News: ESPN: Cowboys counting on Jaylon Smith but some mystery remains

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Cowboys counting on Jaylon Smith but some mystery remains

Unlike last year at this time, the Cowboys know Jaylon Smith can contribute. But he does have some question marks.

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[RodeoJake]

Jaylon will be the greatest. He's the only linebacker we need.

 

[Sydla]

So is he playing with a brace?

 

[GenoT]

The mystery is, how much has the nerve regenerated and how well can Jaylon overcome any lingering effects (including possibly(?) wearing a brace permanently)?

 

[glimmerman]

He will be improved this year and guessing as good as he is going to get.

 

[1972COWBOY]

Jaylon needs to be able stand solely on his affected leg and be able to raise and lower his body weight while flexing on the balls of his foot with the heal slightly not touching the floor. Give it a try yourself.

 

[gimmesix]

A lot of fans' feelings about Smith seem to be based on the early part of the season, when he was forced to start because of injuries and wasn't ready for it. It's almost like some of us stopped watching him at that point. Like with Charlton, he got better as the season progressed.

Now, is he better to the point where we don't need any more quality linebackers? Of course not. We've got him, a weakside starter who always has to fight through injuries, a strongside starter who shouldn't be and a special-teammer. We need to push Wilson off the field, whether that means Jaylon moves to the strong side and we get a middle linebacker or Jaylon stays in the middle and we get a strongside starter.

 

[Hawkeye19]

The fact that they want him at the strongside instead of at MIKE tells me everything I need to know

 

[LittleD]

So is he playing with a brace?

I would say yes and after all this time I would also say it's likely to be permanent. Probably one reason he's moving to SAM.

 

[DeaconMoss]

Live look at 2018 2nd rd draft pick at pro day

 

[Setackin]

Jaylon will be the greatest. He's the only linebacker we need.

Jaylon was the GOAT in High School

 

[Doc50]

Jaylon needs to be able stand solely on his affected leg and be able to raise and lower his body weight while flexing on the balls of his foot with the heal slightly not touching the floor. Give it a try yourself.

He can already do this; it's not affected by the peroneal nerve.

 

[sunalsorises]

Jaylon needs to be able stand solely on his affected leg and be able to raise and lower his body weight while flexing on the balls of his foot with the heal slightly not touching the floor. Give it a try yourself.

Now try it while drinking a beer.

 

[Teague31]

He’s bowling. All is good

 

[Bullflop]

Jaylon will give whatever he can give. I don't doubt that we will keep an eye on the LB draft contenders. Strength and talent must be better, though.

 

[aria]

Another great “Jerry pick”.

 

[Aviano90]

We were supposed to wait a year and get a beast. Still waiting.............

 

[dwreck27]

I can already imagine us being in the middle of the season with Jaylon struggling and many of us in the board wondering why we chose not to address it in FA getting a stop gap player like bowman

I wanna believe we will draft someone but how good can they be year one? Roquan and Evans maybe

 

[Deep_Freeze]

I can't take this anymore.

Its like the leftovers in my fridge. Sure they taste fine when I warm them up, but its not like I cooked it. Depending on Jaylon to be back to college form is like my warmups and Randy Gregory. They will never be the same again.

Draft a LB for god sakes instead of trying to sell us a used car.

 

[diefree666]

does listening to Red Ball spew cause brain damage?