Geno Smith returns to MetLife Stadium in Week 4 as a Pro Bowl quarterback, something few thought would still be in the cards for him following the messy ending to his busted Jets career a few years earlier.

Smith will be back in town on Monday night with the Seahawks to face the Giants, who he also briefly played for — including the infamous Eli Manning benching game — in 2017.

Smith’s unexpected career resurrection under Pete Carroll after replacing Russell Wilson as the starting quarterback in Seattle last year — he posted a league-leading completion percentage of 69.8 and 30 touchdown passes in 17 starts — is another example of how it sometimes takes players several years to realize the potential that once made them a top prospect.

That is not to say Zach Wilson is assured of such success later in his NFL career, be it with the Jets or elsewhere, following the turmoil and growing pains he is presently enduring as QB of the NYJ.