‘”Having competed against him in college and then working him out and spending some time with him, I had a great appreciation … what was asked of him, what he did and what he had to do,” Marrone said of Smith. “When I look at him now, I see a player that’s developing. I’ve said before, we made a decision to go with EJ , we thought that was best for our organization. But I thought there were quarterbacks out there that will win in this league. Geno is developing and doing a nice job there.”‘