One of the few things I imagine most of us would agree on is that Alex Smith didn’t need to jog onto the field Sunday against the Rams to earn the Comeback Player of the Year Award.
I’d like to think he’s had it all along, since the moment he skirted death in the hospital, the moment he rehabilitated a horrifically broken leg, the moment he stunned us all and decided he wasn’t done playing football and the moment he threw his first pass in practice. If anything, the award would be too small a gesture to signify what his return to the field means for those around him.