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Originally Posted by kccrow
It's not as much about size as it is about talent IMO. Nate Herbig is 3x the pass rusher Smith is and just as good of a LB. They are very similarly sized. If we want to go the route of a small pass rusher, yeah give me Herbig 7 days a week over Smith. And the bigger problem is that Herbig is being graded as a late 2nd to middle 3rd pick. Does playing for Georgia, who had way more supporting talent, trump playing for Wisconsin? I think not. Smith should be graded lower than Herbig. Just because he played for Georgia means jack and shit to me. If anything it makes me like him less because they come out so ill-prepared for the pros with regularity.
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I could see Smith getting to 245lbs, I couldn't see it with Herbig. But that's pure conjecture I'll grant you. Herbig also has no tape where he has been effective against rhe run. Smith would be an outlier at his size, and you've got to think it doesn't work as well at the next level. But he can at least hang his hat on being very good at the college level. That's the remarkable thing for me, he wasn't OK he was good.