Andre Smith waived

[THE PISTONS]

(11-30-2019, 11:17 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Started his career as a laughingstock. Out of shape and struggled with injury.

He eventually got his act together and was one of the best RTs in the league '12-'14.  But he waasuch a famous "bust" that a lot of people never gave him credit when he did play well.

But he is horrible now.  Last year Bobby Hart allowed 1.5 more sacks than Dre (7.5 to 6) but he played over twice as many snaps as Smith (995-492).  That's how bad Andre last year.  The Cardinals cut him because he sucked.  But this year our O-line was such a wreck Dre was our starting LEFT TACKLE opening day.  

We never had a chance.

The infamous draft videos of him running are what most people remember. Interestingly, Ced who we drafted later had the prototypical body of a Tackle...fairly lean and muscular...Andre had a better career.

I think a bunch of us questioned how he'd age...and his play fell off a cliff last year as you alluded to.

The 2009 draft was pretty bad for top end talent. LOTS of busts. Andre was arguably the 3rd best player in the Top 10.

At 1: Stafford - Above Average to Good QB
2: Jason Smith OT - Bust
3: Tyson Jackson DE - Bust
4: Aaron Curry DE - Bust - (He's the cautionary tale for those that think Chase Young is can't miss.)
5: Mark Sanchez QB
6: Andre Smith
7: Darius Heyward-Bey - WR - Bust
8: Eugene Monroe - Bust
9: BJ Raji - Good to Great Player
10: Michael Crabtree: Above Average to Good
11: Aaron Maybin - Bust - I think we had him here for camp one year.
12: Knowshon Moreno