Jaylon Smith

[jwitten82]

**** off boy

You wanna tango.....well do ya?



Lol

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Smith has had his moments, but he's nowhere near the player some on the board want to make him out to be. He whiffs in the open field much more than a good linebacker should.

That said, he's still a young player that has room for improvement. He's still trending upward as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Mcsports]

..........here's a clue. It is the same as the number of passes Dak threw of more than 20 yards today: zero. Interior linebackers just are not Top 5.

Smith has had his moments, but he's nowhere near the player some on the board want to make him out to be. He whiffs in the open field much more than a good linebacker should.

That said, he's still a young player that has room for improvement. He's still trending upward as far as I'm concerned.

Yes. He was also unblocked on a blitz today and failed to bring down Mr. Wilson. He's making progress but not a difference maker, yet.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Umm he has been pretty average, not what I was expecting with all the hype he was getting

I've been a big booster of him, but can't say that I've seen it. Maybe it's something that needs to be tailored more. I'm not seeing zone coverage or run support. Blitzing and man coverage look fine.

 

[Sydla]

Jaylon is playing well, or at least above average in the NFL. However, the lazy media, the same who annually report that Dallas has the best line in the NFL, tabbed Jaylon as a Top 5 talent.

It is easy and flashy to say. But riddle me this, how many INTERIOR linebackers were taken in the Top 5 of the last six drafts?

In fairness, some teams viewed him as an OLB as well. Frankly, I think he should be playing the WILL spot. And he likely would have been a Top 5 pick if he did not get hurt.

 

[Mcsports]

Regarding interior linebackers and the draft: zero taken in the top five of the last six drafts. It just doesn't happen. So somebody please tell the talking heads to quit saying it!

 

[Sydla]

Regarding interior linebackers and the draft: zero taken in the top five of the last six drafts. It just doesn't happen. So somebody please tell the talking heads to quit saying it!

The problem is your pigeon holing him into one LB spot. His scouting guides showed some teams viewed him as a hybrid LB who could play inside and outside.

 

[Mcsports]

I didn't get to watch him in college. But when they said Top 5, I was thinking, great here comes Von Miller (or something like that). He moves more fluidly than last year, but the hype around Smith and Randy Gregory (both second round projects) has not been met. I'm rooting for him.

 

[SportsGuru80]

This is a joke right? ******* clueless fans SMH

 

[Bob-Lillys-War]

Hotboyz !

 

[Sydla]

I didn't get to watch him in college. But when they said Top 5, I was thinking, great here comes Von Miller (or something like that). He moves more fluidly than last year, but the hype around Smith and Randy Gregory (both second round projects) has not been met. I'm rooting for him.

So you didn’t see him in college but feel strongly enough to talk about what kind of player he was?

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

I didn't get to watch him in college. But when they said Top 5, I was thinking, great here comes Von Miller (or something like that). He moves more fluidly than last year, but the hype around Smith and Randy Gregory (both second round projects) has not been met. I'm rooting for him.

His movement had definitely improved from what it was last year, but he is not moving the way he was at Notre Dame.

 

[jwitten82]

This is a joke right? ******* clueless fans SMH

Youre really clueless if you think he is playing great, my dawg

 

[Mcsports]

The problem is your pigeon holing him into one LB spot. His scouting guides showed some teams viewed him as a hybrid LB who could play inside and outside.

I'm not pigeon holing him. The Cowboys coaches are the ones who decided to play him on the inside. Which is exactly where he played in college. He had 4 1/2 sacks in his entire career in college! That's not the framework of an outside rusher or Top 5 talent. He plays a position which is not valued as Top 5 by NFL scouts (my words but the actions of NFL GMs).

 

[aria]

Love the guy on and off the field but I’m still not convinced he’s at his peak. He’s done enough to warrant keeping him om the team. As far as Jerrah wasting a 2nd round on him....that’s another story.

 

[kumizi]

Bull ......... only an idiot would say he has played average

Like to post ratio never lies

 

[mattjames2010]

lmao

Jaylon was excellent in college. He would have been a Top-5 pick if he wasn’t injured.

And he'd be called a bust right now....

I debated this before he was ever even drafted here. I said he's a low IQ football player that often bit on fakes in college and often missed tackles - which is exactly what's going on in the NFL.

I don't care how fast a player is, if the player is stupid there is nothing you can do.

 

[mattjames2010]

I am not your "dawg" ......... Jaylon has played great this year.

In no way has he played "great".

 

[atlantacowboy]

I'm guessing you're a big reason the other forum shut down.

No, that was me.

 

[MyFairLady]

He is being judged as a guy who only has one leg. If people judged him as a second round draft pick into year 3 of a 4 year deal they would be sad. He is very similar to Gregory in that snaps are given to him in the hopes of the feel good Cinderella story actually playing out. He has been a JAG and I fear he will never be more than that. LVE already looks better.