Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith makes top 10 in 2022 NFL QB Index

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith landed at No. 9 overall in Marc Sessler’s 2022 NFL QB Index, one spot above the GOAT, Tom Brady.

Throughout the 2022 regular and postseason, 68 quarterbacks had the chance to start an NFL game. Around the NFL writer Marc Sessler took a look at each and ranked them top to bottom for his final QB Index piece of the year.

Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith landed in the top 10 of Sessler’s list.

“Philip Rivers once received a Comeback Player of the Year nod for improving marginally from one autumn to the next,” Sessler writes. “Snagging that same award earlier this month, Geno offered something far meatier, sticking it to his summertime critics (read: this blogger) by waltzing into a post-Russ universe, starting every game and blasting Wilson’s single-season Seahawks passing record into the sun.”

“He also led the league in completion percentage, crafted a 32-to-12 touchdown-to-pick ratio and displayed dramatic improvement as a deep-strike artist,” Sessler continued. “Few players have more effectively dropped a continent-clearing hammer on the haters.”

For his impressive season, Smith finished at No. 9 overall, one spot above the GOAT, Tom Brady.

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Russell Wilson ranked 11th-best starting quarterback in 2021

Seahawks Russell Wilson was ranked 11th-best starting quarterback in 2021 by NFL.com’s Gregg Rosenthal in his final QB index of the year.

Only two teams made it to the Super Bowl this past season, but 62 players had a chance to start at the quarterback throughout 2021. In his final NFL QB Index of the year, Around the NFL editor Gregg Rosenthal ranked each and every one of them from first to worst.

Seahawks signal-caller Russell Wilson narrowly missed the top 10, landing at No. 11 overall.

“That’s two straight up-and-down seasons for a player who had previously been a model of consistency,” Rosenthal writes. “After last season’s second-half swoon, Wilson was unspectacularly efficient early this season, missed three starts, suffered through the worst month of his career and then finished strong. The missed games and slump knocked him down three spots or so, but he played like a top-10 quarterback to begin and end the season.

Tampa Bay’s Tom Brady took the top spot from last year, followed by Aaron Rodgers, Josh Allen and Justin Herbert, respectively. Super Bowl-winning QB Matthew Stafford rounded out the top five in the fifth position.

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