He won SEC defensive player of the year. Yeah he’s good, though a little undersized for the NFL which is why he was projected 3rd round.
Really people are making way too much about this. The fact of the matter is the teams were going to find out anyway, that’s the kind of stuff background checks are for, and since he came out to his college team they were going to find out fast. By coming out he actually turned it into a non-issue, now it’s not a secret that could distract. In the end the league is about performance many sins are forgiven for doing the job, just look at Riley Cooper. If Smith does a good job nobody is going to care, if Smith doesn’t do a good job nobody is going to care. By the time the combine is over this story will be over except for dedicated ax grinders.
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“In the end the league is about performance many sins are forgiven for doing the job, just look at Riley Cooper.”
Not sure that Cooper is a good example. Riley Cooper probably would have been jettisoned from the Eagles had they not lost Jeremy Macklin for the year during the first week of pre-season. He was ‘safe’ after that. Nobody expected him to have the season he had when he became QB Nick Foles’ favorite target.