Hard under.
1) Dude hasn’t played football in over half a decade.
2) He has a history of relapse and recidivism that pose serious questions about whether he’ll make it through an entire season.
3) He’s now close to 290lbs. I get that it’s not bad weight, but when he was getting a sack a game he was closer to 260. At this stage of his career he’s reshaped his body to be more of an edge setting base DE than a dynamic pass rusher.
This last point is something that far too many fans and media are overlooking. Defining success for Smith should probably be in the context of staying clean, staying out of jail, and becoming a quality backup for DeMarcus Lawrence at LDE — not whether he can start at RDE and generate 10+ sacks.