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Originally Posted by scho63
What does Darnold give them that Geno didn't?
Their Oline was terrible for Geno and he is more mobile.
What am I missing?  |
Little if anything.
Some youth and some upside.
But they got him to say yes to a 2 year deal. Geno was evidently asking for 3 on top of the year he has left.
And someday we'll start to realize that 'mobile' means shit in terms of making life easy on your OL. Geno is a lot like Watson in that he's not as mobile as people think, he zeroes in on his targets and waits for them to get open and he holds onto the ball too long.
Really nice thrower -- really bad processor. That's hellish for OL. And Darnold may ultimately not be much better in that regard.
But the Seahawks got a younger QB with shorter term and more upside as well as a 3rd round pick. The downside? Absolutely nothing at all. They weren't going to acccomplish anything with Geno that they couldnt' accomplish with Darnold. If anything, their ceiling is a little higher and their floor a little lower, which is only a good thing for a rebuilding squad that was trending towards QB purgatory.