While there is plenty of drama and speculation around the Seahawks’ starting quarterback, their backup made headlines after their regular season came to a close. Geno Smith was arrested on suspicion of DUI early Monday morning, according to a report from ESPN’s Brady Henderson. 
Smith was arrested just after 2:00 am on Monday and released on his own recognizance around 9:30 the same morning. According to an update from the Seattle Times’ Bob Condotta, a report from the Washington State Patrol indicates that Smith was driving 96 mph in a 60 mph zone, and that he “grew increasingly agitated” while realizing he would be arrested. In addition, Smith refused a blood alcohol breath test, meaning blood had to be drawn on the authority of a warrant, and with Smith “having to be placed under restraints”.
Smith, 31, said in a Tweet, “Being arrested brings a taint onto the reputation that is impossible to undo, no matter what really happened. I’m asking all of you to hold back on judging me the same as you would do for a friend or family member. I’ll have more to say down the road & ask that you bare [sic] with me.”
His attorney added that “Geno is fully cooperative with the investigation” and that “I hope that an open mind can be kept by all as the facts are ascertained”. After Smith was present for the team’s end-of-season player meeting later in the day Monday, Head Coach Pete Carroll said, “I checked in with him. We have to let his people handle all that”.
Smith has spent the past two seasons as the backup in Seattle, a stretch that includes four appearances in relief of Russell Wilson after the latter’s broken finger this season. He won one of his three starts, completing 68.4% of his passes for 702 yards, five touchdowns and one interception overall. He is set to be an unrestricted free agent in March.
National Felon League almost as bad as Congress
Now I’m imagining the Raiders trying to sign Matt Gaetz.
Dang that’s no good
Way to start the off season!
looks like seahawks will be in the Mike White sweepstakes
Choice of words used in his statement…
Suspicion of DUI? Was there not a breathalizer or blood test? Did he say something along the lines of “Honest, alcohol, I haven’t had any officers tonight.”?
You have the legal right to deny any test as long as the Police don’t have a warrant, which they did not at the time he was pulled over.
The Police would have to be psychics to have a warrant wouldn’t they? They would have to know hours in advance when and where you were going to be impaired, then notify a judge and get him to sign off on the warrant.
96 MPH is jamming. Even sober that is a recipe for nothing good.
This isn’t 1992. Get an Uber.
Love the mind and actions of an NFL player. I guess recent events in the league concerning alcohol and operating a vehicle don’t apply here?
Maybe in 2022 the league can have players wearing the charges they’ve been arrested for rather than pointing fingers are the once who enforce it? You know: Murder, Drug Abuse, Domestic Violence, Aggravated Assault, Gun Violence, Drug Trafficking, Sexual Assault and so on……
I also enjoy the double tongue. His attorney says he was fully cooperating with police? That must be AFTER he refused the BAC test and had to be put in restraints for the blood draw?
I guess society needs to redefine the word “cooperation” to fit today’s social culture?
Sometimes I question myself for continuing to watch the NFL.
But how else could we explain to visitors from an alien planet, why we are sitting in just our underwear, drinking a beer and yelling at a box?