Comments on: Report: Dolphins will not use franchise tag on Sean Smith

By: cantonbound13

cantonbound13 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:48:09 +0000

$10 million????? So he basically wants 5 million per interception. Bye Bye!

By: thelastpieceofcheese

thelastpieceofcheese — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:16:07 +0000

Only Reviz, the best conerback ever, is better than Smith.

By: dolphinfansam

dolphinfansam — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:28:04 +0000

Smith is one of the best press corners in the league. That is not debatable. Week in and week out he’d line up against the best teams WR and handle them. He got in trouble when he was forced to play zone coverage because the DB on the opposite side of the field could not play man. In the right system, Smith can be elite. He is worth 8-10 million, just not for the Dolphins.

By: finsfrenzy

finsfrenzy — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:35:25 +0000

FinFan is 100% right, plus he chokes in big situations, I won’t be upset if he leaves

By: shackdelrio

shackdelrio — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:50:12 +0000

Any team would be foolish to pay him that much. The Ravens just won the Super Bowl and their two starting corners in that game were a special teams standout and a guy signed off the Titans practice squad.

Draft/develop

By: dulz26

dulz26 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:42:41 +0000

I agree with all of you above. He hasn’t shown what it takes to deserve a big contract. He is an average good CB. Good luck and thanks for stopping bye.

By: tommynatorii

tommynatorii — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:41:48 +0000

In no way should Smith be getting large payday. He has been better, but Fins fans remember the multitude of “easy” pics and drops that could have changed the outcome of many games. See ya later Smith, your replacement will be just as good or better.

By: dgarrisonb

dgarrisonb — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:21:00 +0000

I don’t feel Shaun Smith is all world but you answered your own question…

Hes big and fast but thats about it. So tell me why does he deserve a big contract.

Um, Becasue he’s big and fast and matches up well with today’s receivers. That alone makes people overpay.

By: vinceofdarkness

vinceofdarkness — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:45:00 +0000

The Eagles will take em.

By: PeterKingLovesCoqAVin

PeterKingLovesCoqAVin — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:22:04 +0000

Yeah, Smith should be better than he is. Yeah, he can’t catch.

But let him go and you have one starting corner. And he’s coming off a serious back injury.

That’s so Ireland.

By: rodge1

rodge1 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:55:18 +0000

Goodbye Sean, now go drop interceptions and miss tackles somewhere else.

By: str8infamous

str8infamous — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:55:13 +0000

Smith is an above average corner who’s has very inconsistent play. Miami would be foolish to tag him or Jake Long, Long was a safe pick a few years ago, but the injuries & multiple surgeries says he’s not worth the tag amount. Miami needs to let Long & Smith walk draft a DB in the 1st Rd & go after the Saints LT Bushrod since New Orleans has no cap space to re-sign/tag him.

By: hehateme2

hehateme2 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:45:26 +0000

Good- better thinking is taking place in Davie these days…

By: phishfan520

phishfan520 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:42:25 +0000

I love all these guys who think that smith will be such a great asset to their team, like we dolphins fans haven’t him struggle all this time. Just like eagle fans and asomugha, how he was so much better after getting paid, right? Good luck with smith, u can feel my pain when he singlehandedly knocks you from the chance of the playoffs, just like he did for us when we played at Indy last year.

By: promickey

promickey — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:23:46 +0000

Sean Smith is big and slow making cuts with receivers out of their breaks. He therefore plays soft and gets beat like a drum on first downs. Perhaps he would have made a better safety. That said he’s not an $8m to $10m CB.

By: sclazo

sclazo — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:17:31 +0000

He is no shut down corner.

By: mfinsrule

mfinsrule — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:09:44 +0000

As a Dolphin fan and watching every game he has played……. he is an average player. Not a game changer and that is what you want out of a “franchise” player. He’ll have games where he will shut down a great player and too many games where relative unknowns will blow him up for 140 yards and 2 touchdowns. Around $6M is all I would give for him. Otherwise draft a replacement.

By: lostsok

lostsok — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:59:10 +0000

Smith is a solid cover corner to press big receivers, but he’s helpless against small quick-twitch guys.

He was thrown at more than any other CB in the league, per Football Focus, despite not having an elite corner on the other side. In fact, often with sub-par guys like Nolan Carroll. That speaks volumes. Teams didn’t game plan around him…they game planned AT him.

Perhaps they wouldn’t if he didn’t drop their mistakes.

By: tonyugoh

tonyugoh — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:04:24 +0000

As long as you have talent and are at an age when teams still believe you have potential, you’ll get paid in this league by somebody.

By: finsrule2222

finsrule2222 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:01:09 +0000

as a dolphins fan this is great news. there is no way on earth sean stone-hands smith is worth 10 mil. I hope we can bring him back because I do think he is a solid starter, and if he can find some hands be great corner, but not at 8-10 million like hes asking for.

By: simonwelds

simonwelds — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:41:56 +0000

You guys that want Sean Smith obviously are not watching dolphin games, don’t let the size fool you…. This guy is a very average corner at best, I was a fan of his in college but he hasn’t transitioned to the pro game because hes a strictly zone corner, doesn’t turn his hips, gets caught in the cookie jar to often, bad hand to eye coordination, and miss times 90% of his jumps…. put it this way hes always in position to make a play and never does, Every D-coordinator thats come here the last few years has done everything possible to make him a star but he just cant catch a football, dude should have 20picks seriously… watch the film

By: aaronmushrush

aaronmushrush — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:18:49 +0000

i love when people have no clue what they are talking about. Sean Smith is a beast. In no way can a corners credibility be based on INTs and tackles…the idea is to play so the ball doesnt go your way. come to philly sean smith…get 24 back in tune with his game and be the proven best corner in the league allowing him to play the 2s

By: manuich1

manuich1 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:04:41 +0000

The guy has 5 career interceptions since being drafted and has never posted more than 59 tackles in a season. Hes big and fast but thats about it. So tell me why does he deserve a big contract.

By: FinFan68

FinFan68 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:03:30 +0000

He is not worth half of what the tag money would be. He should be much better than he is. Brandon Marshall had a bunch of drops while with the Dolphins but Smith as a CB was not far behind. He is often in a position to make plays but he rarely makes them. He has size and athleticism but he just can’t catch.

By: canadianbucsfan

canadianbucsfan — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:40:23 +0000

Smith is a talented CB, a player that could really help my bucs and our league worst secondary. Trade Eric Wright for a bag of doritos and a nice cold beer ( increases our cap room ) and sign Smith who is a better shutdown CB then Wright and wont fiend adderall and let his team down. Sign Smith, after we choose our selection with the 13th pick ( Im thinking its either going to be Dion Jordan or that guy that is getting compared to Pierre Paul ) we trade back into the end of the first round and select Xaiver Rhodes.

By: handsomepatrick

handsomepatrick — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:39:47 +0000

I would love to see this guy wearing vikings purple next year. Perfect fit for leslie fraziers system. When we drafted chris cook the vikings wanted a sean smith type player. Now they can just get sean smith.

By: igotgamenj

igotgamenj — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:34:34 +0000

Sean Smith is no way worth 10 mill a year!