On the trade to acquire Sam Howell: “We were kind of sweating that this morning talking to the Commanders and Adam Peters, their general manager. We were sweating that out, there were several teams involved with it. Sam’s a football player, I think that’s the best way to describe it. I know everybody saw him play out here, he had a great day against us this past fall. He’s a quarterback, but he’s really a football player, that’s what I love about him. Really tough, young, he’s 23 years old and has 18 starts in the league already. He’s the same age as (Jayden) Daniels from LSU, (Spencer) Rattler, and (Michael) Penix, and he’s a year younger than Bo Nix. We’re just really excited to be able to acquire him. We know he’s a serious dude, he’s into it, he works his tail off, we got great reviews on him, and we loved him coming out of college. We’re happy to get him in the mix. Geno is the guy, and Sam will be backing him up.”
Schneider noted the performance had in the Commanders’ 2023 loss in Seattle made an impression on the Seahawks, saying, “The game he played here, it hit home how tough he was, how strong he was, keeping his eyes down field, finding the open receiver, and almost winning the game there at the end. He’s young, he’s smart, he’s tough. He’s just a football player. I keep going back to that, but it’s a legit thing.”
Asked further about his comment that Howell will be Smith’s backup, Schneider added, “Well I’m sure there’s competition, but it’s not like we’re signing him to go and compete with Geno to be the starter. But he’s going to be giving it a run, he’s a competitive guy.”
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