I am a Bama fan and need some unbiased input...... If on draft day Andre Smith plummets due to a stupid performance at the combine would you take him at 17 and plug him in at right tackle where he may even fit better than left and slide Woody inside?
only on this huge mistake... i can see he is extremely immature by looking at his fat face. In the NFL, he needs to be under thumb for his first 3 years and learn to grow up. If the Jets coaches can do that, he's a steal at 17.
If that's how the scenario plays out...i'm fine with it.....i just don't want the Jets to waste a 1st round pick on a possible Maurice Clarett trainwreck
haha, I don't know if this kid will be toting assault rifles and act suicidal... Smith is just a really big dumb kid - at least in this specific scenario... which is bad for a tackle.
got thrown out of the Alabama bowl game for taking on an agent Saban and his staff don't have anything good to say about the kid Shows up to the Combine fat and out of shape Blows off interviews with teams ************** I wouldn't touch Smith in the first round. Maybe not even in the second. This kid has BUST written all over him. The worst thing a team can do is think "our coaches can MOTIVATE that guy". Either the kid has the motivation or he doesn't. Give me a moderate talent with 100% devotion like Rich King or Clay Matthews over a super-talented but clueless Andre Smith any day.
Definitely would not take him on the first day. Imagine what will happen to this kid after he gets a signing bonus? All he has to do is take control of his life for a few months and he makes million but he totally fell apart. No reason to expect he will ever get it together.
I see this guy more as a guard and tackle, the fact that he wasn't prepared to work out for the combine raises red flags. Not only that, he never told anybody. If he made it clear he was going to work out at the pro day then skipping the combine is ok. At 17 he is tempting, but I think there will be other players who will address other needs at 17 and who don't have as many red flags.
I'd have to say no thanks at 17. He's shown to be very immature and that is not likely to improve once he has millions of dollars at his disposal. 2nd round maybe, Third for sure if he is still there.
The more I think about this kid, the more I hear... I don't think he's draftable. I wouldn't risk a 3rd rounder on him now, and someone will take him well before that.
LOL ! The memory of the average NFL GM is like that of a 3 year old - about 5 minutes long. If Smith works with a trainer until early April and gets in great shape, admits he was a bonehead and now he's ready for professional ball, he could still go high. Somebody will take him in the first round. He's got the talent. But I'd still be wary about him. As Dreessen83 said - look out after you hand him a multi-million dollar bonus check. It's back to fat city - couch time and triple big macs.
Andre Smith has been out of shape since he has been at Bama. If Nick Saban can't motivate his fat ass don't expect a NFL head coach to be able to especially when he gets his money. He is the most talented lineman in the draft, but I wouldn't touch him until the 2nd round.
All those incidents are pretty much everything I think about when Smith is mentioned. This guy doesn't get it, and we have no reason to pick up someone like that.
This is an interesting question. I know some teams will take a player like him off of the draft board. To me, however, it is all about risk v. reward. While Smith may have elite talent, there are some clear character questions, thus indicating a substantial risk. Yet as the 1st round progresses and the reward remains the same the risk (i.e money, expectations of a player selected in that slot) progressively drops. That being said I would take him at 17 if he was there AND we had a need at the position, which we dont.
I don't think tanny would touch that kid in the first round with a stick based on the red flags....I have to agree
