ASHBURN, Va. -- The Washington Redskins signed tight end Alex Smith to provide some blocking help over the final three games -- and perhaps into the postseason. Here are five things you need to know about him:
He’s a two-time Madden Bowl champion. At the Super Bowl each year, NFL players compete to win this trophy. In 2006, Smith happened to be at the party where the competition was taking place. As Smith once said, Madden often distracted him from his economics classes at Stanford so he was rather good. But when he reached the NFL in 2005 as a third-round pick he was still good, but had less time to play.