From New York Post · · 1m 20s
Geno Smith's second act with the Jets
The quarterback the Jets drafted in 2013 is back in green, and both sides want a different ending this time.
In brief
The quarterback the Jets drafted in 2013 is back in green, and both sides want a different ending this time. Geno Smith gets something almost nobody in the NFL gets: a do-over with the team where it went wrong the first time. Originally reported by New York Post.
Drafted to be the guy
The Jets took Smith in the second round in 2013 and handed him the franchise quarterback job, expecting him to hold it for years.
Act I ended badly
That first run in New York fell apart. The hopes the draft pick carried never turned into the long tenure the Jets planned for.
“Act I Geno didn't end well.”
A career in chapters
Smith has written a lot of them across 12 seasons, bouncing through roles and teams after New York let the first story close.
Sunday in Nashville
Act II opens against the Titans in the 2026 season opener, with Smith back under center for the team that drafted him.
The fan base is waiting
Jets fans have been expectant before. They want this version of the Smith era to finish somewhere better than the last one did.
He wants the quiet version
Smith's career has been star-crossed and loud. What he's after now is a chapter with a lot less volatility attached to it.
“he hopes this chapter turns out to be much less volatile”
The takeaway
Geno Smith gets something almost nobody in the NFL gets: a do-over with the team where it went wrong the first time.
