Via NBC Sports:
“The one thing that he and I talked about, more than anything else, is he’s got to be able to protect himself out on the football field before anything can happen, before we can allow him back on the field,” Rivera told NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico on Lunch Talk Live.
Earlier this offseason, Rivera told ESPN980 that he didn’t “want to forget Alex Smith” in a potential quarterback competition come the fall.
“Here’s a guy that’s doing everything he can to come back, and if Alex can come back and be the player that he was we have a good situation, we have competition at that position,” Rivera said in January.
It would be absolutely amazing if Smith was actually able to take the field this fall in the NFL. We’re rooting for him.
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