Smith hasn’t indicated whether he wants to play in 2021, but it stands to reason that he will. The veteran chose to return after 17 surgeries and he’s looked fairly sharp in his last two games. After Smith nearly led the WFT to victory over the Lions, he had little trouble in dispatching the Bengals. Between the two games, Smith has completed 55 of 80 throws for 556 yards with one touchdown against one interception.
Smith still has two full years to go on the four-year, $94M extension he signed with Washington in 2018. Next year, he’s set to make $18.75M in base pay, a reasonable sum for a quality bridge/mentor QB. Releasing Smith wouldn’t improve their cap situation much anyway — that’d leave a dead money hit of $8.6M against $14.7M in savings.
Smith & Co. will face the Cowboys this afternoon in search of win No. 4.
