Alex Smith to recover from the devastating leg injury he suffered midway through the 2018 season, and Redskins team president Bruce Allen recently provided an update, per Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post. Allen didn’t sound overly confident in Smith’s prospects of being ready for 2019, saying “If anyone can come back, it’s Alex”, but finishing with a “we’ll see.” He also left the door open to drafting a quarterback this April, and sounded as if the team is preparing for being without Smith.
He seemed open to the possibility of Colt McCoy starting, saying “we like Colt a lot.” McCoy initially filled in for Smith but soon went down with his own season ending leg injury. He was then replaced by Josh Johnson who looked a lot better than expected, but Allen didn’t mention Johnson at all in his comments. Smith was recently seen out in public for the first time since his injury, wearing a bulky apparatus on his injured leg.
Here are more injury updates from around the league:
- Recently extended Ravens coach John Harbaugh spoke to the media today, and provided updates on several injured players, per Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com (Twitter link). Harbaugh said guard Alex Lewis, who recently underwent shoulder surgery, should be back by training camp, and that safety Tony Jefferson, linebacker Za’Darius Smith, and cornerback Tavon Young would all be out around 4-6 more weeks, putting them on track for OTA’s.
- Texans rookie safety Justin Reid had a great rookie season, earning very high marks from Pro Football Focus, and he was playing hurt throughout the year. Reid had been dealing with wrist issues, and he will undergo wrist surgery, per Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. It’s unclear how long he’ll be sidelined, but it doesn’t sound like anything major and he should be ready in time for offseason work.
- In case you missed it, the 49ers hope to have Jimmy Garoppolo throwing by OTA’s.
there’s a typo in the first sentence, Andrew. There is no verb following “Alex Smith”.
Your supposed to capitalize the first letter of a sentence.
“You’re”, as in “ You are supposed to capitalize the first letter of a sentence. Your Grammar Police card is suspended.
Haha nice
I don’t write articles for a living, Ironman.
My grampa who loved to spend his time fishing had a favorite saying: “Don’t be casting aspersions unless your sure the bait & tackle shop will be ordering more”.
Does the NFL have any sort of cap relief, or injured player exception similar to the NBA?
That’s a huge cap hit for a guy who isn’t able to step on the field.