Seahawks’ Geno Smith says win over Giants not about revenge

SEATTLE — Geno Smith threw two extra landing passes within the Seattle Seahawks’ 27-13 win over the New York Giants on Sunday, then handed up a possibility to throw it again within the face of his former staff.

Smith was requested whether or not he feels any vindication or any sense of revenge in beating the Giants contemplating how he was handled throughout his lone season with them in 2017, when he took over for Eli Manning late within the yr just for the staff to reverse course one week later and reinsert Manning as their starter.

Smith stated “by no means” and as an alternative took the chance to indicate his gratitude to Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese, on the time the Giants head coach and basic supervisor, respectively.

“I am joyful to be right here in Seattle,” Smith stated. “I spent one yr with the Giants. That yr to me was like a blur and my life has moved on from them. I haven’t got any regret in direction of anybody there. In truth, to me, this sport was for Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese. They believed in me. So so far as every other factor, I do not actually take care of it. I am joyful to be right here in Seattle. It is like a household right here. It appears like dwelling. And so I am simply having fun with my time right here and persevering with to work laborious with these guys and simply attempting to be the most effective we may be.”

Smith equally has taken the excessive highway to what have turn into common questions on how he is disproving everybody who doubted he might play in addition to he has this season after spending many of the earlier seven as a backup. He entered Sunday with the NFL’s fourth-best Whole QBR and turned in one other robust efficiency within the Seahawks’ third consecutive win, which retains them atop the NFC West standings at 5-3.

Smith accomplished 23 of 34 passes for 212 yards and no turnovers. He might have had a 3rd landing move had Tyler Lockett not dropped a would-be rating on a wonderfully thrown deep ball within the third quarter. That was regardless of being pressured 19 occasions by the Giants’ blitz-heavy protection. That is a career-high for Smith and probably the most pressures a quarterback has confronted in a regulation win this season.

With the sport tied at 13 early within the fourth quarter, Smith went 5 for five on a 75-yard drive that he capped with a 33-yard landing move to Lockett. It was Smith’s third landing move of 30-plus air yards this season, matching his mixed complete of such TD passes over his first 9 seasons.

Smith’s different landing move was to DK Metcalf, who was questionable heading into the sport with a knee harm. Lockett (hamstring, indirect) was additionally questionable.

Smith additionally rushed for 26 yards on 5 makes an attempt.

Coach Pete Carroll stated Smith was “strong as a rock” once more Sunday and famous how properly he operated Seattle’s offense even with middle Austin Blythe going out and in of the sport in favor of backup Kyle Fuller after struggling a knee sprain within the first quarter.

“Proper on level with the entire day’s work,” Carroll stated. “Dealt with the road of scrimmage fantastically. They did all types of stuff at us and he handled it and dealt with it and checked off and did the issues we would have liked to do within the sport plan to maintain it transferring. They are a powerful staff to cope with. They’re very high-tech in what they do on protection and the stuff they throw at you, and it referred to as for the quarterback to actually be in command. And even when Austin goes out and will get banged up and Kyle is available in, to maintain that movement going and to proceed to play profitable soccer, it is only a tribute to the blokes doing the work and the gamers and everyone being on board and all that. There’s simply reward to go in all places.”

With 13 landing passes (to a few interceptions) this season, Smith already has tied his profession excessive from 2014 and nonetheless has 9 video games remaining.

Smith wasn’t even thought of the favourite to beat out Drew Lock in Seattle’s quarterback competitors after the Russell Wilson commerce. Now he is obtained the Seahawks in first place and, in Carroll’s phrases, in place to “make some noise.”

“He is the true deal, we’re seeing it,” Carroll stated. “There is not any thriller or, ‘Oh, he will run out of gasoline or one thing.’ It isn’t like that. He is aware of precisely what he is doing and he exhibits you week in, week out, throw after throw after throw. There’s nothing for us to carry him however within the highest of expectations, actually. What an exhilarating story for the child. He simply hung in there so powerful and outlasted it and now he is having fun with all of the enjoyable of it. He did nice.”