This reporter is saying he could drop as far as a day two pick. This I don't believe for a second. But it wouldn't shock me to see him fall to the second round.

@the-hammer said:

By the way, thanks for not posting the video of him running the 40. It's not a pretty sight when 340 pounders run with their shirts off.

just for you

Up to this point a player is evaluated on his play,,then the cookie cutters show up.

It is still a game and I think people make it make it much more complicated than it really is.

Again.....JMO

@ballpeen said:

We can go by what happen in pads, or we can go by what happens in shorts.

Can't we consider both?

Smith is a strong, possibly elite run-blocker who struggles a little in pass pro against speed rushers. His 19 reps and soft body suggest that he isn't committed to working in the weight room. That could mean he's not going to get any better than he is right now, which is a concern for teams looking at guy who, on film, doesn't always look like a guy who could play left tackle in the pro's.

Perhaps more importantly, Smith being in less than ideal shape could open him up to nagging and potentially serious injuries, which is something teams worry about when they're giving a guy a lot of guaranteed money. And if they're worried about his motivation, they have to know that giving him that kind of money isn't going to help.

Aloysius said:

And then they will watch the tapes.

We can go by what happen in pads, or we can go by what happens in shorts.

I think more picks are blown in this phase than any other.

To much number watching and not enough tape watching.

Aloysius said:

And then they will watch the tapes.

We can go by what happen in pads, or we can go by what happens in shorts.

@the-hammer said:

By the way, thanks for not posting the video of him running the 40. It's not a pretty sight when 340 pounders run with their shirts off.

Just saw him run on NFL Network. Wow, that was disgusting.

According to Mike Mayock, he took off his shirt before the weigh-in without anyone asking him to. That was about as smart as when he admitted at the Combine that he wasn't ready to work out.

I cant wait to see his reaction to what's being reported about the workout.

labama offensive tackle Andre Smith’s campus workout today in front of NFL scouts was a “disaster,” according to Tony Pauline of SI.com.

Quoting an unnamed scout, Pauline writes that Smith’s lack of preparation was obvious as he was overweight. One scout called the performance, “one of the worst workouts I’ve ever seen.”

Another AFC East scout told Pauline: “He lost millions today.”

As a league source told us earlier today, Smith ran with his shirt off.

According to Pauline, comments were made about “the flab and the rolls on his body” during Smith’s 40-yard dashes as he posted times between 5.21 and 5.29 seconds.

Per the article, several scouts weren’t happy to travel a long way only to witness a bad workout. And Smith’s trainers were not pleased, either.

and

Alabama offensive tackle Andre Smith didn’t perform well at his Pro Day workout today in front of the entire league after creating a stir by leaving the NFL scouting combine early last month. One league source told us: “He bombed.”

According to NFL.com, Smith was not “overly impressive.” His top 40-yard dash time was 5.28 seconds and he bench pressed 225 pounds just 19 times.

According to our league source, Smith ran with no shirt on and was visibly overweight. With a group of trainers urging him on to run faster, Smith had a generally rough day.

The situation has gone from bad to worse for Andre Smith. His bench press results were a pitiful 19-reps. His position work was also very mediocre. One scout has told us is it the "worst workout he ever saw" and a number of scouts are cranky that they made the long trip to Alabama to watch the pitiful workout. A second scout has told us "Smith lost millions of dollars".

@thaak said:

I watched the vid of him on nfl.com where he's talking about preparing for the pro-day. He doesn't really look like a football player, just a fat kid.

Aloysius said:

19 reps is weak for a tackle who was once thought to be a lock for a top 3 pick.

By the way, thanks for not posting the video of him running the 40. It's not a pretty sight when 340 pounders run with their shirts off.

Andre Smith, one of the top offensive tackle prospects in this year’s draft, said he was relying on Alabama’s pro day to make up for the disappearing act he put on at the combine. Well, his times were not overly impressive, but he did at least work out.

Smith measured in at 6-foot-4 ¼, 325 pounds and ran the 40-yard dash in 5.28 and 5.33 seconds. He had a 25-inch vertical, a 7-foot, 10-inch broad jump, a 7.88-second three-cone drill and 19 bench press reps at 225 pounds. His short shuttle time is still to come as are the times from his Alabama teammates.

To put Smith’s workout in perspective, he did not post a single number that would have placed him in the top performers at his position at the combine and many of his numbers were not even close to the top 10 at his position at the combine.

