Jaylon Smith nugget

[ItzKelz]

The hype has exceeded reality.

The reality is what we've seen. And we should all be hyped about it.

 

[Fletch]

Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin',
We gon' do what they say can't be done...

Haha. Love that song! Smokey and the Bandit.

 

[HowardC]

Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin',
We gon' do what they say can't be done...

We gotta long way to go and a short time to get there...

 

[jaybird]

The only question now is mental.

He was not mentally ready for the NFL early last season.

Vander Esch as a rookie appears to be mentally ahead of where Jaylon was for game 1 of 2017.

Huh?

 

[dogunwo]

I was a non-believer when we drafted him ill admit...

Cheers to you. Most non-believers won't admit it until he makes it to Canton.

 

[guag]

I hate the (nfc east should be terrified) nonsense. Save the hyperbole. Let him play a great first quarter of a season before we get the superhero hype

Yeah that made me cringe

 

[beware_d-ware]

i can believe that he is not yet 100% even though he looks really good.

they are probably tracking his physical performance and still seeing steady improvement.

the FO has been quite misleading over the entire process so there is a lot of uncertainty in the recovery process from:
1. he could play in 2016
2. he could have played in the 2016 playoffs at an elite level
3. he is going to play 2017 but be limited to number of plays
4. he is going to be 100% in 2018
5. he is 100% now
6. he is only 90 something % and still improving

i guess a lot of it is expectations management, and then when the improvement happens and it becomes we knew it all along.
it was a risky 2nd round pick but very rational one based on available info under uncertainty.
they took the risk but wanted to manage fan expectations.

This. I think that half of it was just good old salesman Jerry doing his thing, and part of it was keeping doubt and media pressure off of Jaylon while he focused on his rehab.

 

[jrumann59]

The only question now is mental.

He was not mentally ready for the NFL early last season.

Vander Esch as a rookie appears to be mentally ahead of where Jaylon was for game 1 of 2017.

Probably right, but its one thing being a rookie coming in healthy, than being a redshirt "rookie" coming back from a devastating injury. Smith probably had the mental hurdle with his knee and wearing the brace reminded him everyday of what he was battling back from.

 

[aikemirv]

Jaylon sure looks mentally ready to me.
How can you say LVE is more ready afte a handful of plays in one game.

I think last year it was a combination of mental and physical. So of course LVE would be more ready as he does not have the injury to overcome nor know how he will hold up.

Exactly, somehow LVE is more mentally ready for the NFL after playing exactly 28 11 on 11 games than Jaylon with his years at Notre Dame - ok

 

[Califan007]

...offered a nugget that should absolutely terrify the rest of the NFC East: Smith isn't at full strength yet. "

The rest of the NFC East:

This is a comment better made at the halfway point of the season when (or if) there are some dominant games under Smith's belt to back it up.

 

[DCreppinBoysfan]

Lol

Maybe he’ll be 100% by the time he’s a free agent.

Nah he’ll be 100% his contract year. That’s how it goes with our draft picks

 

[jazzcat22]

Nah he’ll be 100% his contract year. That’s how it goes with our draft picks

Well if he is, he is, and if he is playing up to expectations. I am sure Jerry will gladly pay him a decent contract to keep him here.

 

[windjc]

Speaking of swinging hard...are you still claiming Kellen Moore has "untapped All-Pro talent?" You know he no longer plays football, right?

Please please please go back to my post history and find one comment I have ever made on Moore. Good luck with that.

You are a poster child for accuracy.

 

[Motown12]

I heard Brad Sham on a Podcast this week talking about JS. He said after watching him in practice, he said he went through a mental inventory of the Cowboys LB's over the last 40 years since he has been calling games. He said he was the most "physically gifted" LB he has seen since Hollywood Henderson. He said he excluded D. Ware as he considered him a D Lineman for whatever reason. He also said he has been told he is still not 100% , but people who watched him at ND have told him he is looking closer and closer to that guy.