Miami would be foolish to let him walk. The dude is as reliable as they come, and it's not like DeVante Parker has lit the world on fire whenever he's been healthy. He's shown flashes, but never consistency.
So Miami didn't exercise the 5th year option on him Like the Giants did with obj? Hmmm.... Generally, advantageous for the team to use it if they can.
His season really was incredible. He was one of the best players in the NFL this season but somehow didn't make the pro bowl and probably won't crack many DPOY lists.
He's criminally underrated by the mainstream NFL pundits in the sense that nobody really talks about him as being a big part of the Vikings excellent pass defense. Xavier Rhodes is great too, don't get me wrong, but Smith is probably better relative to the average player at their respective positions.
Yeah, the whole Pats 'rift' ends like this:
Don't be fooled.
I doubt both McDaniels and Patricia would be interviewing if they though there were a possibility of Belichick leaving one way or another.
Nothing too crazy in this story and a lot of the stuff about Guerrero has been reported before. I'm sure everyone, especially Pats fans, will react to this very rationally.