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LOVERRO: Beginnings are always nice for the Redskins

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

This is the guy. Their guy. Alex Smith.

He’s not Mike Shanahan’s guy. I’d say he’s not Scot McCloughan’s guy, but it was McCloughan who drafted Smith as the No. 1 pick in 2005 for San Francisco. But he’s not McCloughan’s guy here in Washington.

He’s all theirs — Dan Snyder, Bruce Allen, Doug Williams and Jay Gruden. They own the decision to trade for Smith.

Williams testified to that ownership Thursday at a press conference to introduce Smith, who officially became a Redskin the day before when the trade that sent cornerback Kendall Fuller and a third-round draft pick to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for the 33-year-old quarterback became official.