The Washington Football Team is planning to keep quarterback Alex Smith on its 53-man roster, . Smith, who mi sed the entire 2019 season after suffering a compound leg fracture in November 2018, was recently activated by the team after he was cleared to participate in football activities.A three-time Pro Bowler and first overall pick in the 2005 draft, Smith underwent 17 surgeries after sustaining the injury. But despite the severity of his injury, as well as the grueling rehabilitation proce s, Smith was determined to resume his career."I've had a lot of people tell me, '
Memphis Grizzlies T-Shirts You've played a long time and made a lot of money. Why not kind of ride off into the sunset?'" Smith recently said, . "I know in the world I'm an old guy -- I'm a dinosaur. But, in the bigger aspect of life, I'm 36 years old, I have three little kids, I have the rest of my life in front of me."Selfishly, I'm even doing this for them as crazy as that sounds. I know if I can go out there and play quarterback, I can
Avery Bradley Jersey do anything else in life. It's one of the hardest jobs in sports and so grateful to be able to put that jersey on the last two days and go out there and try and do it. For me, it's taking on that challenge. I don't think it's something I could walk away from and be able to sleep a night if I did. I don't think I could look my kids in the eye and talk to them about giving it their all and pushing through things. We all face adversity in life and it comes in different forms. Was I going to talk about it or was I going to
NBA Memphis Grizzlies Jeresy be about it? For me, that's what it is." After a slow start, Smith has turned in an impre sive career resume. After helping lead San Francisco to the NFC title game in 2011, Smith went onto enjoy a succe sful run with the Chiefs. During his five seasons in Kansas City, Smith averaged 3,522 pa sing yards, 20 touchdowns and seven interceptions per season while completing 65.1% of his pa ses. Smith's best season was in 2017, when he completed 67.5% of his pa ses for 4,042 yards with 26 touchdowns against just five interceptions. In 2015, he led the Chiefs to their first postseason victory since 1993. That win, however, is mostly overshadowed by the Chiefs' three one-and-done postseasons with Smith under center.Smith is 69 yards away from pa sing Tony Romo for 32nd on the all-time career pa sing list. He's just seven touchdown pa ses away from becoming the 46th player in league history to throw at
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