The Seattle Seahawks would come calling for Paxton Lynch after their 2018 season was over, signing Lynch to a Reserve/Future contract in mid-January. Seattle did not sign Geno Smith until OTAs, on May 15, and the two veteran reserves competed throughout the offseason for the backup job.
While both were initially released, Smith won the job, and was re-signed a day later. His release was only due to a transactional quirk, with the Jadeveon Clowney trade still pending. They sent two players to the Houston Texans as part of the trade, so they had to keep those two players on the roster until it was official.