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Smith was spotted at last Monday’s
Wizards game with an external fixator on the right leg he broke in
November.Smith broke his tibia and fibula and the presence of the fixator makes
it clear that he’s still got a fair ways to go before he can entertain any
thoughts of playing again. Team president Bruce Allen said later in the week
that “if anyone can come back from the injury Morgan Moses Jersey ,” it will be Smith but he stopped well short of saying the team was planning on having him in 2019.Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that’s
because the team does not expect Smith to play this year. They are planning for
life without him and would be “pleasantly surprised” if he can play.Allen said
last week that the team has confidence in Colt McCoy, who ended the year with a
less severe fractured leg. They ended the year with Josh Johnson and Mark
Sanchez on the roster and there will likely be some new names on the depth chart
in Washington by the time the offseason program gets underway. ARLINGTON, Texas
(AP) — Colt McCoy still hasn’t had a single rep in practice with Washington’s
first-team offense this season. That will finally come after his first NFL start
in nearly four years.After Alex Smith’s gruesome leg injury only four days
earlier, and a short week to prepare for a Thanksgiving Day game in his home
state, McCoy threw for 268 yards and two touchdowns Thursday. But he also tossed
three interceptions in a 31-23 loss at Dallas that let the Cowboys tie the
Redskins for the NFC East lead.“Just sort of a freak week, with that happening
to Alex, short week, on the road, Texas, where I played college ball,” McCoy
said. “There were some emotions, but I just did my best to tune those out and
played ball. Ultimately, I made some mistakes I wish I had back.”The Redskins
(6-5) had a 13-10 lead after McCoy threw his second TD pass, a 10-yarder to Trey
Quinn in the third quarter.But that lead was gone after Dak Prescott’s touchdown
passes of 40 and 90 yards to Amari Cooper in a span of less than five minutes
later in the period.Weeks before his previous start in December 2014, McCoy’s
last NFL victory came in another road game against the Cowboys — a 20-17
overtime win on Oct. 27, 2014, when he was 25-of-30 passing for 299 yards. In
his only other previous game at AT&T Stadium, McCoy was the quarterback for
Texas in a win over Nebraska in the 2009 Big 12 championship game.“He still has
not had one rep in practice with the first team Colt McCoy Jersey ,” Redskins coach Jay Gruden said. “All that being said, he made some poor decisions obviously. But he made some incredible plays, some
incredible throws I think we can build off.”The Redskins and McCoy have some
extra time to get ready for their next game, a week from Monday at
Philadelphia.“I think it’ll help. I think it’ll help me, but I think it will
help everybody,” McCoy said.Now in his fifth season as Washington’s backup
quarterback, McCoy had only appeared in four games for the Redskins before
Thursday. That included replacing Smith in the third quarter of Sunday’s 23-21
loss to Houston. A potential winning drive stalled near midfield, and Dustin
Hopkins‘ 63-yard field goal try fell short with 3 seconds left.McCoy looked as
if he hadn’t started a game in a long time early against the Cowboys, throwing
into double coverage on his first play. He fumbled while trying to scramble on
his third, but Washington recovered.But McCoy settled in with a couple of
third-down passes to Jordan Reed to keep drives going, then hit Vernon Davis in
stride on a 53-yard touchdown — the longest Washington completion of the season
— for a 7-7 tie.“I felt like he did a great job,” Redskins running back Adrian
Peterson said. “We didn’t have any live action this week in practice, so for him
to come out and perform the way that he performed, I tip my hat off to
him.”Gruden said the Redskins didn’t have to change how they called plays and
should be better with the upcoming practice — and McCoy getting first-team snaps
in practice for the first time since summer workouts.“Colt pretty much handled
all the formations, all the tempos, all the run checks,” Gruden said. “I don’t
think there were any problem areas with communication.”
Posted 18 Nov 2019

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