Geno Smith entered Sunday’s game 0-5 against the San Francisco 49ers as the starting quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks. The Niners had won the previous six matchups against Seattle dating back to Dec. 5, 2021.
On Thursday, Smith said the matchup was “very personal.” With the trajectory of their season on the line, Smith shook off a bad third-quarter interception and capped off a game-winning touchdown drive via a 13-yard rushing score with 12 seconds left in the game — lifting the Seahawks to a 20-17 victory over the Niners at Levi’s Stadium.
Seattle (5-5, 1-2 NFC West) was at risk of falling deeper into a last-place hole in the division after losing five of their previous six games heading into the bye week. Now, they have leapfrogged San Francisco (5-5, 1-3 NFC West) heading into a bout with the first-place Arizona Cardinals in Week 12.
“We knew how much was at stake, man,” Smith said postgame. “We’re trying to turn our season around. We had a bye week, and we’ve got eight games ahead of us to put ourselves in positions that we want to be in. So this is just a step in the right direction for us, and so I was very ecstatic and happy for that.”…