Comments on: Lions set Kevin Smith free

By: dewalt2990

dewalt2990 — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:36:00 +0000

The Lions must be planning on upgrading his spot, he wasn’t THAT bad. Aaron Brown might step up, or they could go for a RB late in the draft, 4th or 5th… I hope they just let Aaron get his carries, he’s shown flashes, and he should be putting on some muscle by now.

By: thelionsfan00

thelionsfan00 — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:56:05 +0000

I was surprised they didn’t cut him last year. Good riddance…

By: kindasporty

kindasporty — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:43:13 +0000

As a Lions fan I always loved his attitude but his production doesn’t match it anymore. Maybe it is because of injuries but it’s still reality.

By: jebdamone

jebdamone — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:30:26 +0000

i like smith and think, at 25 years old, he can still contribute for someone out there. i expect that over a full year after his ACL injury he should be a lot healthier this year.

By: joemontanawasthegreatest

joemontanawasthegreatest — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:09:35 +0000

Karim-Abdul Jabbar(Dolphins) part duex

By: hobartbaker

hobartbaker — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:07:39 +0000

Set Free, the heart wrenching tale of a Lion given his unconditional release at a relatively young age.

By: xpensivewinos

xpensivewinos — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:04:51 +0000

His next injury will come in a Dolphins uniform.

By: spartaninnh

spartaninnh — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:41:29 +0000

Pity. I like Kevin, and think he’s a serviceable back. He’s no speedster, and (with injuries) has seemed to flinch from hitting the hole hard when he needs to, but with all the down time to heal, I figured he was coming back.

Had to have been a numbers game. Best is the real deal, and Morris has proven over the last 2 years (and during his prior time in Seattle) that he’s a viable back, as well.

@granadosm & mike83ri — I don’t think Smith is a “change of pace” back — doesn’t have the speed. And I doubt the Pats will even give him a sniff. They have better.

By: cytofed

cytofed — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:41:29 +0000

Michael bush value on the open maket had just gone down.

By: pingitore17

pingitore17 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:37:10 +0000

“deserved better” ? Smith deserved nothing, the Lions deserved better. This is a guy who asked the Dolphins to “come get me” while he was still property of the Lions. I’m glad he didn’t get tendered, I doubt he makes any teams starting day roster. See Ya 34K

By: suhme

suhme — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:26:37 +0000

They need a bruiser to pick up the short yards and pound the goal line.

By: mike83ri

mike83ri — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:24:08 +0000

Pats!

By: granadosm

granadosm — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:18:08 +0000

It’s unfortunate Smith can’t stay healthy. He seemed to have alot of potential after college and his 1st year in DET. I think he would be a pretty good change of pace no. 2 rb if he could stay on the field. It will be interesting to see what kind of interest he draws

By: smartbutlazy

smartbutlazy — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:13:27 +0000

He should feel good about this. Its like he was only halfway to his parole eligibility and the governor swooped in with a pardon.

By: wallabear63

wallabear63 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:03:49 +0000

The “free” pass should have gone to Matthew Stafford who, out of a possible 32 total games playable over two years, has only played 13. You call that production worth $60M or whatever he was paid? Chile, pleeze (rolling eyes)