Redskins trade for Alex Smith

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

I am very interested to hear Jay Grudens take on this.

I would imagine he is somewhat relieved. All along he has talked about how he didn't appreciate the year to year scenario with the QB position. Now he has his guy for the next 5 years. Guarantee he is sleeping like a baby tonight.

The narrative has been that they F'd up the Cousins thing a couple years ago. I'm not going to dispute that whatsoever, but who knows if a deal would have ever been done. Maybe Cousins never wanted to be here (ever), thus the year to year scenario that we have seen. Whatever...it is what it is. Now we have a QB, and freed up some cash to build a better team around him that we wouldn't have had if we tried to meet Cousins' demands. I like the guy, and wish him well, but the price tag was never going to be worth it and would have crippled this team for years.

I'm not super excited about losing Fuller, but we still have some good CBs...Norman, Dunbar, Holsey, Moreau. Maybe we add a FA if we don't resign Breeland, or maybe add more depth in the draft. He played great this year, rated high, might end up being super, etc., but it isn't like he is irreplaceable. He wasn't shutting dudes down weekly, and he made his share of mistakes.