Malcolm Smith, LB

We need you in 2012 SB form Malcolm. Cheers to Malcolm having a nice old fashioned 49er type of emergence/come back when we need it most

hoping he comes back stronger and faster , and whomever we draft at LB , and Brock Coyle need to pick up the slack until Fosters punishment is completed

Originally posted by NeeJ49er:
hoping he comes back stronger and faster , and whomever we draft at LB , and Brock Coyle need to pick up the slack until Fosters punishment is completed

i think we need to proceed as if foster is not playing for us. i think a nice free agent linebacker and a nice rookie in round three should suffice. in my opinion. i hope smith is all you say and hope he will be

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by NeeJ49er:

hoping he comes back stronger and faster , and whomever we draft at LB , and Brock Coyle need to pick up the slack until Fosters punishment is completed

i think we need to proceed as if foster is not playing for us. i think a nice free agent linebacker and a nice rookie in round three should suffice. in my opinion. i hope smith is all you say and hope he will be

Smith is. Just as much the athlete, elite play recognition ability, and NO trouble.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Smith is. Just as much the athlete, elite play recognition ability, and NO trouble.

I agree with the no trouble part.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Smith is. Just as much the athlete, elite play recognition ability, and NO trouble.

I hope you're referring to Roquan Smith.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Smith is. Just as much the athlete, elite play recognition ability, and NO trouble.

I hope you're referring to Roquan Smith.

Oh that's right. Roquan. Too many Smiths in football. In my post above I thought Lifelong was talking about Malcolm.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Smith is. Just as much the athlete, elite play recognition ability, and NO trouble.

I hope you're referring to Roquan Smith.

i hope so haha. But yeah i think Smith is just as fast...maybe faster, but definitely not as strong. Foster plays like he is 20 lbs bigger. Roquan looks like he tackles the bigger guys with finesse, usually going at the legs and allowing them pick up an extra 2-3 yards. Foster just completely sends them back. Would be a great pairing.

If we did get Roquan, and Foster clears everything up and is in the lineup, any chance we have M.Smith, R.Smith, and Foster on the field at the same time? Kind of like Jaguars

Originally posted by thl408:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Smith is. Just as much the athlete, elite play recognition ability, and NO trouble.

I hope you're referring to Roquan Smith.

Oh that's right. Roquan. Too many Smiths in football. In my post above I thought Lifelong was talking about Malcolm.

i was talking about malcom.. lots of people have high hopes for him. i hope they are right but i think he will be average. i would not mind the rookie named smith. but now i think we would be better served by signing a good free agent , finding a nice linebacker in round three. use the first two picks. unless lynch trades down god willing. to address our glaring needs on the o line and getting a quality corner

Lets hope he stays healthy this time around.

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by thl408:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Smith is. Just as much the athlete, elite play recognition ability, and NO trouble.

I hope you're referring to Roquan Smith.

Oh that's right. Roquan. Too many Smiths in football. In my post above I thought Lifelong was talking about Malcolm.

i was talking about malcom.. lots of people have high hopes for him. i hope they are right but i think he will be average. i would not mind the rookie named smith. but now i think we would be better served by signing a good free agent , finding a nice linebacker in round three. use the first two picks. unless lynch trades down god willing. to address our glaring needs on the o line and getting a quality corner

I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about LifelongNiner and was wondering which Smith he was talking about when he was talking about Smith having elite play recognition.

Originally posted by thl408:
I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about LifelongNiner and was wondering which Smith he was talking about when he was talking about Smith having elite play recognition.

alex maybe?

He is the player to watch for this Defense in 2018. We need him healthy.

Originally posted by JustinNiner:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Smith is. Just as much the athlete, elite play recognition ability, and NO trouble.

I hope you're referring to Roquan Smith.

i hope so haha. But yeah i think Smith is just as fast...maybe faster, but definitely not as strong. Foster plays like he is 20 lbs bigger. Roquan looks like he tackles the bigger guys with finesse, usually going at the legs and allowing them pick up an extra 2-3 yards. Foster just completely sends them back. Would be a great pairing.

If we did get Roquan, and Foster clears everything up and is in the lineup, any chance we have M.Smith, R.Smith, and Foster on the field at the same time? Kind of like Jaguars

That would be one sweet over package. We got the beef up front to do it IMO. Put DEFO at Big end on the play,Thomas at 3T.

Originally posted by SmokeCrabtrees:

Originally posted by JustinNiner:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Smith is. Just as much the athlete, elite play recognition ability, and NO trouble.

I hope you're referring to Roquan Smith.

i hope so haha. But yeah i think Smith is just as fast...maybe faster, but definitely not as strong. Foster plays like he is 20 lbs bigger. Roquan looks like he tackles the bigger guys with finesse, usually going at the legs and allowing them pick up an extra 2-3 yards. Foster just completely sends them back. Would be a great pairing.

If we did get Roquan, and Foster clears everything up and is in the lineup, any chance we have M.Smith, R.Smith, and Foster on the field at the same time? Kind of like Jaguars

That would be one sweet over package. We got the beef up front to do it IMO. Put DEFO at Big end on the play,Thomas at 3T.

Foster's career will likely be shorter than R Smith due to the violence of the hits. I love the guy but he is an enforcer type and will struggle to stay healthy. Willis was a rare enforcer guy who had such a pure tackle style that he stayed healthy until his feet broke down. He tackled with his chest, head up, driving through the player rather than the violent collision style of a Whitner or Goldson. Foster does not have that pure style and will be more likely to have concussions and other injuries. Just my opinion, but I've had my coffee this morning so...