Seahawks trade Geno Smith to Raiders: Ranking Seattle’s QB options after making surprising deal with Las Vegas

And less than a week to go to the start NFL Free Agency, Seattle Seahawks are suddenly in the very precarious position you have starting quarterback.

Geno Smith was Seattle’s Starter to the past three days, but I don’t come back in 2025 after Seahawks did surprise choice for trade him To Las Vegas Raiders on Friday. Beside the sports illustratedSmith wanted to contract the extension that will not pay him at least $ 45 million a year, but in Seahawks do not want to more than $ 35 million per season to 34 years.

I usually do not see a team trade on their starting quarterback right at the beginning of the free agency, unless now the idea that’s to replace, but it seems to be that just happened here. In 2022 in Seahawks traded Russell Wilson to Denver Broncos, but what move does not come with a huge risk that Smith was already in Seattle to the starting office.

This time around, there’s sure some risk for there’s no obvious replacement. The Seahawks could turn to Sam Howell, who is currently on the only quarterback in the roster, but more likely salad is that end up adding to the starting quarterback in the free agency.

With the mood, let’s take a look at a few of their top options:

After leading Minnesota Vikings at a 14-3 record Last Season, Damold is arguably the best quarterback in this year’s free agent class. And it’s coming to the career of times, who saw his years in the NFL in both passing yards (4,319) and touchdown transit (35). Mike Macdonald got the first-hand look at Mike Macdonald’s week 16 per 27-24 damage to the Vikings. In the game, Darnoldi for 246 yards and three touchdowns, including a 39-yerd game-winning score at Justin Jefferson with under four minutes left to play.

One connection that drnold is with Seattle’s that’s note with Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak. He was 49ers’ passing the school coordinator in a 2023 Season where Darnold served to back quarterback in San Francisco. Beside to athletesThe Seahawks are already targeting Darnold.

It can be an inepuing option for Seahawks and is usually kidding already spent a lot of time with new Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak. By cousins ​​”six times in Minnesota, Kubiak was three of them, between the two to QB coach (2019-20) and one and offensive coordinator (2021). By Kubiak is the only Season to Minnesota’s offensive coordinator, the cousin of the second-most-touchdown passes in the career (33) and had the lowest of the percentage of the career.

Cousins ​​is stuck in Atlanta now, but he clearly do not want to be. If you wanted to cut it before the start of the free agency, the Seahawks to have a trade with the Atlanta to the land of the relatives. Veterans has a non-trade clause, but would likely be waive it in case to starting quarterback.

The downside was cousins ​​with what’s 36 and he’s coming off the time I got PS. However, what did Poor play in 2024 was due to injuriesIt’s possible that I couldn’t look much better in 2025 since he’ll be fully healed

KLINT KUBIAK appears to be fascinated by the fields sometimes, which could make a former steelers quarterback name to this way. Back in 2021 in Vikings were actually Hoping to land fields in NFL Earnings with 14 Overall Pick: But the ullamcorper traded to him at 11 overall.

After lacking in the fields, Kubiak and Vikings ended with your relatives to starter and ended up to 8-8.

Kubiak do not get fields in 2021, but now has a chance to make it four years later and was interested after an impressive 2024 Season where the field went 4-2 as the starter at Pittsburgh Steelers went 4-2. Even fields plotting the idea of ​​the Seattle that would reunite with the Seahawks QB coach andrew Janocko, who was the field QB coach in Chicago for two years (2022-23). And let’s not forget, the field went to Ohio State with Jaxson Smith-NJIGBA, who brought in Seahawks in receiving the last time.

By an interview in 2024, Smith-NJIGBA was clear that thinks fields can be QB1 in NFL.

Smith, njigba as you have already recruiting the field Seattle.

At this point, the rodgers appears long, but if a man is going to be danger in him, John Schneider. The Seahawks General Manager spent eight years in Packers’ in front of the job, and in five of those times, rodgers was in the team. The downside of Rodgers is that it’s 41 and wake at times during the 2024 times, so it seems unreasonable that it was land in Seattle, unless he wanted to take an extremely team-friendly deal.

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V. Draft a quarterback to compete with Sam Howell

The Seahawks already have a QB in their roster with starting experience, and the Howell, who started 17 games to the commanders in 2023. The Rookie Care with a quarterback and a rookie compete with Howell. With the Seattle reading at 18th overall, it probably will not be able to get one of the top quarterbacks in the draft, but could use a day 2 or more day 3 pick up someone like JAXSON TAG 2 or 3, Jalen Milroe or Quinn ewers.