NFC East champion as a veteran quarterback who has been there before.“Once you are out there and the whistle blows, this is a result-oriented game and you really have to be accountable to your teammates, to the coaches, to everybody in this building that’s depending on you,” Smith said. "At the end of the day once you step on that field, you better be able to hold up your end.”Smith has done that and more, proving coach Ron Rivera right that the offense worked better with an experienced hand at the wheel.