Twitter: Jaylon Smith making a comeback?

[The Natural]

Maybe if he'd not done the hot boys or celebrations for doing nothing....

Yea that used to make me so angry

 

[irishline]

Most of it had to do with his contract.

Challenging the fans "to watch the film" didn't help his cause. Why? Because we had already and it wasn't good.

 

[Carson]

Challenging the fans "to watch the film" didn't help his cause. Why? Because we had already and it wasn't good.

Agreed.

He went from amazing story and cheering for him to a guy who became very self absorbed and annoying.

 

[Risen Star]

We'd all be stoked if he returned.

 

[Big_D]

Maybe Canada or the new USFL?

 

[Carson]

Maybe Canada or the new USFL?

I’m hoping Washington or Philly lol

 

[xwalker]

If he had not injured his knee, where would he likely have been drafted given his weakness in the mental aspect of the game? And where should he have been drafted?

He would have been drafted top 10.

His athletic ability pre-injury was off the charts.

He was a big off-ball LB with uber elite speed that could have played DE as a pass rusher. He also lined up at times in man coverage on WRs.

 

[Big_D]

I’m hoping Washington or Philly lol

lol I just don’t see any NFL team biting. If this video came out before camp? Not a week before the opener. And the big hash tag on top of it.

 

[Rayman70]

So his other businesses he was so focused on didn't work out?

Shocking.

another example of a young dude lacking focus and the right priorities. I think it took away from him being good at football. He has 2 many off the field ventures and he was concerned about his "social standing/platform" instead of his bread and butter. It cost him. In this league, u better put the work/study in or the game will leave u in the dust.

 

[Rayman70]

Does Jaylon love the game or does he love what the game can do for him? It matters.

 

[jwitten82]

He would have been drafted top 10.

His athletic ability pre-injury was off the charts.

He was a big off-ball LB with uber elite speed that could have played DE as a pass rusher. He also lined up at times in man coverage on WRs.

It's crazy, what happened to the 2018 Smith? Did he get reinjured, looked like a completely different player that year.

 

[Rayman70]

This is marketing 101 by him. I think maybe by midyear a team might kick the tires and see. Injuries do happen.

 

[Cowboys22]

He had enough physical ability to have remained in the NFL but he was a very dumb player on the field.

In college his overwhelming physical ability offset his lack of instincts and lack of football knowledge.

After the injury he longer had that uber athleticism to compensate for a low football IQ.

His athleticism in college was Parsons-ish but Parsons probably had more football knowledge in High School than Jaylon has now.

I don’t think he was a dumb player at all. To me it was obvious he was running away from one on one head to head tackle situations. He only wanted to run and chase because he knew he would get run over. He couldn’t even budge the tackle dummy at the end so he certainly wasn’t going to willingly fill his gap and wait to get trucked.

 

[blueblood70]

Philly need him..

 

[CWR]

I dont get the Jaylon hate. Good guy that unfortunately couldn’t do the things physically that he needed to do to remain a factor.

It went both ways. He acted selfishly on the field and that rubbed fans wrong. Some of his antics showed how much it was about "me" and not team success.

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

Hope it works out well for him; good luck to him. Anyway, week 1…

 

[MyFairLady]

Worst Cowboy player ever.

 

[cowboyec]

i've always liked jaylon smith.
good dude.
incredible heart to comeback from that kinda injury.
easy to root for.

 

[Runwildboys]

We'd all be stoked if he returned.

To the Eagles.

 

[Londonboy]

I dont get the Jaylon hate. Good guy that unfortunately couldn’t do the things physically that he needed to do to remain a factor.

He's younger, richer and better looking than I am.