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Robert Zeglinski

The Seahawks giving Geno Smith $105 million brings his incredible redemption story full circle

This time last year, Geno Smith was an NFL poster boy for quarterbacks for all the wrong reasons.

As a former 2013 second-round pick, Smith crashed and burned with the New York Jets before bouncing around the league with three other teams. He’d eventually find a home with the Seattle Seahawks, but no one took him seriously. He was in Seattle to first be a backup to Russell Wilson, then a one-year veteran stand-in before Pete Carroll and Co. could appropriately move on to their quarterback of the future.

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