What Seahawks QB Geno Smith changed after career year

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith suggested that becoming a pescatarian helped him enter this preseason healthier than he was a summer ago before he enjoyed a career-best campaign. 

"I haven’t had chicken or beef in four or five months now," Smith recently told NBC Sports' Peter King. "I’ve been eating really healthy, really clean." 

Smith earned Comeback Player of the Year honors and his first career Pro Bowl nod after he emerged as a revelation while serving as the replacement for Russell Wilson, who was traded to the Denver Broncos in March 2022. 

Per ESPN stats, Smith led the NFL among qualified players for the 2022 regular season with a 69.8% completion percentage, and he was tied for sixth with a 60.8 adjusted QBR. The 32-year-old was eighth with 4,282 passing yards and fourth with 30 touchdowns through the air. 

Smith also recorded 366 rushing yards and one score on the ground on 68 carries last season. He told King he wants to improve upon those numbers during the upcoming campaign. 

"I still feel like I don’t really do enough of the stuff on the move," Smith admitted. "Being able to create off-schedule. And then being able to attack a little more in the red zone." 

Back in March, Smith signed what was initially reported to be a three-year, $105M (max value) contract, but it's since been learned that the Seahawks theoretically could move on from that deal as soon as next March depending on how he performs beginning with the Week 1 game against the Los Angeles Rams on Sept. 10. 

As of Monday afternoon, OddsChecker listed the Seahawks as the second-favorite team behind only the San Francisco 49ers (-165) to claim the NFC West title at +230 odds. If Smith proves his 2022 season was no fluke, he and the Seahawks could do more than merely challenge San Francisco for the division crown.