Eagles Marcus Smith Is Starting To At Least Look The Part
Posted by GarryCobb BREAKING NEWS, Eagles, Linebackers, News Monday, May 18th, 2015
MarcusSmith10“Physically, he looks different”, Eagles Pro Bowl outside linebacker Connor Barwin said to Comcast Sportsnet about second-year outside linebacker Marcus Smith. “He gained 15 pounds, he put on a lot of muscle, He’s one of the stronger guys on our defense now. He took the offseason and did what he needed to do, which was get bigger, stronger.”
There’s a reason Barwin is observing the second year OLB Marcus Smith. He knows that with Trent Cole gone and Brandon Graham being promoted to the starting lineup, the Birds desperately need some depth at the position. They need somebody who is going to push Graham and be able to come off the bench and get to the quarterback from the OLB spot, which is the number one pass rush position in the three-four defense.
Smith could help with pass rush pressure, if the light gets turned on. As a linebacker, he’s supposed to be an enforcer on the football field whenever he takes the field whether it be on defense or special teams.
The fact that they wouldn’t use him last year on special teams is an indictment of his heart. It’s an insult. I’ve never heard of a team not wanting to use a backup linebacker on Special Teams. It’s unheard of.
I think it inadvertently got nearly the entire scouting department fired. Seeing a heartless linebacker be drafted in the first round stained everybody involved. You can bet it didn’t helped Howie Roseman. Smith made a lot of impressions that he must change.
The fact that former Eagles Pro Bowl tackle and assistant coach Tra Thomas said he’s got the body of a high schooler, should have made Smith so mad that they had to run him out of the weight room. He had all those tattoo’s on this boney arms.
The light needs to come on this year with Smith, so that he understands that he should build a reputation around the Nova Care Complex that he’s going to be a warrior from now on. He needs to learn what is expected of a outside linebacker.
As a first round pick, Smith is supposed to be driven to be great. He is supposed to be pushing his body in this time of year in the weight room. He should be physically imposing because he will be asked to outmuscle and out quick monstrous offensive tackles around the NFL.
Barwin, who doesn’t have to tell anybody he’s an NFL linebacker, when he walks into a room, took notice that Smith is starting to at least look the part, but that’s not all that will be asked of the second-year linebacker. That’s just the start.
“Now we’re just excited to see what happens when we put the pads on”, Barwin added to his initial comment.
Barwin is simply saying, the muscles are one thing, but the heart and drive are another. There’s got to be a burning desire within Smith to kick butt when he steps on the field in the summer. He’s got to refuse to take anything from anybody.
Smith will need to first earn his respect from his teammates. He didn’t do that a year ago. He was what we used to call “A THIEF”. He was stealing money last year from the Eagles. We used to use the term “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”, when we caught guys not giving a full effort.
Whether Smith likes it or not, all his teammates are monitoring him. They want to see if he becomes a teammate they can count on.
Posted by GarryCobb BREAKING NEWS, Eagles, Linebackers, News Monday, May 18th, 2015
MarcusSmith10“Physically, he looks different”, Eagles Pro Bowl outside linebacker Connor Barwin said to Comcast Sportsnet about second-year outside linebacker Marcus Smith. “He gained 15 pounds, he put on a lot of muscle, He’s one of the stronger guys on our defense now. He took the offseason and did what he needed to do, which was get bigger, stronger.”
There’s a reason Barwin is observing the second year OLB Marcus Smith. He knows that with Trent Cole gone and Brandon Graham being promoted to the starting lineup, the Birds desperately need some depth at the position. They need somebody who is going to push Graham and be able to come off the bench and get to the quarterback from the OLB spot, which is the number one pass rush position in the three-four defense.
Smith could help with pass rush pressure, if the light gets turned on. As a linebacker, he’s supposed to be an enforcer on the football field whenever he takes the field whether it be on defense or special teams.
The fact that they wouldn’t use him last year on special teams is an indictment of his heart. It’s an insult. I’ve never heard of a team not wanting to use a backup linebacker on Special Teams. It’s unheard of.
I think it inadvertently got nearly the entire scouting department fired. Seeing a heartless linebacker be drafted in the first round stained everybody involved. You can bet it didn’t helped Howie Roseman. Smith made a lot of impressions that he must change.
The fact that former Eagles Pro Bowl tackle and assistant coach Tra Thomas said he’s got the body of a high schooler, should have made Smith so mad that they had to run him out of the weight room. He had all those tattoo’s on this boney arms.
The light needs to come on this year with Smith, so that he understands that he should build a reputation around the Nova Care Complex that he’s going to be a warrior from now on. He needs to learn what is expected of a outside linebacker.
As a first round pick, Smith is supposed to be driven to be great. He is supposed to be pushing his body in this time of year in the weight room. He should be physically imposing because he will be asked to outmuscle and out quick monstrous offensive tackles around the NFL.
Barwin, who doesn’t have to tell anybody he’s an NFL linebacker, when he walks into a room, took notice that Smith is starting to at least look the part, but that’s not all that will be asked of the second-year linebacker. That’s just the start.
“Now we’re just excited to see what happens when we put the pads on”, Barwin added to his initial comment.
Barwin is simply saying, the muscles are one thing, but the heart and drive are another. There’s got to be a burning desire within Smith to kick butt when he steps on the field in the summer. He’s got to refuse to take anything from anybody.
Smith will need to first earn his respect from his teammates. He didn’t do that a year ago. He was what we used to call “A THIEF”. He was stealing money last year from the Eagles. We used to use the term “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”, when we caught guys not giving a full effort.
Whether Smith likes it or not, all his teammates are monitoring him. They want to see if he becomes a teammate they can count on.
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