The Seahawks won’t be playing until Monday night, so Seattle fans are free to enjoy the holiday and some rare stress-free football Thursday and through the weekend.
Seattle’s backup quarterback Geno Smith shared a holiday message on Twitter this morning.
Happy Thanksgiving pic.twitter.com/XVMvGqMTGA
— Geno (@GenoSmith3) November 25, 2021
Since it’s a holiday we don’t want to think too hard about it, but it’s tough not to wonder if Seattle might have a better record if Geno Smith had started the last two games instead of a clearly-not-right Russell Wilson.
Smith is not a better quarterback by any stretch of the imagination. However, he is healthy and at the very least he’s been more productive on third down this season, as others have pointed out.
Third down statistics for the #Seahawks quarterbacks this year…
Russell Wilson: 13-37 (35%), 218 yards, 10 first downs, 5.9 YPA, 62.7 rating
Geno Smith: 15-22 (68%), 139 yards, eight first downs, 6.3 YPA, 85.2 rating— Corbin K. Smith (@CorbinSmithNFL) November 23, 2021
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us, in any case.
