Alex Smith and the Washington Redskins

Welcome to the new mega thread. Muhahaha!

Meh, they changed the title in the other.

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Change, always change. Good luck in the new gaffe Alex.

For everyone excited about the Alex Vernon connection, it was never that great to begin with. The best a QB has ever used Vernon (relative to games played) was 2013. He missed the Colts and Panthers games and still put up career numbers without Alex.

He caught a Similar case of the drops that he had to start his career from 2014-2016, but he seems to be reliable enough in that department again. I just don't think he has the speed to get the kind of separation Alex needs anymore.

Denver tried to trade Talib? This should go over well lol

Doug Pederson is not looking forward to having to face him twice a year.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000912730/article/pederson-i-hate-that-well-face-alex-smith-twice-a-year

Originally posted by Jcool:

On @Browns_Daily right now @AllbrightNFL said that "Alex Smith chose Washington due to the long term deal that the Skins were offering." Added Browns offered multiple picks but wanted him for short term deal and Denver offered a 2nd and Aqib Talib!

— Nathan Zegura (@NathanZegura) January 31, 2018

Originally posted by Bay2Bay9erAllday:
Denver tried to trade Talib? This should go over well lol

The rumor was that Elway is fed up with his behavior both on and off the field and wanted to get rid of him and his $12M cap number.

KC chose the younger, better, less expensive Kendall Fuller.

Originally posted by Jakemall:
Welcome to the new mega thread. Muhahaha!

no way this gets to 1400 pages

Weird that all these teams were willing to give up so much for a "mediocre" QB.

Originally posted by dj43:
The rumor was that Elway is fed up with his behavior both on and off the field and wanted to get rid of him and his $12M cap number.

KC chose the younger, better, less expensive Kendall Fuller.

Fuller is a high character guy so the Chiefs won on this. KC already tried an older, stop gap CB...didn't work out.

Originally posted by Furlow:
Weird that all these teams were willing to give up so much for a "mediocre" QB.

Just shows the NFL folks are dumb compared to many on this board.

Originally posted by Jcool:

On @Browns_Daily right now @AllbrightNFL said that "Alex Smith chose Washington due to the long term deal that the Skins were offering." Added Browns offered multiple picks but wanted him for short term deal and Denver offered a 2nd and Aqib Talib!

— Nathan Zegura (@NathanZegura) January 31, 2018

wow. Denver would have been a great spot and I would have enjoyed seeing him beat the Chiefs. I bet they preferred it to a long term expensive Cousins contract.

Alex and VD sharing corndogs and Orange Julius smoothies once again.