| 29 July 2010
Furthermore, Lewis didn't even rule out the possibility that Smith could start the season on the PUP list (which means he would miss the first six weeks of the regular season).
There were all kinds of warning signs about Smith coming out of Alabama - signs that the Bengals apparently ignored when they drafted him No. 6 overall in 2009. He was suspended from the Sugar Bowl his final season with the Crimson Tide, then went AWOL from the NFL Scouting Combine a few months later, and then played a strange game of musical chairs in terms of picking an agent.
Oh, and he was notorious for being a little too B.I.G. Every scouting report on him coming out of college warned that his weight problems could lead to injuries. And here we are not even into his second season of professional football and the guy can't stay healthy.
I thought he was a bad pick at the time and it just keeps getting worse. Well, for everyone except the restaurant owners in the Cincinnati area, perhaps.
If Smith is basically a non-factor this season like he was as a rookie, that means the starting right tackle will be former undrafted free agent Dennis Roland who was actually surprisingly-solid most of the time last year. Third-year pro Anthony Collins (who is expected to be Andrew Whitworth's backup at left tackle) would also be in the mix at RT if Smith continues down the path to bustville.
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