guy trying his best with the rest of the class being undisciplined last year. Now, if Geno sucks this year, fine; the Geno haters will be proven right. But I don't think so. I expect Geno to shine if everyone else pulls themselves together 💪💙💚

5. Mike Jackson and Artie Burns are good Seahawks there are many like them, even year. Mike might bring a 6th

6. Nice to see people who know Geno is good. With time he will throw 30 tds and a couple goofy ints. Far more good than bad

7. I like Hankins cool dude

8. 7 might have to get elite at running to his left!

9. Geno Had a great year last year, with the worst O line in football.
   This man had no running game at all.
   He did not have a drop off. They was terrible and Geno had 6 or 7 comebacks more than any other quarterback in the league last year.

10. To me, Geno doesn't have to be "elite". He only has to be good and smart with the football. Basically Alec Smith with obviously , better arm talent. It will come down to the O-line protecting him and allowing him to distribute the ball. The fantasy stats mean nothing to me and the whole "elite" thing is overused. I know everybody talks Mahomes but let's face it, a lot of okay to pretty good QBs have SB rings. Washington, the Giants, the Raiders, the Ravens, Philly with Foles. Fwiw. I like Geno a lot but we still need to find our future at the position. Gonna be tough if we continue the 9-10 win mediocrity we've been in since 2016.

11. Geno does not get the respect 🫡 from casual fans that he should. This is his 3rd season as our starter. Geno has been great in his 1st two seasons. Making the Pro Bowl BOTH years. All the while Geno has taken far less money 💰 than his market value. Leaving 10’s of millions on the table.
    Our offensive line play has been inadequate for several seasons. The protection is lacking. The run blocking has been non existent. Still, we blame our QB.
    This year there is a feeling of optimism about our young players that compose our offensive line. We have made some changes that should improve our line play. We should not expect to be successful until we put together a better offensive line.
    Without protection we were 9-8 in 2022.(making the playoffs)! In 2023 we finished 9-8 again.(did not make the playoffs). We know what Geno can do without proper protection. He was under duress most of the time. The pocket collapsed and we found it difficult to get our running game going. These things combined made it difficult to make the plays we needed to win games. Still, Geno improvised and won a lot of games considering.
    Imagine what Geno will do when we protect him. Giving him time to let plays develop. Allowing him to lean on a dominant running game. With a secure pocket Geno has plenty of weapons to attack defenses with. In Grubs offense, he will throw more screens and quick passes. Grubs is known for using his TE so Fant should find himself very busy this year. Grub also calls plays that have a lot of moving pieces, check downs and audibles. With pass protection Geno’s accuracy should skyrocket! He is already one of the most accurate QB’s in the league. I predict that Geno breaks the 80% mark this season. Not only is Geno accurate, he also throws one of the best, if not the best deep balls in the league. Together, these two strengths will make Geno a top tier passer. With better run blocking K-9 will explode 🤯!! His numbers will reflect this by rushing for 1000 yards this season. Zach Charbonet will also get his opportunity.
    DK will be our focal point. Defenses will gameplan to take him away. Grub knows this. We have Lockett, JSN, BoBo, Shenault and Eskeridge to help when DK is covered. Too many weapons that will not allow teams to focus too much on DK. When the short passing game is effective, the deep passing is opened up. Geno can exploit this. When the passing attack is clicking on all cylinders, the rushing attack can take flight. ✈️ Teams will be forced to play nickel or play 3 safeties. It all starts with the offensive line.
    I believe Geno will have a greatly improved offensive line this year. With this, he will shatter records! He will lead his team to a much improved season. Going from a 9-8 team that didn’t make the playoffs. To a 14-3 team that barely misses the Superbowl,
    Next season will be our moment of truth. We will add the missing ingredients. We will continue building our trenches. We might add another superstar talent to our offense. We might add shut down CB. We might go out there and sign a player that will lead us from the ILB position. This player has to have the same qualities as a Bobby Wagner or Ray Lewis;. Add a SS to make that group solid. The main thing is that we are set at the QB position. Geno has 4-5 years left before we will need to replace him. IF a QB we really are highly excited about comes along we will put him behind Geno and develop him for the future.
    The Seahawks are building a team that has a very high ceiling.

12. I'm curious as to how our QB coach went from a RB coach to a QB coach…. Side note: Geno is ELITE

13. Thanks for bonus episode. Was awesome. Keep it going 👍. Emphasis on Gino's protection, from Grubbs game plan can't wait to see sounds awesome

14. Go Seahawks. !!!!