Justin Smith retires

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(05-19-2015, 05:05 PM)RoyleRedlegs Wrote: Then why do so many people love Michael Johnson? Who is essentially a poor man's Justin Smith as a 4-3 DE.
His best years as a Bengals aren't on Smith's level, and Smith did it with none of the talent (Geno and Dunlap) on the DL to help him out.
Yet people love him.

It's because fans expected a 10+ sack guy from Smith and that wasn't him. Fan expectations and poor coaching ruined his perception around Cincinnati.
If they had used him they way they used DEs later on (especially under Zimmer) and fans had more access to his Mizzou tape, fan perception of him would be much, much different.

Glad you're here :smile:

Smith is awesome, always was. What makes him even more awesome is that his rating is so high, I can always trade for Michael McCrary in NFL2K2