Jared Goff or Geno Smith: Who is a better pick? 

Jared Goff has his fans and critics, but both camps would agree to feel sorry for him after the events of the 2021 NFL season. The Los Angeles Rams, the team that drafted Goff first overall in the 2016 NFL Draft, traded him away with a couple of picks to the Detroit Lions for Matthew Stafford. That trade was the catalyst for the Rams' Super Bowl success.

On the other hand, Goff was made to endure a frustrating year at the perennial league punching bag, the Detroit Lions. This season has not been too different from Goff's debut in Detroit, as the shot caller is pulling off a stat line of 1,583 passing yards, 11 touchdowns, and six picks, good for a 52.6 QBR score.

However, Geno Smith is having the best spell of his eight-and-a-half-year NFL career. He is finally fulfilling the promise he showed in college. Geno is a true rennaissance story. The quarterback rose out of the Seattle Seahawks' departed legend Russell Wilson's shadow to become one of the most in-form shot callers in the league so far this 2022 season. Geno Smith is racking up stats of 1,712 passing yards, 11 touchdowns, and three picks, good for a 66.8 QBR score.

Verdict: Geno Smith will be a better pick for your fantasy team. Geno Smith's Seattle Seahawks have a much better record than Jared Goff's Detroit Lions. And judging by the squad depth of both franchises, those records will be similar come the end of the regular season. Quarterback ability greatly affects a franchise's performance, and at the moment, Geno Smith has just too much ability over Jared Goff.

Why Geno Smith is a better fantasy pick than Jared Goff

Geno Smith is a better fantasy pick than Jared Goff for many reasons. First, he has more momentum than Goff due to his team's unexpected playoff push in his first year as a starter. Momentum goes a long way in the NFL fantasy league. So we can only look further than the West Virginia alum.

Also, there's the team factor, which is directly affected by quarterback play. Smith plays for a team, the Seattle Seahawks, that is better than the Detroit Lions. The Lions have sucked for a long time, while the Seahawks are perennial playoff contenders. You need not be a rocket scientist to know who would finish higher at the end of the season.

How did Jared Goff and Geno Smith perform last season?

Jared Goff and Geno Smith had significantly differing seasons in the 2021 NFL season, with the shot callers playing different roles for their franchises.

Jared Goff was a starter for the NFL basement team, the Detroit Lions. He pulled up stats of 3,245 passing yards, 19 touchdowns, and eight picks, good for a 45.5 QBR score in fourteen starts.

On the other hand, Geno Smith spent the 2021 NFL season backing up former Seattle Seahawks franchise quarterback Russell Wilson. Hence, his stat line reads 702 passing yards, five touchdowns, and one pick, good for a 45.5 QBR score in four games.

How have Jared Goff and Geno Smith performed this season?

Jared Goff and Geno Smith entered this season with pretty different expectations. Goff was expected to possibly take the Lions to another level that he became accustomed to while with the Los Angeles Rams. Unfortunately, Goff has yet to do that, and the Lions are sitting at the bottom of the league with a 1-5 record. His next game is against Tua Tagovailoa's Miami Dolphins, so it doesn't get easier.

On the other hand, Geno Smith outperforms every NFL quarterback not named Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, or Joe Burrow. The eight-year veteran has finally hit his stride, and it remains to be seen who will stop him and the Seahawks. Geno Smith has led the Seahawks to a 4-3 start to the season, giving them no need to look into the draft or free agency for a Russell Wilson replacement.

In their upcoming Week 8 matchup, Geno and the Seahawks are up against the rampant New York Giants. The game will be tough, but anything can happen with Smith being in the best form of his life.