According to Smith, he felt as if Seattle's offer had too many "escape hatches" to get out of the contract. We at Seahawks Wire theorized this may have been a contributing reason why Smith declined the Seahawks' deal, considering how Sam Darnold's contract gives the team similar ways to escape it.

After the Seahawks traded quarterback Geno Smith to the Raiders, Seattle G.M. John Schneider said that the team made an offer to Smith — and that it wasn't "a very long negotiation." As it turns out,

Geno Smith is not a villain for pursuing, or believing he’s found, a better fit with the Las Vegas Raiders. But what matters most is what the Seahawks do next.