gimmesix
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
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If he deserved to be in the Pro Bowl..then that blocking sled deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
This is the NFL. You have to consider the guys in that lockeroom and the coaches. ALL of them could see this guy in the film room. You would lose all credibility if you continued the clown show that was Jaylon Smith. Which is why Quinn (who had no ties to him and I am pretty sure told Jerry that if you want my defense to work, you have to get Jaylon off the field and out of the building). I've watched the tape. It is some of the most jaw dropping tape I have ever seen. And not in a good way. Every game he looked as if he had just started playing football that day. He simply was just running around out there. Showing up to piles and diving on top of them. Occasionally he would jump on a ball carriers back after he was 7+ yards down the field.
I said it back then. I said he would never make it out of another teams training camp. Little did I know he it would be true because he would never be invited!!!!!!!
If you are talking about his last couple of years here, you are absolutely right. If you are talking about his Pro Bowl year, you seem to be viewing it based on his last couple of years here. He played at a Pro Bowl level his Pro Bowl year, which is why he made his first Pro Bowl.
The players, coaches and owners were really excited about Jaylon for a couple of years there when he seemed to have overcome his injury and become not just a starting-caliber player, but a Pro Bowl-caliber player. That's why he got the contract extension. After that, I agree that he became pretty much everything that you say here.