Washington Football Team quarterback said Dwayne Haskins, WFT's first-round pick in the 2019 draft, must eliminate off-field "distractions" after signing a futures contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday.
Smith told Yahoo Sports' Terez Paylor he previously delivered the advice directly to Haskins, who was released by Washington in December:
"I think the first thing that I hope with Dwayne—and I've told him this—is, you don't have a chance until you've eliminated a lot of the distractions that are going on in your life. And it's hard as a young player, as a young draft pick—certainly as a quarterback thrust with a lot of weight and expectations—all of a sudden you've got endorsement deals, advertising agents, your own agent and you've got a lot of voices telling you different things.