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QB Troy Smith (2006 Heisman Trophy Winner)

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Risers and Fallers

Updated on April 23, 2007
There isn't a better time to be rising on draft boards -- or worse time to be falling -- than in the final days leading up to the draft.
NFL teams have spent the past year in an exhaustive search for new talent. Most clubs finalized their boards this past weekend, but the rankings aren't locked until draft day. Private workouts and interviews, as well as late-breaking medical or character news, can send a player's stock soaring or tumbling in these final few days.
Questions surrounding Michigan defensive tackle Alan Branch's health, for example, could send the run-stuffer into the mid or even late first round when he has long been considered a likely top 10 selection.
The focus in the final Risers & Fallers is on many of the biggest names in this year's draft class:

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Troy Smith, QB, Ohio State: With his abysmal performance in the National Championship game, Smith's star began to lose its luster with NFL scouts. Inconsistent performances at the Senior Bowl and Combine dropped him more. Now teams are buzzing about the disappointing attitude and football intelligence Smith is showing in private workouts, causing his stock to tumble even further. Smith, who once had some scouts viewing him as a potential first-round prospect, now is likely a second day pick.
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buckeyeboy;813561; said:
Why rip TS on a Buckeye board and then refuse to even attempt to substantiate your judgments by only saying, "i [sic] mean somethings [sic] that are better left of [sic] this board?" Then again, the second part of your post (in which you imply that you're more of a TS fan than others b/c you supported him "before everyone else") does nothing but reinforce your self-righteousness.
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Im not implying im more of TS fan or reinforcing my "self-righteousness", stating that to say hey, im not a TS hater but he's screwing up. You keep reinforcing the fact that your a edited.

And yes, I'm going to leave off the crap why I feel this way.. its not too hard to find though.
 
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OSU coach: Don't judge Smith too harshly

Heisman Trophy winner saw his NFL stock drop dramatically after a bad performance in the national title game.


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By Doug Harris
Staff Writer

Friday, April 27, 2007

COLUMBUS ? Ohio State quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels doesn't want to tell NFL scouts how to do their jobs, but he's miffed that Troy Smith is being picked apart like Donald Trump ripping into Rosie O'Donnell.
Smith's stock took a nose-dive after his national championship game horror show. But Daniels, who groomed Dan Marino for the pros at the University of Pittsburgh and spent seven years in the league as an assistant with three teams, believes the NFL will be making a mistake if it judges the Heisman Trophy winner on one outing.

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CPD

OSU star addresses city's stars


Thursday, April 26, 2007Carl Matzelle
Plain Dealer Reporter
Troy Smith has garnered his share of accolades playing football at Glenville High School and the Ohio State University.
But on Wednesday it was Smith who paid tribute to Cleveland and its outstanding student athletes at the Cleveland Municipal School District's annual recognition dinner in the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University.
"Where can I start?" the Heisman Trophy winner asked the 400 students, coaches, teachers and school officials in attendance.


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ScarletBlood31;824746; said:
Is anyone else wondering what the hell is going on? Six QBs have already been drafted, and not many teams are left with a need for a QB.

Who is going to take him? Chicago? Tampa Bay? Jacksonville?
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No. He'll go late which is expected. Teams randomly always pick up QBs late even if they don't "need" one.
 
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It's too bad. He does, "Trading Places" with Chris Leak and he's looking like Mr. Real Free Agent. With the exception of Teddy, it looks like all the seniors got slammed following the BCS. SEC players seem to have been the big winners.
 
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All this teams passing on Troy are going to regret it. I love how Dallas picks Isaiah Stanbeck? I mean, please.

Whoever gets Troy is getting a gamer and a guy that will come in and work his tail off. Troy will succeed and I'll be his #1 supporter.
 
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Man, I'm almost getting happy that Troy is going this late. I'm so excited for him. He's going to step onto some very, very lucky NFL team and show everyone what's up. It almost makes me giddy. All those 31 teams that ended up passing him up will look very, very foolish in a little bit of time.. He's the kind of guy that can lead his team to the Super Bowl. He did it in college, he can do it in the NFL.
I just hope he goes to a good team that will use him well, hopefully under a good quarterback that can teach him well (since I do believe he needs a few years to learn the NFL, as do almost all quarterbacks).
 
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ScarletBlood31;825049; said:
I find it hard to believe that one game can slam a guy from a late first or second round pick all the way to a free fall into the 5th round.

They act like he never won any big games. Texas? scUM (x3)? Notre Dame?
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He never was a first round pick. That was just talk from college football analysts who have no idea how the draft works.

It wasn't just the NC games. He had bad workouts and didn't do well in the all star games.
 
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