BREAKING: Alex Smith And Washington Expected To Part Ways

Alex Smith was easily the NFL’s best feel-good story of 2020, as he returned from a career- and life-threatening leg injury to help lead the Washington Football Club to an NFC East title and a very unlikely postseason berth.

Sadly, it’s looking like that will be the final chapter of Smith’s tenure in D.C. as the quarterback and the team are expected to part ways in the coming days, according to the NFL Networks’ Ian Rapoport:

The Washington Football Team is expected to part ways with QB Alex Smith in the coming days, sources tell me and @KimJonesSports. The AP Comeback Player of the Year has said he still wants to play, and at age 36 may have a chance to do so.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 1, 2021

Rapoport also notes that Smith still wants to play. He’ll be 37-years-old when the 2021 season begins in September. He posted a 5-1 record in his six starts last year, finishing with 1,582 yards and six touchdowns against eight interceptions.