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Basic StatsGeno Smith's Basic Stats

Geno Smith
ADP: 15.3
Bye: 10
Experience: 11
Age: 33.9
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 221
40 Time: 4.59

Burst Score (Rank): 120.60 (86%)
Throw Velocity (Rank): 55.00 (50%)

Injury PredictorGeno Smith's Injury Guide

Medium Risk

Chance of Injury in 2024

52.5%

% chance misses at least 2 quarters

Chance of Injury per Game

4.3%

1- 17√1-% Inj/Season

Projected Games Missed 2024

1.50

Durability

5.00

Ability to produce despire relatively minor injuries. 5 being most durable

Injury analysis powered by Draft Sharks Injury Guide, formerly SIP Logo

Injury History

Date League Injury Details
Oct 23, 2016 NFL Knee ACL Tear Grade 3 Geno blew his knee out during the 2nd quarter of Week 7 action. He was placed on IR.
Aug 11, 2015 NFL Head Jaw Fracture Smith was sucker punched by a teammate.
Aug 29, 2019 NFL Knee Patella Sprain Smith suffered a knee injury during the final preseason game against the Raiders
Aug 14, 2021 NFL Head Cranial Concussion Grade 1 Smith suffered a concussion in the first half of the preseason game against the Raiders
Dec 7, 2023 NFL Inguinal Groin Pull Grade 1 Smith dealt with a groin injury that flared up ahead of Week 14. It caused him to miss two games.
Nov 19, 2023 NFL Arm Tricep Strain Grade 2 Smith sustained a triceps injury in Week 11 vs. the Rams. He did not miss any time.

Basic StatsGeno Smith's Preseason Player Analysis

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Bottom Line

Smith is coming off a QB24 finish in fantasy points per game last season. He played well, though, earning a career-high and ranking 12th in Pro Football Focus passing grade.

Smith ranked seventh in fantasy points back in 2022 and gets his top three WRs back this year in D.K. Metcalf, Tyler Lockett, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba this year. But Smith will be operating a new offense under first-time NFL OC Ryan Grubb.

There’s a relatively wide range of outcomes here, but Smith’s ADP is sitting in low-end QB2 territory. His fantasy ceiling extends well above that price tag.

What We Learned Last Year

  • Smith finished 24th among QBs in fantasy points per game last year.
  • That was way down from his QB7 finish in 2022.
  • What changed? Here’s where Smith went in key metrics from 2022 to 2023:
    • 33.6 pass attempts per game to 33.3
    • 69.8% completion rate to 64.7%
    • 7.5 yards per pass attempt to 7.3
    • 251.9 pass yards per game to 241.6
    • 1.8 pass TDs per game to 1.3
    • 5.2% pass TD rate to 4.0%
  • There was no noticeable dropoff in Smith’s play. In fact, he earned a career-high 82.1 Pro Football Focus passing grade. That ranked 12th among 33 qualifying QBs.
  • Smith ranked 19th among those 33 qualifiers in completion rate and 11th in yards per attempt.
  • He ranked seventh in NFL Next Gen Stats’ Completion Rate Over Expected.
  • Smith missed Weeks 14 and 15 with a groin injury.
  • He finished as a top-12 fantasy QB in just five of his 15 outings. That included a pair of top-5 finishes. But Smith ranked QB20 or worse six times.
  • On top of the dip in passing production, Smith also went from 21.5 rushing yards per game in 2022 to just 10.3 last year.

What to Expect in 2024

  • The Seahawks traded for QB Sam Howell in mid-March. He’s coming off an up-and-down season in Washington and shouldn’t be a threat for the starting job as long as Smith plays as well as he has the past two seasons.
  • Smith will be playing for a brand new coaching staff this year led by HC Mike Macdonald and OC Ryan Grubb.
  • This will be Grubb’s first NFL coaching job.
    • He’s been coaching in various offensive roles for various schools since 2003.
    • Grubb most recently served as the University of Washington’s OC. Those Huskies teams both ranked top 13 in the nation in total yards and points per game.
    • They were especially lethal through the air, ranking first and then second in passing yards per game. Washington ranked top five in pass attempts both years.
  • Grubb said in early June that his Seahawks offense might not be as pass-heavy.
    • “So when you talk about some of the run-pass balance, you have backs like (Kenneth Walker III) and Zach (Charbonnet), you are pretty excited about your ability to run the ball. So I think for us we are trying to meld some things together with some things we’ve done in the past, whether it’s a long time ago or even just the last few years and get the guys to understand that we want to be a physically dominant team and at the same time have that same explosive, confusing element that people are used to.”
  • Grubb loved throwing deep at Washington. QB Michael Penix ranked fourth in passes of 20+ yards in 2022 and then led the country in 2023.
  • That’ll be a change for Smith, who’s ranked near the middle of the league in both total pass attempts of 20+ yards and percentage of passes to travel 20+ yards the last two years.
    • He’s been very good throwing deep, though. Smith led 35 qualifying QBs in Pro Football Focus’ deep passing grade in 2022 and ranked ninth among 38 qualifiers last year.
  • The Seahawks return their top six targets from last year.
    • WR Tyler Lockett
    • WR D.K. Metcalf
    • WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba
    • TE Noah Fant
    • RB Ken Walker
    • RB Zach Charbonnet
  • 31-year-old Lockett is in decline but still a solid player. Smith-Njigba should be ascending in year 2. This remains a strong pass-catching corps.
  • The 2023 Seahawks ranked:
    • 28th in Pro Football Focus pass-blocking grade
    • 25th in ESPN’s pass-block win rate
  • Seattle might have as many as four new starters on the offensive line this season: OT George Fant, Gs Laken Tomlinson and McClendon Curtis, and rookie C Olu Oluwatimi. 2022 first-round LT Charles Cross returns for his third season.

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Geno Smith, QB SEA

7:32am EDT 8/6/24

Geno Smith Returns to Field

Seahawks QB Geno Smith returned to the field Monday after missing four practices with knee and hip issues.

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Seahawks QB Geno Smith missed practice Wednesday and Thursday. HC Mike Macdonald said afterward that Smith is "working through a couple things" and that he'll get imaging on knee and hip issues Thursday night.

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Seahawks QB Geno Smith (groin) put in a full week of practice and isn’t listed on the final injury report. He’s ready to go for Sunday’s game against a banged-up Titans defense. Smith checks in 12th in the Week 16 QB Rankings.

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Seahawks QB Geno Smith (groin) was a full participant in Wednesday's practice. That puts him on track to return for this weekend's game vs. the Titans' 15th-ranked QB defense. See where Smith sits in the Week 16 QB Rankings.

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Seahawks HC Pete Carroll said Tuesday that he expects QB Geno Smith (groin) to have a full week of practice and play vs. the Titans on Sunday. Smith appeared on track to return for Monday night's game vs. the Eagles but suffered a setback during the week. So he's not a lock to be out there this weekend. But we are projecting it to be Smith under center for the Seahawks in Nashville.

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