Alex Smith retires

[GroundZero1970]

Retires. Good for him...

 

[Direwolf63]

Good for him.

He went through a meat grinder and came out the other side intact. Have a good life............

 

[DeaconMoss]

thank goodness. I didn't want to see the end result of his next injury.

 

[ShortRound]

Good for him. Glad he was able to fight his way back.

 

[Avery]

Smith had the best low-key, never quite a star but made a ton of money and was pretty darn good career of any #1 pick I can remember.

 

[quickccc]

It's clearly the Garret Gilbert show from here as key backup.
Maybe the Cowboys liked what they saw in Gilbert, even in just a week or two appearance.

 

[DCowboyz]

I would have liked Alex Smith as a backup here. He had a solid career.

 

[Jake]

It's clearly the Garret Gilbert show from here as key backup.
Maybe the Cowboys liked what they saw in Gilbert, even in just a week or two appearance.

At least if Dak gets hurt we'll have a top 3 pick.

 

[DanTanna]

He's had numerous injuries - a real true tough guy. I'm glad he retired. Second phase of his career starts today. He was coached by Urban Meyer in college.

 

[charron]

Tough dude to come back from that horrendous injury and played ok. But playing for that team is certainly not worth the risk. Glad he retired on his own.

 

[Redball Express]

Retires. Good for him...

Happy for him. He proved his guts to everybody.Good retirement Alex. You earned it.

 

[Jake]

Wouldn't expect to see Smith on a list with these names for any reason. Not spectacular, but didn't throw the game away either.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

[QUOTE="quickccc, post: 10911668, member: 40931"]It's clearly the Garret Gilbert show from here as key backup.
Maybe the Cowboys liked what they saw in Gilbert, even in just a week or two appearance.[/QUOTE]

Not sure if it was Stephen or MM who said they expect us to sign another vet QB to compete as Dak's backup.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

I would have liked Alex Smith as a backup here. He had a solid career.

+1 ...

 

[jazzcat22]

Good for him, he actually needed to retire. Plus it keeps all the sign Alex threads form popping up later.
But we may get...talk him out of retirement threads.

 

[GMO415]

Fish is going to have to find someone to plug as our backup QB

 

[CouchCoach]

I am glad for him because he was so maligned as the 1st pick in his draft and had 5 different OC's in his first 5 seasons. I wonder how Aikman would have done with that?

Smith kept his feelings to himself and just stepped up and did what he was asked to do. That didn't go unnoticed by Reid, a pretty good judge of QB talent, as he actively went after him.

Alex Smith is that poster boy for the type QB we talk about that needs that team around him. He was a very good game manager and that is a positive to me, that's what playing QB is. Brady is the best game manager of all time.

 

[quickccc]

[QUOTE="quickccc, post: 10911668, member: 40931"]It's clearly the Garret Gilbert show from here as key backup.
Maybe the Cowboys liked what they saw in Gilbert, even in just a week or two appearance.

Not sure if it was Stephen or MM who said they expect us to sign another vet QB to compete as Dak's backup.[/QUOTE]

I could be very wrong on this, but given how the club seems very conservative, careful and high strung over cap dollar money right now, I just don't expect very much backup vet QB hunting from this club.
Especially if they've got any indication from the coaches that they like Gilbert, it's not gonna be much vet QB searching, imo.

Only if in some case Gilbert somehow really stinks it up and disappoints big time in summer play to give worries, would i think the club would consider differently.
and who else is out there on the streets in terms of suitable, available vet backups right now ?

 

[Ranching]

Quitter!!!

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

I’m actually bummed about this. His last 5 years or so was the best football he ever played. Washington was pretty good with him... wanted him to go somewhere that was a QB away, maybe like Chicago or NEP