08-17-2017, 10:18 AM
I am 100% in his corner and want him to make the team, but;
Nelson came out of a larger, more successful college program and was a first-round pick and was played at CB, where he struggled a bit.
He was then moved to S, full-time, once he was traded to us.
Smith was a 5th round pick at DE and has always played DE in a 4-3 and doesn't have nearly the amount of talent that Nelson had.
The players' teams and how we acquired them, are the only similarities here; otherwise, this isn't quite the same situation.
Also, Nelson was acquired to be a starter, Smith a back-end, rotation piece.
Nelson came out of a larger, more successful college program and was a first-round pick and was played at CB, where he struggled a bit.
He was then moved to S, full-time, once he was traded to us.
Smith was a 5th round pick at DE and has always played DE in a 4-3 and doesn't have nearly the amount of talent that Nelson had.
The players' teams and how we acquired them, are the only similarities here; otherwise, this isn't quite the same situation.
Also, Nelson was acquired to be a starter, Smith a back-end, rotation piece.