NFL Munich posters remind Seahawks followers the Geno Smith redemption arc is the story of the 2022 season

Seattle Seahawks followers are reminded of simply how underrated quarterback Geno Smith has been as they discover Drew Lock posters promoted in Munich. 

Regardless of their 6-3 report that leads the NFC West, the Seattle Seahawks stay underrated.

Even their NFL Munich mid-season match in opposition to the flailing Tampa Bay Buccaneers has Seattle’s greatest expected to lose by a narrow margin, as if their season of unprecedented success quantities to little for pre-game bets.

The Seahawks-Buccaneers betting line brings to thoughts one other guess from earlier this 12 months: The notion that Seattle misplaced huge by buying and selling away Russell Wilson, and so they made a dangerous alternative in rolling with Geno Smith and Drew Lock.

What’s apparently worse is that the Seahawks selected Smith over Lock within the quarterback battle, as apparently, the NFL anticipated Lock to win that one.

Seahawks author and podcaster Dayna O’Gorman famous that when the NFL created promotional supplies for the NFL Munich sport earlier than the season, there have been no posters that includes Smith. As a substitute, there are posters that includes Lock and DK Metcalf plastered on partitions for the NFL Munich match.

NFL Munich posters doubted the Seahawks’ Geno Smith underdog story

For anybody who has adopted Smith’s journey all through the NFL, it’s no shock that the 32-year-old was ignored by the NFL for being a backup quarterback. Previous to signing with the Seahawks in 2019, Smith performed for the New York Jets, the New York Giants, and the Los Angeles Chargers. Drafted by the Jets in 2013, Smith struggled with turnovers and later confronted accidents that opened the door for Ryan Fitzpatrick to win the beginning position. The Seahawks’ continued religion in Smith’s improvement allowed him to stay ready with the workforce for 3 seasons till his 2022 debut.

The membership’s continued dedication to Smith illustrates a tough actuality within the NFL: Generally, gamers with potential are written off too early or fail to develop correctly of their given circumstance. Earlier than Robert Saleh and Brian Daboll, each the Jets and Giants have been critiqued for dysfunction all through the 2010s. Sam Darnold had an opportunity to show himself away from the Jets, and whereas he’s enjoying third fiddle to P.J. Walker in Charlotte, he was nonetheless welcome to a quarterback battle.

When the Seahawks traded Russell Wilson to the Denver Broncos, the thought was that the Seahawks would in all probability commerce for a brand new franchise quarterback, maybe Baker Mayfield (who mockingly went to switch Darnold for the Panthers).

Pete Carroll insisted that Seattle was proud of who that they had, however nobody might consider it. Six wins, an unbelievable completion share and one MVP dialog later, it seems to be like Geno Smith — and German Seahawks fans — obtained the ultimate phrase on leaving him out of these posters in Munich.