The Las Vegas Raiders didn’t intend to trade for Geno Smith as of a couple of weeks ago because they were confident that they would be able to trade for Matthew Stafford. That’s according to John Schneider, the general manager of the Seattle Seahawks who just traded Geno Smith to the Raiders, so it is a pretty solid source.
According to Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times, Schneider wasn’t talking to Pete Carroll (Seahawks former head coach) about Smith when the two were seen talking to each other before the NFL Scouting Combine because per Schneider, Pete “thought (the Raiders) were getting Matthew Stafford at that point.