Sam Howell: I’m confident I can play smarter football if I get an opportunity

Sam Howell began all 17 video games at quarterback for the Commanders final season, however he’s not in line for a similar position in 2024.

Howell was traded to the Seahawks this month and each head coach Mike Macdonald and General Manager John Schneider have made it clear that Geno Smith remains the starter in Seattle. During an look on Seattle Sports this week, Howell stated he is aware of Smith is “still the guy” and stated he’ll do all he can to support his new teammate as they transfer towards the season.

Howell additionally stated he’s going to “try to do everything I can to just come in and work and just try to get better.” One space he’s going to give attention to is ball safety after throwing a league-high 21 interceptions final season.

“Obviously the interceptions, I’ve just got to do a better job,” Howell stated. “There were some times where we were down in some games and I was just trying to be a little aggressive and at times maybe just tried to do a little too much, trying to give us a chance. But I’ve got to be smarter, got to play smarter football, got to play winning football. And at times I was doing it, so just doing it at a more consistent rate. And I feel confident about my ability to do that. It’s just a matter of if I get an opportunity I’ve got to go out there and show it.”

Howell was one among 9 quarterbacks to start out all 17 common season video games final season, so the possibilities he’ll get to play in some unspecified time in the future are fairly good. If he can keep away from the sorts of errors that helped sink the Commanders final 12 months, he’ll doubtless get much more alternatives within the years to return.