Briggs and Smith indeed go pro

BGFan · Post by **BGFan** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:19 pm

1987alum wrote:
eRichFalcon wrote:As the son of a career newspaper man, I have it on good authority that even the pros mess it up once in a while.
I've made some legendary mistakes during my decades on the print side, the worst of which were made after I got out of school.

Say it isn't so!

Freakling1 · Post by **Freakling1** » Sat May 02, 2009 10:55 am

SWEET!

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Mon May 04, 2009 9:10 pm

Um, yeah, Browns waived Smith today.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:39 am

TG1996 wrote:Um, yeah, Browns waived Smith today.

Good grief ... why did they even bother signing him?

footballguy51 · Post by **footballguy51** » Tue May 05, 2009 11:59 am

Jeez, he was signed for what, about 3 days?

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Tue May 05, 2009 12:18 pm

I was never even able to find out for sure if Smith was actually SIGNED as an UDFA or if he was brought in on a tryout basis. I think he was actually signed, but I wasn't sure.

Either way this past weekend was the rookie minicamp and if he was signed and released then they probably wanted the roster spot to sign one of the guys that was in on a tryout basis.

Personally I didn't think he had NFL talent and was a longshot to see the start of training camp, let alone survive the first wave of cuts. Sucks that he only made it through rookie camp, but at least now he's got the opportunity to seek other chances with other teams?

Good luck to him, but he's definitely fighting an uphill battle.

MarkL · Post by **MarkL** » Tue May 05, 2009 12:50 pm

How many MAC alums are in the NFL at DB? WMU just had a safety drafted early, but he's just a freak of nature type of athlete.

Class of 61 · Post by **Class of 61** » Tue May 05, 2009 1:06 pm

MarkL wrote:How many MAC alums are in the NFL at DB? WMU just had a safety drafted early, but he's just a freak of nature type of athlete.

OU just had a DB drafted pretty high (2nd round I think)...

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Tue May 05, 2009 2:22 pm

Class of 61 wrote:
MarkL wrote:How many MAC alums are in the NFL at DB? WMU just had a safety drafted early, but he's just a freak of nature type of athlete.
OU just had a DB drafted pretty high (2nd round I think)...

Yes they did. Which is about 4-5 rounds higher than most expected him to be taken. The Raiders never cease to surprise.

Dwight Smith (Akron) is still in the league, I believe.

BGfootballfan · Post by **BGfootballfan** » Tue May 05, 2009 2:40 pm

The Browns new safety Abram Elam is from Kent State.