It looks like the free agency quarterback market will grow by one in the next few days – and when NFL Network’s recent report Ian Rapoport and Kim Jones come true, the Miami Dolphins will have the perfect candidate to take on their quarterback role .
Rapoport posted on Twitter the news that the quarterback of the Washington football team, Alex Smith, is ready to be cut by the team.
“The Washington football team expects to break up with QB Alex Smith in the coming days, sources tell me and @KimJonesSports. AP Comeback player of the year said he still wants to play, and at the age of 36 he could have a chance to do so. ”
Smith is a prime candidate to enter a backup role with Miami. Because he, unlike Ryan Fitzpatrick, will not serve as a long-term threat to the development of Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. But unlike Fitzpatrick, Smith doesn’t offer the sweat equity that brought him the trust and loyalty of so many of his teammates – creating an awkward dynamic in Miami toward the end of the 2020 season as Fitzpatrick looms on the bench and did more. appearances throughout the second half of the season; surpassing Tagovailoa in both cases.
Smith continues to bring a lot of experience to the game, ranking 1st in the overall standings in the 2005 NFL Draft; after recording 167 starts in the NFL and miraculously recovering from a terrible leg injury, which not only ended his playing career, but also took his life.
If you consider Smith’s style of play before the 2018 injury in Washington, Smith was a precise passer-by with good mobility, but not great – no different from the features offered by Tua Tagovailoa Dolphins. And Smith knows a lot about uninspired beginnings. Yes, Tagovailoa failed to live up to his own expectations, despite a 6-3 record as a team starter in 2020. But the bar he set is well over Alex Smith’s first three seasons with San Francisco from 2005-2008.
Smith posted 30 starts in those three seasons and set a record of 11-19, had two finishing seasons of 50% or worse and offered an interception touchdown ratio of 19-33. But Smith miraculously changed his career in San Francisco, leaving the team in 2013 with a 38-36-1 record with the 49ers before taking his starting job in Kansas City for five seasons (and a record 50-26). If Alex Smith can stand the kind of season he posted as a rookie and turn things around, imagine the lessons Tagovailoa could offer.
And unlike Fitzpatrick, Smith will not have a longer term in the team than the young defender – which means that the dynamics of the locker room will remain comfortable in favor of the future Dolphins defender.