‘All Signs Point To’ Geno Smith Signing With Jets

SNY’s Connor Hughes says at this point, all signs indicate that the Jets and QB Geno Smith will be partnering up for the 2026 season. 

Hughes said it would be a big surprise at this point if Smith doesn’t sign with the Jets as soon as he’s formally released by the Raiders on Wednesday. 

It would be a full circle moment for Smith and the Jets, as New York drafted him way back in 2013. There’s a lot of history for Smith in New York, though he didn’t overlap with nearly any of the current coaching or front office. 

Reports had said Smith would have loved to sign with the Dolphins, as he’s from Miami, but they picked Malik Willis instead. The Vikings have also come up as a potential suitor for Smith but they seem to be more interested in Cardinals QB Kyler Murray for the moment. 

Hughes adds, as other reports have suggested, that Smith will not be the only quarterback addition the Jets make this offseason. He says Carson Wentz has come up given his connections to OC Frank Reich.

Smith, 35, is a former second-round pick of the Jets back in 2013 out of West Virginia. He played out the final year of his four-year, $5.019 million contract before signing a one-year contract worth $2 million with the Giants in 2017.

Smith signed a one-year deal with the Chargers for the 2018 season before joining the Seahawks in 2019. He returned on one-year deals each of the following three seasons before being named the starter in 2022. 

He signed a three-year extension with the Seahawks worth $105 million in March of 2023. He just finished the second year of his deal and made a base salary of $12.7 million fully guaranteed. 

Smith was in the final year of his deal and set to make a $14.8 million base salary in 2025 when the Seahawks traded him to the Raiders for a third-round pick. He then signed a new two-year, $75 million extension. 

In 2025, Smith appeared in 15 games for the Raiders and completed 67.4 percent of his passes for 3,025 yards, 19 touchdowns, and 17 interceptions. 

We’ll have more on Smith and the Jets’ plans at quarterback as the news is available.