What To Do With Andre Smith?

put him at LG, or he can take Bobbie Willaims place at RG next season

sexy….

they told me it was just wrong

I think he won’t start for quite a while, but that doesn’t mean you leave his hulking frame watching the entire game from the sidelines, either.

I think his biggest impact will be to push the line forward to give us needed first downs and goal line work could be invaluable.

As he gets more comfy to the team and gets more confident, then get him more involved as there is no reason he can’t be ready by the second half of the season where he may need to come in to replace someone hurt. Overall, he’s a great backup at this time though.

What to do with Brad St. Louis, trade him to the Rams?

I think a good way to break him in slowly might be to just put him in on some running plays. Just get him up to NFL speed slowly so his other foot doesn’t break and work him into the playbook slowly. If he shows he can handle some run situations, begin trying his pass protect skills.

Or maybe throw him in as a run blocking TE.. he’s like a gazelle with DD’s…

and saw Loadholt (Andres teammate?) starting Rt.Tackle for Vikes. He is the real deal at Rt. Tackle. This just makes Bengals Smith pick more confounding than it already is. All I can say is thank god Rey fell to us.
I know I’m going to get flak for dissing Smith and a bantering from those that excuse the Bengals for the Smith pick (examples-the Bengals couldn’t trade down, the Bengals can’t control who he chooses as his agent, Andre was a stud in college etc..) but he is a dissapointment being a top ten pick so far. I hope he turns into an all pro-but he had agent issues before he was picked, he played Lt. tackle in college and the Bengals want to make a project out of him at Rt. tackle, and he was clearly out of shape before the combine, after the combine and during minicamp-leading to holdout issues over weight limits.

Saw a few former players; Madeau W. -didn’t look so good. Mark Roman-nickle or dime back looked great. Justin Smith-looked the same, plays the run well but can’t get to the Qb (except late).Takeo Spikes looked steady and very aggressive-he’s playing Mid. Linebacker.

Not “what are we gonna do?” in a bad way, but “what are we gonna do?” in a good way.

I’m looking at a 2-1 team that’s 1-0 in the division, that’s sitting on Top 5 pick to help slug through the months of November and December. As posted above, when we’re able to steam roll a team with the run-game, you put him in at OT (either side) and let him do what he does best….roadgrading.

And if he isn’t to be trusted in pass-pro, then you rotate him out. The Bengals have essentially been doing this since Week 1 with their usage of 6 or 7 Olineman in various packages. Imagine them needing to convert a short yardage play and you can call on Andre the Giant instead of Dennis Roland…..Roland’s been great, but Andre gives you better chance, especially when teamed with Big Bobbie.

So to answer your question: What to do with Andre Smith? run it down the other teams throat

I think it’s tough to say, without seeing the dynamics between him and the rest of the team. I think the only way of finding out is to get him some playing time and see how it goes. I’m not opposed to sitting him, but I would definitely like to see some return on our expensive new purchase.

Reminds me of fans calling in on the radio after the Broncos game. All doom and despair. Season was already ruined. Sometimes fans just get too ancy about this and that. I think it’s way too early to call this pick a waste. Sure, he’s overweight. But the guy was NEVER on his back in college in a very tough SEC conference. He hasn’t played a single snap in the league so it’s too early to label him as anything but a disappointment right now- and that’s because of his injury. On the bright side, even if Andre is a bust we still had a great draft. Rey should’ve been a first rounder and he’s already a leader on the team that the guys in the locker room respect. He came back from injury yesterday and went back into the game. That’s HEART! Something our team has needed.

Playing Cleveland would have been a great time to get him into the mix. I certainly wouldn’t want his first game to be against the Ravens, but who knows? We need to see this guy in action. I’m not worried about him though. He’s already a project in the works, what can you do?

but some guy stepped in for Jim Rome last week on his radio show and had the funniest bit about how Andre tripped over his titties while trying to block and therefore broke his foot. Probably one of those ‘had to be there’ moments, but it was hilarious.

get his body fat under 25% would be a decent start..