Textcritic is right.
It's not about getting a better starter (Smith is probably top 10 when healthy anyhow...). What we need is for Smith to not go down with injury again.
Rittich was not just okay but actually good in a backup capacity. He's just not ready for the starter label. If Smith stays healthy and with the added offense, I don't see why they can't be playoff-good with the tandem they have, even with Smith being limited to 50 something games, so long as the kids don't have to run the show at any point.
Some people are almost assuming a Smith will pull something if he plays a certain amount, and that's not a guarantee whatsoever. Pretty freak incident that happened last spring that pretty much epitomized the entire season.
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