New York Jets Reporter Gets Honest on Geno Smith's Future With Team

New York Jets reporter Rich Cimini of ESPN expects Geno Smith to be on the team for just one season. 

Smith has just one year left on his contract. 

"It's no secret that the Jets are targeting the 2027 draft (three first-round picks) for their QB of the future," Cimini wrote. "Basically, Smith could be a one-year stopgap."

Smith is looking to turn back the clock in his second stint with the Jets after leading the NFL in interceptions last season with the Las Vegas Raiders. 

Smith's best seasons in the NFL came with the Seattle Seahawks in 2022 and 2023. He made the Pro Bowl in 2022 and 2023 and won the 2022 AP Comeback Player of the Year Award.

A West Virginia product, Smith enters next season with 22,168 passing yards, 124 passing touchdowns and 89 career interceptions in the NFL. His starting record is 42-56-0.

New Jets OC Frank Reich, who has been in the NFL for a long, long time, has enjoyed working with Smith thus far. The veteran coach has been impressed by the QB's "football mind."

"It's hard for me right now to not be overly, what's the word, effusive with praise, but I am just so impressed with Geno," Reich said, via Jets.com. "I know we haven't played any games yet, we've got a long way to go, we've got a lot to prove. But man, he is on point. His preparation is top-notch, his football mind is elite, the way he's communicating in the huddle and at the line of scrimmage and the way he communicates in the quarterbacks room."  

The Jets went 3-14 last season in Year 1 of the Aaron Glenn era. Let's see how they do in Year 2 with Reich and Smith in the fold.

"He wasn't good last season -- throwing a league-high 17 interceptions for the Raiders -- and he hasn't been an efficient passer since 2023, his next-to-last season with the Seahawks," Cimini wrote. "Can a 35-year-old quarterback, in his fourth system in four years, turn back the clock? That's asking a lot. He needs to get off to a good start because the fanbase has a long memory; it remembers Smith's first stint with the Jets (2013-16), which wasn't a fun or smooth experience. The fans will be screaming for rookie Cade Klubnik if Smith struggles early."

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