Geno Smith says beating Giants not about revenge: ‘This game was for Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese’

Following the Seattle Seahawks’ 27-13 victory over the New York Giants, Geno Smith did not enjoy exacting revenge over his former group.

“I am completely happy to be right here in Seattle,” Smith mentioned. “I spent one yr with the Giants. That yr, to me, was like a blur. My life has moved on from then. I haven’t got any regret in the direction of anybody there. Actually, to me, this recreation was for (former Giants coach) Ben McAdoo and (former GM) Jerry Reese. They believed in me. So far as some other factor, I do not actually look after it. I am completely happy to be right here in Seattle. It is like a household right here. Appears like residence. I am simply having fun with my time right here and persevering with to work laborious with these guys and simply making an attempt to be the most effective we could be.”

Throughout his one season in New York, McAdoo inserted Smith because the starter, breaking Eli Manning’s ironman streak. Nevertheless, following the Week 13 loss to the Raiders, McAdoo and Reese have been fired, and Manning returned because the starter.

Following that tumultuous season, Smith spent one yr because the backup to Philip Rivers with the Chargers. He then moved to Seattle, the place he sat behind Russell Wilson for 2 seasons.

Now the full-time starter, Smith has shined, main the Seahawks to a 5-3 report, the one group within the NFC West above .500.

In Sunday’s victory over Massive Blue, Smith tossed for 212 yards and two passing TDs with zero INTs for a 104.0 passer ranking. It marked Smith’s fifth recreation this season with a 100-plus passer ranking, most within the NFL. Geno has generated six video games with a number of passing TDs this season — he had seven such video games in his earlier 9 seasons.

“He is the actual deal, we’re seeing it,” coach Pete Carroll mentioned. “There isn’t 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 reveals you week in and 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 robust and outlasted it and now he is having fun with all of the enjoyable of it. He did nice.”

The 71-year-old Carroll is delighting in his membership, beginning with Smith, proving all of the preseason prognosticators mistaken. Pegged as a rebuilding squad, the Seahawks have now gained 4 of their final 5 video games.

“That is actually particular,” Carroll mentioned. “It is a very particular alternative proper now. It has been due to the entire hype and the circumstances and all that and the problem of it and the doubting and all that sort of stuff.

“, all of the those who doubt, such as you’re shedding — we run the ball an excessive amount of, you do not perceive soccer and he cannot keep up with the brand new recreation and all that sort of stuff — that is a bunch of crap, I am telling you. Look, we’re doing high quality. We’re all proper. I do not thoughts proving it day in and day trip.”