The Seattle Seahawks won a shoot-out Sunday in Detroit, with a good deal of credit going to starting quarterback Geno Smith. Smith finished the Week-4 outing completing 23 of 30 passes attempted for 320 yards and two touchdowns. He also logged seven carries for 49 yards and the Seahawks’ first rushing touchdown of the season.
Coach Pete Carroll was quick to acknowledge his QB after the game.
“Geno played some spectacular football, spectacular football, not just the throwing and the catching but the command of the game and running the whole show,” Carroll said. “He did an incredible job, and he ran the ball too for 50 yards or something.
“So, fantastic day, I don’t know how you can do a whole lot more, play a lot better than that.”
.@Seahawks QB @GenoSmith3 has a 77.3 completion percentage (102 of 132) through his first four games this season, the highest completion percentage (minimum 125 attempts) by a quarterback in his first four games of a season in NFL history. #GoHawks
— Seahawks PR (@seahawksPR) October 3, 2022
Through four games played this year, Smith’s 77.3 completion percentage is the highest for a QB through his first four games in a season in NFL history. Not a bad stat for someone most pundits had relegated to a career backup.
“He played pretty good football, man,” Carroll continued. “I’m just thrilled for him and for our guys that he’s had this kind of early success to jump-start this season and show us that we can play really good football with him at the helm, and he’s just been so rock steady throughout this whole process, and then he’s playing and doing it, taking it on the road.”
