At first glance, Geno Smith’s contract is not dramatically better than Sam Darnold

Remember when the Seahawks pivoted from Geno Smith to Sam Darnold because Smith wanted too much and Darnold was signed for much cheaper? Less than a month later, this exchange has a very different sensation.

Although the first reports of the value of a new contract are almost always wrong because (1) Agents overestimate the terms of the initiates and (2) the initiates know that any respect, you know, the truth will prevent them from being first or close, the initial word on the Smith report indicates a two -year basic extension of a value of $ 75 million. Given that he had to earn $ 31 million during the last year of his existing contract, he became an agreement of $ 106 million over three years.

The Seahawks signed Darnold to an agreement of $ 100.5 million over three years.

Smith would have an increase of $ 10.5 million. Darnold has an increase of $ 15 million. This puts Smith at $ 116.5 million in maximum and Darnold profits at $ 115.5 million.

That said, the Darnold agreement is structured to allow the Seahawks to escape it after a year and 37.5 million dollars. The structure of the Smith agreement has not yet been reported.

Be that as it may, the two contracts seem much more apples on apples than anyone would have planned. Smith would have liked much more than $ 40 million a year. Its average of the new currency is $ 37.5 million. Its total average compared to the signature is $ 35.3 million.

Maybe he decided to reduce his expectations after being traded. Maybe the meeting with coach Pete Carroll softened his determination.

Anyway, what he wanted to be very different from what he would have obtained. What he would have obtained is not dramatically better than what the Seahawks gave to his replacement.