The Seahawks traded away one of the greatest deep passers in NFL history last year and they somehow wound up with an upgrade in this part of the game. While he wasn’t perfect, Geno Smith did a lot of things well on the field in 2022. At the top of the list was his aggressiveness and high accuracy throwing the deep ball (passes of 20 air-yards or more).
Recently Nick Shook at NFL.com, made a list of the top 10 deep throwers in the league last year and Smith came in at No. 1. Some of the names on Shook’s list were expected – such as top-three superstars Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow and Josh Allen – but there are also several surprises, including an appearance by the painfully boring Kirk Cousins and former Seattle starter Russell Wilson, who bombed in general his first year in Denver, but apparently is still thriving in this department.
Here’s how Shook’s complete top-10 deep-thrower list stacks up.