At 2:22 p.m. ET Sunday, late in the second quarter of the Washington Football Team’s 30-10 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, a moment that once seemed so improbable, so far away, finally came to fruition.
That’s when, during the middle of a live, actual, regular-season game, Alex Smith strode into the huddle in the middle of FedEx Field, looked 10 other men in the eye and called the next play.
And then, with his loving wife, Liz, and their three kids watching eagerly from the stands, Smith took his place 5 yards behind center, barked out a hard count, received the snap and immediately dumped it off to J.