Hunter Smith pleased with season debut

Hunter Smith punted only once last week -- Friday in practice -- but said he felt good in his season debut. "I thought it was a real strong first game back," said Smith, who re-joined the Redskins on Thursday. "Not surprising to me because I've been working like I was still playing." Smith had a busy game on Sunday. He punted eight times, averaging 44.6 yards per punt. More important, he put five of those punts inside the 20-yard line. For the sake of comparison, Josh Bidwell, who went on the injured reserve list on Thursday, averaged 41.7 yards a punt and placed only three of his 15 punts inside the 20. Though Smith hadn't punted in a game -- or even an NFL practice -- since the Redskins' 2009 season-finale at San Diego, he said he felt no rust on Sunday. "I've been getting ready for this," he said.