Baker Mayfield

Lost in the shuffle among this year’s free agent quarterback crop, Daniel Jones still looms as a potential bridge option for a team. After Geno Smith, Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold rejuvenated their careers on one-year deals in recent years, Jones could be in play for a team eyeing a similar rebound for a once-highly […]

Smith got the "our guy" vote from Schneider, as well. It's been obvious for some time that the Seahawks feel that Smith is a locked-in QB1, and he played well in spite of a shaky offensive line in front of him in 2024. Smith will be an interesting negotiation. Using Baker Mayfield's recent three-year, $100 million contract as a guidestone in negotiations makes sense. But Smith will turn 35 in October, and most quarterbacks don't continue to play at their prime level as they hit their mid-30s. How long the sides want to commit to each other for will be an important question for the tenor of the negotiations.