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Alex Smith is one snap away from playing, and that should terrify us all

The more things change in Washington, the more, it seems, they stay the same. In what seems to be a growing annual tradition, we find ourselves a few weeks into the season, staring a quarterback change dead in the eye. Yet again, the owner’s handpicked QB, delivered to a head coach and personnel team that didn’t really want him, has been delivered into the reluctant arms of a new head coach who put on a brave face, but seemingly didn’t really want him either. He’s now riding the pine. Where have I heard this story before? Oh, right, Washington.