What happened with former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith on Friday was not just something anyone knew. Instead, literally everyone assumed he would be released by his latest team, the Las Vegas Raiders. Smith, like former Seattle head coach Pete Carroll, was one-season-and-done in Vegas.
Playing with an arrogance in 2025 that was never truly earned, Geno Smith was awful. One reason that Carroll was fired immediately after the season was one of the reasons he was let go by Seattle: The coach is too loyal to fellow players and coordinators. Geno Smith was a symptom of why Carroll failed, but he was a big reason, too.