Alex Smith is playing the part of quarterback, coach and even part-time media relations liaison this summer for the San Francisco 49ers.
As if that wasn’t odd enough, Smith isn’t even a member of the team at the moment.
The past and apparently future 49ers quarterback is a free agent, although anybody at San Jose State’s stadium this week would never know, except maybe Michael Crabtree.
Smith is hosting informal workouts with more than two dozen 49ers players—mostly on the offensive side—and he can’t re-sign with the team until the NFL lockout is lifted.
Smith is going over the playbook new coach Jim Harbaugh gave him during the brief court-ordered end to the lockout. Players say he is drawing up plays on the whiteboard, running video sessions and directing practices.
