Bookended by GM John Spytek and head coach Pete Carroll, Smith struck all the right notes as the new leader and signal caller of this Raiders team. Mostly he talked about why he saw the Raiders as the perfect landing spot for him. That started with reuniting with Pete Carroll.

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.

NFL teams use every method of talent acquisition at their disposal to address problem areas on their roster. The new league opened less than a month ago and most of the business has already concluded.

Joe Krasnowski is a freelance writer with The Sporting News covering women’s basketball. He is a sophomore at the University of Oregon. Since coming to Eugene, he has had the opportunity to work in Minor League Baseball, cover the 2025 Rose Bowl and interview San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer Will Clark.

As it turns out, there was no negotiation at all. Smith told Albert Breer of SI.com that his representatives didn’t even counter the offer the Seahawks had made.

Geno Smith will be a member of the Las Vegas Raiders for the foreseeable future. The veteran quarterback, who was recently traded from the Seattle Seahawks to Las Vegas, has agreed to a two-year, $75 million extension that is worth up to $85.