The 19 reps of 225 is very disappointing. Though Smith has very long arms, you'd think a guy that strong could work his way into the 25-30 range. The bench press is also considered a measure of endurance; that could have been a factor in Smith's poor performance.

@sony-reed said:

I just want good football players, I want the a very mean, nasty SOB who kicks butt on the field, smacks guys in the face , I am tired off all these so good guys we have that continue to give us 4 and 5 win seasons.

Give me nasty guys like James Harrison and Ray Lewis and I will take them type of players everyday

Never got in trouble? Dude got suspended from his team before his bowl game.

Then throw in his combine walk out, giving multiple teams different stories of why he wasn't working out at the combine, and showing up way out of shape. This guy has head case trouble player written all over him.

Some of these tackles will be available, so you owe it to your team to talk to them....even if it is to show a false interest and get a team behind us worried we might take them.

I think the Bengals are going OT....any team hoping to get their guy will probably have to jump the Gals. It helps to know just how good a prospect is when people want in to your position to draft him....helps place a better value on the guy as it gives you an idea of how attractive a talent the player really is in relation to who else might be left.

Word is that the Browns spoke to Baylor OT Jason Smith. A bit curious, given that he's considered a pure LT, preferably in a zone blocking scheme. But if Curry, Crabtree, and Orakpo are off the board at #5, he wouldn't be such a crazy option.

Haven't heard whether the Browns met with Virginia OT Eugene Monroe.

Give me Smith...add in TO, Pac Man, Plax, Lewis...I don't care.....just win...that is all I care about from here on out.

The good soldier has waited 44 years and that hasn't worked...just win....give it another few years and I won't even care if we cheat.

oldcow1945 said:

It's says something about society today.

Pointing out that he is fat is just one of the many obvious problems with this kid.

Inspite of me thinking Andre's a terrific football player, I COMPLETELY understand where you are coming from or any NFL thinking this way. I can't imagine blowing off the interviews did anything but hurt him. That's why I said I feel bad this kid isn't very bright. Before I said let's have fun with a scenario when I plugged him in as our RT, I made sure I prefaced it with I DOUBT we'll take him. Phil gave up too many draft picks in 07 and 08 for us to go high risk. I don't think Rey or Andre missed any regular season games to bad behavior in their final 2 seasons.

I STILL say, I don't think Andre became a terrible football player on 2/21/09. I also don't think this is a case of a kid DISLIKING football more than it's an insecurity of barbells and track spikes don't tell the whole story about HOW WELL he plays. And if you CLEARLY don't have an agent when your peers have already practiced their dress rehearsals - maybe holding off until someone guides him better might be better than blank satres following questions he's not ready for. If Andre goes to a Head Coach like Singletary I think it's a perfect fit for him. When it's time for the snap I don't care if he has Jackie Slater abs as long as he's has Jackie Slater talent. I'll swim upstream and root for this kid - weren't peopple rooting for Jamal when he came here? How is it any different? Kids 21-24 have been known to do things they wished they hadn't.

Unfortunately, the NFL is loaded with head cases and MANY want to be the highest paid players on their team like Chad Johnson, Plex Burress, Steroids Merriman, Me-O. About 3 years ago, if you found 1 Albert Haynesworth fan after he stepped on Gurode's face that was 1 person I didn't know existed. TODAY, he's probably mentioned on every message board. Jamal Lewis went to jail and so did Ray Lewis. Steve Smith got suspended for bizarre behavior. Javon Kearse got a DWI about 3 weeks after getting his signing bonus when he came back to Tennessee. Brandon Marshall did something he had to miss games for. Cedric Benson never showed the Bears what he allegedly wanted NFL teams to think of him pre-draft. If Pac Man could actually cover anyone, he'd still be employed when he SHOULD be in jail. Makes me sick.

Many of those guys went to the Indy interviews after rehearsing the process/answers their agents wanted them to give future NFL employers. How different is the NBA? Are there any Kobe fans? When it's time to get the ball in the hoop guys like Kobe, Jiverson, Penny Hardaway, Barkely, Wallace and Carmello are/were players their teams really counted on. The sport markets their jerseys and they put people in the seats. Some even had coaches fired.

- Tom F.

He reminds me of Lunch Money on the other side of the line.

Aloysius said:

Remember, this is a guy who earned a big deal playing in Atlanta's ZBS. The only way I could see him moving inside is if we switched to a scheme that emphasized blocking on the move. And from what I can tell, we're moving in more of a power blocking direction.

Good point Aloy! Thanks! Who's coming back between Shaffer, Tucker, Hadnot and McKinney? Do you know?

- Tom F.