Offence and Alex Smith

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/

IF Alex Smith eventually retires early..... I guess some of the young, soon to be Free Agents we were planning on re-signing are now out of reach. This changes our future. I think the NFL should have some kind of cap exemption for career ending injury, death and player misconduct/suspensions.
The cap is becoming something nobody wanted, which is elite teams get broken up. Elite teams can now only stay together a few years. We now have a lot of teams with holes in their line up. The amount of elite teams are fewer and fewer each year.
All because some small market teams are cheap and/or cannot spend. There needs to be a way to keep good teams together if a player and team want to stay together. The player should not be forced to take less to stay with their team. A team that is making money hand over fist.
THE SALARY CAP SUCKS!

I think AS stays on the roster for the first 5 days, then goes ahead and retires Jun 1st.

Because the injury guarantees kick in, we end up having 2 years of 23M dead cap. We also will have to re-work Colt's salary because he can void the 2nd year of his contract based on playing time details.

Definitely need to take a rookie this year, but that really puts us right back in the never ending cycle, because the one position this FO can't pick is QB...

I think AS stays on the roster for the first 5 days, then goes ahead and retires Jun 1st.

Because the injury guarantees kick in, we end up having 2 years of 23M dead cap. We also will have to re-work Colt's salary because he can void the 2nd year of his contract based on playing time details.

Definitely need to take a rookie this year, but that really puts us right back in the never ending cycle, because the one position this FO can't pick is QB...

It's likely 6 months before he can resume running... so retiring in June puts him 7 months post injury. He won't even know what he's capable of yet at that time. Unless his leg is just completely ruined and the doctors say yeah no way, I don't know why he would be so quick to make a decision.

Let's let this thing play out a while before we toss dirt on him. He very well could be back for training camp, maybe start out on PUP. I've seen a few sports docs on Twitter suggest this same thing.

It's likely 6 months before he can resume running... so retiring in June puts him 7 months post injury. He won't even know what he's capable of yet at that time. Unless his leg is just completely ruined and the doctors say yeah no way, I don't know why he would be so quick to make a decision.

Let's let this thing play out a while before we toss dirt on him. He very well could be back for training camp, maybe start out on PUP. I've seen a few sports docs on Twitter suggest this same thing.

How about his mental state after such a horrific injury? He was already jittery, what would he be like if he recovers?

How about his mental state after such a horrific injury? He was already jittery, what would he be like if he recovers?

Most are saying he will def miss up to a full year, so we are looking at midway through 2019, I don't see why we won't go after a new starter next season.

Most are saying he will def miss up to a full year, so we are looking at midway through 2019, I don't see why we won't go after a new starter next season.

You have to draft someone, no if’s or but’s.

You have to draft someone, no if’s or but’s.

Only issue is that this is a very weak QB class, I mean there really is no clear cut top 10 pick.

Herbert is raw and do we trust any Oregon QB's? (Mariota is ok but always hurt)

Will Grier looks good but he plays in a horrible defensive conference.

So big ?'s all around the QB position.

Maybe trade for a young guy sitting?

Only issue is that this is a very weak QB class, I mean there really is no clear cut top 10 pick.

Herbert is raw and do we trust any Oregon QB's? (Mariota is ok but always hurt)

Will Grier looks good but he plays in a horrible defensive conference.

So big ?'s all around the QB position.

Maybe trade for a young guy sitting?

Trade again?

I don't trust Bruce and Danny to make a quality decision. fuck both these pieces of shit. Bruce should be fucking fired today. Sick of this shit

Trade again?

I don't trust Bruce and Danny to make a quality decision. fuck both these pieces of shit. Bruce should be fucking fired today. Sick of this shit

There is no way we can go into next season starting CM and not have a young guy under him. (I don't see AS being ready to be the starter)

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Alex Smith had surgery last night on his broken tibia and fibula, an injury not considered career-threatening. The team moves forward with Colt McCoy on a short week.