Roquan Smith finally explains who this Saint Omni person is!
Bears LB Roquan Smith requested a trade away from the Bears on Aug. 9. A week later, he was the subject of further controversy.
On Monday, the Smith saga took a strange turn, when ProFootballTalk's Mike Florio reported that someone representing Smith was "calling other teams in order to gauge potential trade interest."
According to ESPN's Courtney Cronin, the NFL notified in a memo to its 32 teams that Saint Omni was the person contacting them about Smith. The league explained that he was not certified by the NFLPA to do that.
Well, on Saturday, Smith confirmed that Omni is someone he knows and that he trusts him and he knows Omni has his best interest at heart.
While this all sounds good, I'm still very glad that we can all put this situation behind us for now and focus on the season. Of course, Smith is not completely satisfied with his contract situation, but I applaud him for making the decision to still get back with his team and start playing the game he was born to do!
