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Geno Smith to Chargers

New Rivers backup a boon to defenses

The Chargers signed Geno Smith yesterday, and he'll likely back up Philip Rivers in 2018. Most likely, there won't be a fantasy impact -- Rivers has started every game 12 years in a row. But Rivers is 36 years old, so the chances of him missing time due to injury would seem to be increasing. If that happens, the defenses facing the Chargers become more appealing in fantasy leagues.

Smith has appeared in 34 games over his NFL career, and one of the reasons he's never been particularly successful as a starter is he's never been good at avoiding sacks, interceptions and fumbles. That continued into his lone start in 2017, for the Giants: 3 sacks and 2 fumbles against Oakland.

For his career (and this includes several games where he only got a handful of attempts), Smith has been a sack and turnover machine. The ugly numbers below.

GENO SMITH, SACKS AND TURNOVERS
Year Opp AttSk Int Fum
2013T.B.38511
2013N.E.35430
2013Buf.29020
2013Tenn.34522
2013Atl.20400
2013Pitt.34321
2013N.E.33412
2013Cin.30320
2013N.O.19200
2013Buff.23432
2013Balt.22320
2013Mia.10110
2013Oak.25110
2013Car.28410
2013Clev.36000
2013Mia.27000
2014Oak.28212
2014G.B.32110
2014Chi.43320
2014Det.33212
2014S.D.12010
2014Den.43411
2014Minn.34301
2014Buff.8030
2014Buff.12200
2014Mia.13211
2014Minn.29310
2014Tenn.28300
2014N.E.27210
2014Mia.25101
2015Oak.42310
2016Ariz.6111
2016Balt.8200
2017Oak.34302
Games34900803619
Per Game26.52.41.10.6

--Andy Richardson

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