Only cause you agree. Sorry but the idea that this is shot down is funny. No teh issues are out there. If Saban drafts Smith, doesnt mean the issues arent issues, it means Saban believes those can be worked out and wont hinder him from being great. Which is possible. Blue says he trusts Saban, so do I, does that mean if Saban doesnt draft him that the concerns were real? How exactly was the NFL personnel mens concerns shot down and proven false by fans who are not in teh loop and who have not seen teh kid play 1 down? Hardy shot down, not in any way.
Brandt, why is he a god now? Ron Wolf is considered widely respected for his qb evaluations and he said he likes what he see in Feeley, yet that was said to be bogus? why? because fans didnt agree, as if teh fans opinions were somehow more valid than a recognized expert. Kosar is considered a very intelligent person, he sees something in AJ yet he is dicredited because some dont want to hear it. So why should Brandt's opinion be taken as gospel? Sorry I am not saying he is wrong, he may be right, but that certainly doesnt discount the concerns raised about Smith. No matter how much anyone disagrees.
Now this is my feeling on Smith and why I dont want to draft him. Blue and others can testify that the concerns raised by some personnel men who obviously have a smidgen of crdibility since some teams actually value their opinion, I had teh same concerns. I raided those concerns over numerous threads. So hearing teh reports, further escalates teh concerns in my eyes. I do think Smith will be a very good qb, he has the intelligence and teh intangibles. I just am not sold he will be elite, outs are critical in teh NFL as I learbned from watching Jay play. Sorry but Jay is a smart qb, he just was limited physically. defenses knew it and schemed for it, forcing Jay to throw to his weaknesses, thus causing teh mistakes. That is why he was so effective with Ricky that firt year til teh thumb injury, defenses couldnt take away teh posts and teh seems that Jay hit well. After teh thumb well he couldnteven throw teh deep post well. There are certain passes that every qb has to make each game that have to have teh zip on it to get it there, dbs can close so fast if it isnt zipped in, teh dbs will recover and pick it off. That haoppened to Jay alot. I alway defended jay saying that with Ricky and teh right personnel, that we could avoid putting Jay in a position of havoing to play to his weakness. Well that is where I was wrong, that is where teh danger exists with AJ. That is what I see with Smith. Smith may be smart, but may havbe no say in it because the defense will take that say away and force him into situations that play to his weaknesses. Aj weakness? Pressure in his face. Is it correctable? to some degree, yes. He showed some better composure at the end of last year, he needs to show more. Quicker recognition, finding teh outlet guy with a defender in his face. If he can do that, he will succeed. But anyway that is teh concern with Smith, his intelligence can not fully compensate if he cnt get the drop back, get set quickly and mechanicly correct and make the outs and teh deep ball with any zip on it. That is all required, he is a longer project IMO because of it, and a qb that will no be ready fro 3 years is not worth teh #2 pick IMO.
So far, nothing has been shot down rgarding teh concerns for Smith, if Saban takes him, to me, it says that Saban doesnt think teh concerns will hamper him, not that they arent concerns, but that they arent sign enough to say he isnt worth the pick. But Saban has to say that and he hasnt. What he says to teh press and what he does on draft day are 2 diff things possibly.
Oh and this comment came from more than one writer.