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Lynden's Terry asks, “Can you please get a better QB?” Gino (sic) sucks in my opinion. We win the first three games and then lose the next three. What the hell is going on?”

A: As you can probably tell, this question was asked before the win in Atlanta, but I'm tackling it anyway because, quite frankly, there are a lot of really bad opinions about Geno Smith floating around, and there have been for too long .

First of all, if you're going to insult someone's competence, you should probably at least be able to spell a four-letter first name correctly. (glass houses, stones, etc.) but to get to the heart of this question.

Through seven games, Smith is undoubtedly the Seahawks' MVP, and not just because he plays the most important position, although that's part of it, but also because he's playing really, really good football, and in several games, even during the game a more one-dimensional offense, meaning teams should theoretically have a much easier time defending the pass and rushing the passer.

Despite being put under a fair amount of pressure, Smith has managed to lead the league in passing yards, completing passes at a rate of 68.5 percent. His touchdown-to-interception ratio of 8:6 doesn't jump out at the stats, but the Seahawks got nine rushing touchdowns from Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnet, and while it's not great for a quarterback's stats, is it possible for him to run in the red zone in huge.

And most of those interceptions were due to Smith getting hit while throwing, Smith trying to get something going late out of desperation while trailing, or, as was well documented last week, DK Metcalf breaking off his route just as Smith threw the ball, giving a 49ers cornerback an easy path to the ball into the space Metcalf vacated.

Every week Smith makes some absurd plays, maneuvering in the pocket to evade a pass rush before firing off an accurate throw, and every week he makes a throw or two that combines arm strength and an accuracy that very, very few quarterbacks on the planet possess.