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Nice read by John Feinstein...
Washington is getting much more than a solid QB in Alex Smith
Rarely do NFL player transactions elicit “wows,†but Washington's acquisition of quarterback Alex Smith five days before the Super Bowl — and subsequent agreement on a contract extension — is the exception.
Wow, indeed.
At $71 million guaranteed, Smith is a steal. Over the past year, I've gotten to know Smith well while working on a book project about the art of playing quarterback in the NFL. Here's what Washington fans, and his future teammates, should know: Excellent quarterback. Better person. Leader in the locker room.
And, for those worried that he will turn 34 in May, check out his 70-yard run against the New York Jets back in December. The Kansas City Chiefs even had some read option in their offense this season to take advantage of his speed and elusiveness.
The fast-twitch comparisons to Kirk Cousins are natural, but they miss one critical point: Cousins wasn't an option for Washington. The team wasn't going to pay $34 million to tag him for a third season, and regardless of any of the politically correct things Cousins said about wanting to stay, he was getting out the first chance he got. It wasn't a question of if, but when.
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Washington is getting much more than a solid QB in Alex Smith
Rarely do NFL player transactions elicit “wows,†but Washington's acquisition of quarterback Alex Smith five days before the Super Bowl — and subsequent agreement on a contract extension — is the exception.
Wow, indeed.
At $71 million guaranteed, Smith is a steal. Over the past year, I've gotten to know Smith well while working on a book project about the art of playing quarterback in the NFL. Here's what Washington fans, and his future teammates, should know: Excellent quarterback. Better person. Leader in the locker room.
And, for those worried that he will turn 34 in May, check out his 70-yard run against the New York Jets back in December. The Kansas City Chiefs even had some read option in their offense this season to take advantage of his speed and elusiveness.
The fast-twitch comparisons to Kirk Cousins are natural, but they miss one critical point: Cousins wasn't an option for Washington. The team wasn't going to pay $34 million to tag him for a third season, and regardless of any of the politically correct things Cousins said about wanting to stay, he was getting out the first chance he got. It wasn't a question of if, but when.
Click HERE for the rest of the story...