Offence and Alex Smith

i just dont see how alex ( or his wife) think its a great idea to rehab like hell and come back next year. i myself had a gruesome leg injury. i broke my leg at the knee joint 5 years ago. the bottom part of the joint sheered off. i had an external fixator for 3 months and then had the plates installed. it was a long time before i could even start rehab. i feel pretty good now on most days. im 36. like i said i feel bad for him. but with his break i think he will be ok long term. clean break like that (from what i saw) dosnt usually hurt ligaments or tendons. alot of the redskin fans wanted to see what we have in colt. here we go. im an alex fan and i want to see him play again... but i just dont see it.

I'd like to know the same thing. What if he's forced into retirement due to injury? What does that mean for the team in terms of the money? At least one thing we can take solace in, if the 'skins found a great QB in the draft, they have a lot of players playing on rookie contracts. It might be that by the time they have to offer "real" contracts to the likes of Allen, Guice, or Payne, any effect from the Alex Smith deal would be null.

Call me crazy, but I believe the 'skins have a lot of pieces in place.

71 million is injury guaranteed. I think that means we'd be fucked if he's forced out via injury.

71 million is injury guaranteed. I think that means we'd be fucked if he's forced out via injury.

Does that $ count against the salary cap if he decides to hang it up? Not that he will, just curious how that works. Anyone know?

Does that $ count against the salary cap if he decides to hang it up? Not that he will, just curious how that works. Anyone know?

Probably not if he retires. If doctors tell him not to play that might be a different story.

There's no special injury or retirement provisions with the cap. If he retires we would take a $20M cap hit next year and have $42M in dead cap. Not good. The contact was set up for a potential out after year 3. So if he retires before then, again, not good.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/washington-redskins/alex-smith-3337/

So basically we're married to a qb who will be 35 next year, coming off a terrible injury that will decrease his mobility (a key element of his game) and will also be coming off one of his worst statistical seasons in years.

TL;DR: There is no path that doesn't suck.

If anyone wants a clear answer as to whether he's going to retire or not, his 2020 salary becomes fully guaranteed as long as he's on the roster the 5th day of the new league year in 2019 (mid March or so). He's not retiring.

If anyone wants a clear answer as to whether he's going to retire or not, his 2020 salary becomes fully guaranteed as long as he's on the roster the 5th day of the new league year in 2019 (mid March or so). He's not retiring.

I got 20 on them drafting a qb next year (provided Gruden doesn't flame out and get bounced at the end of the year) not only as an insurance policy for Smith but to shore up the position long term.

So basically we're married to a qb who will be 35 next year, coming off a terrible injury that will decrease his mobility (a key element of his game) and will also be coming off one of his worst statistical seasons in years.

TL;DR: There is no path that doesn't suck.


It was a terrible deal to begin with...a Bruce and Danny special. But Bruce shouldn't just fired for this decisions, but there is simply zero excuse for not having a young, developmental QB on the roster for years.

Now this fucking contract will eat up space for a couple years, continuing to fuck us.

I got 20 on them drafting a qb next year (provided Gruden doesn't flame out and get bounced at the end of the year) not only as an insurance policy for Smith but to shore up the position long term.

Considering Colt looks like an accident waiting for a place to happen, I think the Redskins should draft two QBs next year.