Why the Seahawks could cut Geno Smith if he's not named as the starting QB

Seaside Joe 1265. 8/22/22: Smith's incentives to get paid are Seattle's incentives to re-work his contract...again. That's something no other writer has told you.

The Seattle Seahawks signed Geno Smith to a contract in April that would have paid him as a low-tier starter with incentives going up to a total value of $7 million. And then the NFL made them tear that contract up and start over and the Seahawks signed Smith to a different deal that won’t even make him one of the 35 highest-paid quarterbacks in the NFL…