DK Metcalf spoke with Terrell Owens about how Geno Smith ‘matured and changed’ as Seahawks starter (Video via fubosports)
wide receiver DK Metcalf has been teammates with Geno Smith since his rookie season back in 2019. Geno was Russell Wilson’s backup for three seasons, but in 2022 the team’s blockbuster trade of Wilson paved the way for Smith to be a full-time starter for the first time since he was with the New York Jets back in 2014.
“Well after [Russell Wilson] left, of course that’s a big missing void,” Metcalf said. “With one, his play, two, his leadership and three, just his presence overall. So how I looked at it, Geno played three years behind Russ, so he sat in the room with Russ. He knows how Russ thinks and how Russ talks. So I’m thinking, he’s about to try to emulate Russ. He didn’t do that not one time. Geno Smith did stuff his own way.
“But [last year] just going into training camp – he is the first one out there and the first one at the facility. He’s watching film. He’s not talking. He just had his head down and he’s working. Week 8 he gave us a pregame speech, and you could just see everyone locked in on him because they had seen how much he had matured and changed. He wasn’t the same Geno. He was like, ‘This is my team now. Ya’ll are gonna listen.
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