What in the world will they do with Jaylon Smith?

[Jake]

Is there any way that they can trade him?

Would YOU trade FOR him? His value is at its lowest, and with that contract it's not happening.

 

[rambo2]

Would YOU trade FOR him? His value is at its lowest, and with that contract it's not happening.

Isn't it obvious? Of course I wouldn't trade for him.

 

[Jake]

Isn't it obvious? Of course I wouldn't trade for him.

But you're wondering if some NFL GM is dumb enough to do it?

The only one who might already has him.

 

[Mannix]

-----He has no drop foot and the rest of your comments are malarkey

Sir...this is a family site.

 

[Wezsh0T]

Jerry also drafted Parsons, Cox, and signed Neal.

All three of these guys can play some football. Parsons has all the physical skills and I really like his demeanor. You can tell the guy just loves football. Cox looks like he's been shot out of a cannon every time he moves. The guy is explosive. Neal has been really solid and aggressive.

Jaylon just can't change directions. When he gets the correct spring off from his legs, he is still explosive, but if he reads wrong or has to change directions, forget it.

 

[morat1959]

Lol, are you a leader in the cry baby battalion?

And you are the leader in the 8-8 forever, JJ homer club.

 

[Mannix]

Put him on special teams.

Put him on special needs.

 

[erod]

.the Defense will instantly be better with him and his Romo jersey far down the road kicking a can...with his drop foot.

Lol, that is hilarious.

 

[Cowpolk]

You don't know what you're watching if you believe that.

A lot of people are imagining he has it Or reverting to the bashing technics that were used when he was a rookie

 

[ChuckA1]

Here’s a good link from Spotrac showing Jaylon’s contract details. Looks to me like 2022 he’s gone.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/jaylon-smith-18982/

Thanks Bob. This makes things more clear.

 

[Kingofholland]

I was thinking we should make him defensive captain? Never seen Romo run so fast...

 

[xwalker]

I had the opposite impression.

Did well taking on blocks both dipping and stacking. Nice form tackling. Those were his biggest question marks coming in.

His speed shows up on the field and he had an excellent open field tackle saving a much longer return covering a kickoff in the second half.

It was both. He had more good plays and more bad plays than many other players.
- He got walled off inside or outside on multiple run plays some of which turned into big gains.
- I didn't see any problems physically. He appears to have enough size/strength to become a full-time LB and not just a coverage specialist.

 

[xwalker]

Parsons, Neal, LVE, and Cox are an outstanding group. If Smith was an undrafted free agent, he would be cut.

My preference would be to cut Jaylon but that is not going to happen this season.

LVE is an injury risk and despite flashing several times Cox made many mistakes in run defense.
- Neal is also an injury risk and might wear down if he plays too many snaps at LB due to lack of size.

If it were my choice I would even play Luke Gifford before Jaylon.

 

[TequilaCowboy]

Is there any way that they can trade him?

Unfortunately, they have him on film. .....

a pig in a poke

phrase of pig in a poke

1. something that is bought or accepted without knowing its value or seeing it first.
   "the unwary were apt to buy a pig in the poke"

 

[jazzcat22]

This isn't about assignments as often he might be in the right place, but just can't react fast enough. Eve. I. This clip his slow change of direction and ack of acceleration, are I. Full display. It took him four steps to change direction and get his body pointing to the right angle and he was slow I. Responding. He is a liability in any type of coverage and can't cover side line to sideline any more

Thanks for the response. Not too often people will explain what they see or mean. They just jump on the wagon. . Nice explanation.

I have not really watched him much in detail these games to see that. However I did make comments last season how he looked slower at times. I will try to look at this next game.
I think some because I was looking for 54, not 9.

 

[charron]

Same as before only now jaylon comes off the field when we go with 2 Lb's and maybe certain packages. Like it or not he's still 1 of our best 4 LB's. Parsons, Leighton, smith will start.

 

[xwalker]

....the Defense will instantly be better with him and his Romo jersey far down the road kicking a can...with his drop foot.

I think you solved the OP riddle...

Move Jaylon to backup QB...

 

[blueblood70]

I disagree teams have cut or traded players with higher cap hits. where there’s a will there is a way.

you dotn do it at the expense of the team, how about we use him as depth, challenge his manhood with young guys taking his snaps and see how he reacts,,

you dont cut your nose off to spite your face and noones seen JS plays in quinns new defense yet in real games..

they will not hand the entire defense over to player who oft injured and some rookies..

common sense people sure maybe hes cut next offseason but throwing gas on fire and throwing in cash for empty spot , no sorry..

lets calm down and let the coaches figure it out..

 

[sbark]

I'd slow your roll. Cox has barely flashed on special teams and Neal looked like the worst player in camp until this past week.

Cox flashed hints of S.Lee on the one run play to right side of D. Recognized it, saw seam thru pulling o.line for a 3 Yd loss..sent on a blitz, got pressure. Quietly a good game.

Yup, had some rookie mistakes....coach em up

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

It was both. He had more good plays and more bad plays than many other players.
- He got walled off inside or outside on multiple run plays some of which turned into big gains.
- I didn't see any problems physically. He appears to have enough size/strength to become a full-time LB and not just a coverage specialist.

I know that once Faoliu was in on the second team our LB started having issues. Odighizuwa and Bohanna cleaned that up.