A Classic Colt stays classy

Smith got a bad break

“It’s like this: If I had 10 of those snaps to hold again with the same trajectory and speed — and I didn’t know they were coming — if I’m really honest with myself, I’d probably catch five or six of them,” he said.

In the background, I could hear his 5-year-old son, Josiah. Time for more milk and cookies. But before we ended the call, Smith wanted to make something clear.

“I do apologize to the fans of the Washington Redskins,” he said. “They’ve been through some pretty dark times lately. I don’t take this lightly.”

It’ll get darker without stand-up guy Smith, who deserved the same second chance Gano and Sundberg got. But that’s how it goes in the NFL and in cold, cold Shanahanland.

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