The Seattle Seahawks did not have a backup plan in the quarter-tree, but have a team that went 10-7 last season and should not have the impression of rebuilding.
And yet the Seahawks exchanged Geno Smith at Las Vegas RaidersLeaving them naked to the most important position in sport.
This does not mean that Smith cannot play. It was reasonable for Seattle in the last three seasons. Last season, he launched 4,320 yards and completed more than 70% of his passes. But there is a reason why the Seahawks exchanged it.
Raiders' error in a big title of a out -of -season move will probably not send a choice of third round draft reported for Smith, via the NFL media. It should be thought that they set their quarter post.
There has been a possible change in the way the teams examine the quarter-tree. The smarter teams will follow suit and will initiate several resources to more than one option, especially when there are questions about the age or capacity of their starter to remain a viable starter for several seasons. The bad teams will continue to follow the path of so many others who were mistaken thinking that they were put to QB or did not want to upset the starter.
The Falcons of Atlanta stole one of the favorite quarters of raiders in the draft last year and even if the management of Las Vegas has changed since then, this lesson should guide their way.
Geno Smith can be a short -term solution
A year ago, it was unclear that the raiders liked Michael Penix Jr. Falcons did not seem to be a threat to their flight with the eighth choice of draft. Then they did it, despite having Kirk Cousins on a large contract. The raiders grabbed the air with the 13th choice when six quarter-backs presented themselves in the Top 12 (although Brock Bowers, winger, was a fantastic consolation price at n ° 13).
Everyone made fun of the Falcons on the evening of the draft for having taken Penix just after having signed cousins. After Cousins failed last season and Penix looked good in the past few weeks, no one tears off for the choice of Penix.
Raiders needed someone to come and play at a competent level right away. Smith, who will be 35 years next season, can do so. The rental was not cheap because the choice of third round which returns to Seattle is very precious for a reconstruction team like the raiders. But it was a reasonable decision. The new faces of the franchise, led by the limited owner of the Tom Brady team, the general manager John Spytek and the head coach Pete Carroll, did not want to make the mistakes of the old regime – or, in the case of raiders, many regimes – and throw themselves with a bad quarter -back situation. Smith pays this, especially given his familiarity with Carroll. It was expensive but well.
And is not the time to rest. It is now time to become aggressive, knowing that the clock turns.
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What will be the next Raiders QB movement?
While Smith will be 35 years old on October 10, raiders cannot expect many more years of solid play on his part. They certainly cannot imagine that there is another level to come. They know exactly what they get and have a good idea of the time it will last.
The error that the NFL teams have made too often do not want to upset a veteran quarterrier by calling on a younger player behind him. This is how the teams are stuck with an aging QB that suddenly strikes the wall and there is no answer behind it. This is almost the place where the Seahawks find themselves, probably happy to recover a third round choice for Smith after a few seasons of the seizure of being without ignorance of his future with the team, but without any firm plan for what comes next. Sam Howell is very little likely to be a quarter to keep Seattle at a level of 10 victories. (Hello, Sam Darnold?) Seahawks have their own work to do.
Raiders have the sixth choice in total and if a quarter that they like, perhaps Sheder Sanders of ColoradoAdded to them, they must double as the Falcons did a year ago. If they do not like a quarter who falls towards them in the first round, they must have an eye on other quarters of the second round. You cannot believe that a quarter-rear in mid-Tentaine who has been good non-large like Smith will solve problems beyond Who will start week 1 of next season.
This is the test for Brady, Spytek and Carroll. Raiders have found a bandage, and that will help them look like a more professional outfit than last season. But it's just the start of determining the quarter problem. And it could eventually help open the way to change the way the teams tackle the quarter-back in the NFL.
