Analyzing Seattle Expectations With Mina Kimes - Locked On Seahawks Podcast

Geno Smith turned heads in his first season as a starter winning Comeback Player of the Year. Where does he need to show the most growth to lead the Seattle Seahawks on a potential deep playoff run in 2023?

Corbin K. Smith | Jun 3, 2023

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After signing the dotted line on a new three-year contract chocked full of incentives in the aftermath of winning Comeback Player of the Year, Geno Smith has sights set on continuing to silence skeptics leading a high-powered Seattle Seahawks offense. What would be an ideal step forward for him under center?

Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang catch up with ESPN analyst Mina Kimes to discuss where Smith needs to make progress to emerge as an upper echelon quarterback in his second year as a starter, whether or not the Seahawks made the right move drafting yet another running back early in Zach Charbonnet to pair with Ken Walker III, and where the team sits in the NFC pecking order heading into a new season.

Smith and Rang also continue their Forecast Friday series looking back at Quandre Diggs' 2022 season and why the stars have lined up for him to potentially turn in the best year of his career to date in Seattle.

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Published Jun 3, 2023

CORBIN K. SMITH

Graduating from Manchester College in 2012, Smith began his professional career as a high school Economics teacher in Indianapolis and launched his own NFL website covering the Seahawks as a hobby. After teaching and coaching high school football for five years, he transitioned to a full-time sports reporter in 2017, writing for USA Today's Seahawks Wire while continuing to produce the Legion of 12 podcast. He joined the Arena Group in August 2018 and also currently hosts the daily Locked On Seahawks podcast with Rob Rang and Nick Lee. Away from his coverage of the Seahawks and the NFL, Smith dabbles in standup comedy, is a heavy metal enthusiast and previously performed as lead vocalist for a metal band, and enjoys distance running and weight lifting. A habitual commuter, he resides with his wife Natalia in Colorado and spends extensive time reporting from his second residence in the Pacific Northwest.