New Las Vegas starting quarterback on target deeper
Geno Smith’s comeback story with the Seattle Seahawks in recent seasons has been fueled by his accuracy.
The new Las Vegas Raiders’ starting quarterback, the team acquired from Seattle for a third-round pick (No. 92) last month, completed 70.4 percent of his passes in 2024 for the Seahawks and was one of the most, or the very most, accurate quarterbacks in the league on a weekly basis.
And it’s not like Smith padded his accuracy stats on short passes. A recent tweet by NFL analyst Warren Sharp shows Smith completed 53 percent of his passes of 10-plus yards downfield last season. It was tied for the eighth-best rate in the league. Here is the full list:
completion % on passes 10+ yards downfield
58% – Brock Purdy
57% – Jared Goff
56%
55% – Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Tua Tagovailoa
54% – Matthew Stafford, Sam Darnold
53% – Geno Smith, Baker Mayfield
52% – Jalen Hurts, Jayden Daniels, Kirk Cousins, Russell Wilson
51% – Justin…— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 10, 2025
So, Smith isn’t just a dink-and-dunker. He will air it out … and, more often than not, he will be on the money.
In other Raiders’ news:
- Geno talk: Raiders’ quarterback coach Greg Olson talks about coaching Smith again.
- Most improved: PFF thinks the Ashton Jeanty pick was one of the best picks in terms of improving a team’s certain position. I’d say.
- Mock again: SB Nation has a 2026 (yes, that’s right) mock draft.