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Alex Smith injury

Coach said:
Smith is 34. He has a broken tibia and fibula. The Fiblia is the back bone near the calf. The Tibia the front weight bearing bone in front below the knee. Losing both on the same leg is crippling.

Surgery techniques today are much better than they were for Thiemann, however abig part of Smith’s game was running. Those days appear to be gone for him.

I think he could come back as a veteran back up, if he wants to.

Hate to see a career end this way.

Smith's cap number for 2019 is $20,400,000 However if Washington cuts him they suffer $36,000,000 in dead money and a cap hit of $16,200,000

How does an injury settlement work with the salary cap?
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If it's a clean break, it is less rehab than a knee injury. Like 6 months less.

There is no settlement for injuries. You signed a contract. The Redskins can release him, and the prorated signing bonus is dead money.

Holy crap, they fully guaranteed $55M. His salary next year is fully guaranteed. Wow... That means next year, if they dump him, they have to account for $36.6M in dead money. Couldn't happen to a better franchise!
 
Cope said:
If it's a clean break, it is less rehab than a knee injury. Like 6 months less.

There is no settlement for injuries. You signed a contract. The Redskins can release him, and the prorated signing bonus is dead money.

Holy crap, they fully guaranteed $55M. His salary next year is fully guaranteed. Wow... That means next year, if they dump him, they have to account for $36.6M in dead money. Couldn't happen to a better franchise!
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Cope, the CBA does guarantee a player money for any football related injury for the duration of the injury and rehab... but unless this is a two year plus injury it shouldn’t matter in this case... lol who guarantees Alex Smith that much money? Idiots.... thats who...
 
Just wish it happened to Tommy.

Feel for Alex, he made the best out of what he was. All you can ask


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madinsomniac said:
Cope, the CBA does guarantee a player money for any football related injury for the duration of the injury and rehab... but unless this is a two year plus injury it shouldn’t matter in this case... lol who guarantees Alex Smith that much money? Idiots.... thats who...
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Yup, it's why we're still paying Shazier.
 
Alex Smith suffered a compound fracture - meaning the bone broke through his skin, per source. Trauma surgeons discovered Smith suffered a spiral fracture in his leg - defined as a long bone broken by a rotational force. Smith, 34, faces a lengthy rehab process to try to return. ~ Adam Schefter


Not looking good




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FordFairLane said:
Alex Smith suffered a compound fracture - meaning the bone broke through his skin, per source. Trauma surgeons discovered Smith suffered a spiral fracture in his leg - defined as a long bone broken by a rotational force. Smith, 34, faces a lengthy rehab process to try to return. ~ Adam Schefter


Not looking good




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Yea, that one is bad Ford. Praying for Alex. Tough break...
 
FordFairLane said:
Alex Smith suffered a compound fracture - meaning the bone broke through his skin


Not looking good
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Looking really bad now

Updates say he has had half a dozen additional surgeries to cut out damaged flesh from infections, the plate they put in to hold bones in place got infected too

Nasty stuff
 
Spike said:
Looking really bad now

Updates say he has had half a dozen additional surgeries to cut out damaged flesh from infections, the plate they put in to hold bones in place got infected too

Nasty stuff
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Is he in Cleveland?????


Not a good sign when treating infection by removing tainted tissue......... he may never be back in football pads again. Blessings his way.



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Washington puts out a message to respect Smith's privacy. Immediately every NFL reporter shares information on Smith's health.
 
Cope said:
Yup, it's why we're still paying Shazier.
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No, if you’ll recall, the Steelers are paying Shazier a lot more than the were obligated to pay him, so I’d say it is not why they are still paying him.
 
Troglodyte said:
No, if you’ll recall, the Steelers are paying Shazier a lot more than the were obligated to pay him, so I’d say it is not why they are still paying him.
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I'm pretty sure the STEELERS picked up Ryan's rookie option year for the tune of near 8million. As soon as he was injured, that contract became GAURANTEED. The STEELERS chose to pay that entire money up front to Ryan, honorable thing to do and so IT all counts against this year's cap hit. NO, they are not paying more than what was obligated but they chose to pay it all at one time. Simple math




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The guy will be lucky to keep his leg and walk right again. I do hope he heals up soon.
 
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