>Wish him the best, but he should just move on to coaching.

This reminds me of an old Friends episode where Monica was dating a CEO who wanted to be an MMA Champion (played by Jon Favreau). He refused to quit until he became champ, but he just kept getting pulverized.

Alex Smith has taken more of a beating than any QB deserves to take - the Mike Nolan/Mike Singletary years were hard to watch as a Seattle fan. There were literally times where, as an opposing fan, I was hoping we would stop wrecking this dude because it felt like a snuff film. Then to have it end in Washington on such a brutal injury...

He needs to walk away with the rest of his life in tact. Best of luck to him in his journey either way.