Andre Smith reunion

[*wildcats forever*]

(03-11-2017, 10:22 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I'm not sure that it is fair to bring up him playing LT in college.  He often demonstrated that he struggles with speed rushers, when he was a Bengal.  He's pretty good in run blocking, and holds his own in pass pro when a TE is lined up next to him.  Not to mention his propensity to be chronically injured.  The Vikings gave him a fair contract, and got four (4) games of service from him last season.

While the optimist in us might think that bringing in an "evil we know", like Andre Smith, might provide some benefit to the team, in reality it may actually be taking steps backward.

You're on to something here. Andre's inconsistencies led to not being kept previously. Once he got healthy, he played well in chunks. Then he had some off days. My guess is that his physical maladies played into this, plus there were a few times I noticed that he just seemed to take plays off during some games. He lacked a consistent, high motor effort imho. It all added up to time to move on, and I'm not sure bringing him back would be of any significance over Eric Winston and Fisher at this point.