Jaylon looks impaired when he runs

[pitt33]

I've been saying that for the last two years, that knee injury was bad bad bad and he'll NEVER be 100% and I also said I would have NEVER drafted him that high maybe not at all!

This.

Thank you Coach.

Now I don't have to type the same thing.

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

I'm more concerned with him standing there like a statue while players run past him.

 

[Future]

He just doesn't have good instincts.

Maybe he's not 100%, maybe he is. That has nothing to do with his inability to read a play.

 

[nightrain]

OCs have taken notice and love getting him in man coverage.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

That’s why he was so desperate for a new contract. Rumors are he knew his knee regressed. Last year he looked like a completely different player.

 

[DCreppinBoysfan]

Mine are watching him stink...

Let it be stated, I only liked this post because it was funny, not because it’s true or I agree with it.

 

[Ranching]

He looked way faster and quicker last year. I saw him in coverage Sunday and he looked to be limping.

His wallet is holding him up a bit.

 

[CyberB0b]

He looks pretty good at jumping out of the way to avoid contact though. Must be mental.

 

[zrinkill]

Jeebus these threads are getting worse and worse

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

There is nothing wrong with Smith’s legs at all. He still flashes big time speed. Rare speed. His issue is that it is clear he does not take his job seriously. How can he when he is selling his sunglasses during the week. Smith plays like a guy that watches next to no game film. He plays like a guy that does not work on technique. Always out of position. Always crossing his feet. Never square. Never anticipates. Never sees the play develop and reacts with power. He never fills a gap. Overruns a dozen plays a game. He routinely takes a circular route to make a play. Never stands anyone up. Never blows up a blocker. He will blow up a team mate coming into a tackle late. Always chasing. Routinely avoids tackles. Does not want to make the routine play.

Nothing wrong with his leg at all. He plays like a guy not accountable to anyone. A guy that does not work on becoming a great LB. It’s his attitude and lack of focus on football that is the problem.

I don't see the flashes of speed. I see a guy hauling a piano on his back. It's painful watching him run at times.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

There is nothing wrong with Smith’s legs at all. He still flashes big time speed. Rare speed. His issue is that it is clear he does not take his job seriously. How can he when he is selling his sunglasses during the week. Smith plays like a guy that watches next to no game film. He plays like a guy that does not work on technique. Always out of position. Always crossing his feet. Never square. Never anticipates. Never sees the play develop and reacts with power. He never fills a gap. Overruns a dozen plays a game. He routinely takes a circular route to make a play. Never stands anyone up. Never blows up a blocker. He will blow up a team mate coming into a tackle late. Always chasing. Routinely avoids tackles. Does not want to make the routine play.

Nothing wrong with his leg at all. He plays like a guy not accountable to anyone. A guy that does not work on becoming a great LB. It’s his attitude and lack of focus on football that is the problem.

At times he looks like the try hard borderline talent dude that runs a 4.9 forty.

 

[streetcredit]

I'm more concerned with him standing there like a statue while players run past him.

That's bad scouting, statues don't run away

 

[coult44]

He looked way faster and quicker last year. I saw him in coverage Sunday and he looked to be limping.

He’s never played without a limp here. We were lead to believe he was 100% but that was never the case. If he were 100% then I’d be more upset about how bad he is.

 

[CB61]

Once you have drop foot it never gets better I knew a few people that have had it of course they are older than Jalen but it's one injury that's hard to overcome? To walk again it's one thing to play football is another yes I know he had a nerve damaged in his knee drop foot is what resulted from that as a side effect oh, whether the nerve grows back or not

 

[KeepinTime]

Linebacker is something he used to do.

I’d say he plays a linebacker on television but that would be inaccurate.

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

Jaylon Smith is garbage.

He’d be a backup on most NFL teams at this point.

 

[twc562]

That’s why he was so desperate for a new contract. Rumors are he knew his knee regressed. Last year he looked like a completely different player.

Just curious, how did you hear that regarding his knee? I'm not doubting it. It's certainly plausible. I just don't understand how his knee would get worse from 18 to 19 but it certainly appears it did.

 

[CWR]

I just dont get why he has fallen so far in one offseason. Jaylon Vander Esch looked prime to become a devastating pair last season but oh how the mighty have fallen

This is why I am hoping against hope that they can right the ship next year with a better coach and scheme. I know what I saw last season. I saw those two flying all over the field and making plays. I think a big part of our problem is the DL not keeping them clean.

We also MUST have coaches that hold these guys accountable in all areas. Id love an old school type coach that doesn't tolerate the shenanigans these guys pull. Id have loved for a coach to pull Jaylon to the side after he posted his "vote for me" probowl crap, just to show him film and be honest with him about what he needs to do if he wants to be recognized at that level. Instead we have a staff that puts together a highlight film and continues to tell them how great they are.

How many times have you heard various players on the team mention how talented they are??

Constantly all season the players have mentioned what a talented group this is and how they just need to focus ect. If I am a coach hearing that crap it pisses me off. That bit makes the coaches sound incompetent (which they are.) Id have sat them down and said everyone in this league is talented, you arent special. Its work ethic, film study and heart that make players special. Instead we just keep telling then how great they are and throwing money at em. Hence the self entitlement.

 

[yentl911]

If you can’t change direction and have hip flexibility at the LB position in today’s game you are a liability

he’s a damn robot

 

[zrinkill]

Just curious, how did you hear that regarding his knee? I'm not doubting it. It's certainly plausible. I just don't understand how his knee would get worse from 18 to 19 but it certainly appears it did.

He is making crap up .....