John Schneider has turned it yet another crystal ball moment. For a second consecutive time he has moved on from the Seattle Seahawks’ starting quarterback at an opportune moment.
The Las Vegas Raiders will reportedly release Geno Smith soon. The soon-to-be number one overall pick, Fernando Mendoza, will not have the veteran to look up to.
At least three other teams were interested in dealing with Schneider last year for Geno Smith. In the end it was the Raiders, who promptly gave Smith the type of deal not too dissimilar to what Seattle had offered.
The curious part about this situation is how remarkably precarious Klint Kubiak and the Raiders offensive situation is. If there ever was a time to learn something about a quarterback’s NFL transition, it would literally be the offensive coordinator of the Super Bowl-winning Sam Darnold-coaching Seattle Seahawks. The New York Jets nearly ruined Darnold. The Jets ruin everyone.
Do we think the Raiders are any better right now?
The first thing this move communicates is that Smith is not, in fact, the type of personality or leader who would do well to give up the chair to a rookie. But for any Seattle fans that watched a bit of Las Vegas tape out of curiosity, that offense is cheeks.
Very few regrets out of the Seahawks front office lately, and significant questions ahead for Kubiak’s Raiders.
As an aside, the Seahawks play the Raiders in Vegas in 2026. Instead of facing Carroll and Geno Smith as was the possibility the minute they were both brought in by Vegas, both are unemployed after the Raiders crashed to 3-14.
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