goldenster95 Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Why? http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2002/12/30/redskins_smith_ap/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thito_da_skins_fan Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 because he's cheap and he'd make a good 3rd down pash-rushing DE... i also would like to see him break that record in a Skins uniform... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 its not a cap issue. If he will be a pass rushing end and a new guy starts...then god bless. That hit he laid on Chad yesterday wasn't luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddha Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Wonder if he had to receive some hefty assurances that Lewis would be around for the 2003 season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskin56 Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Good point..... After meeting with Snyders and MARVIN they collectively talked him into staying. That may bode well for ML staying and keeping the same scheme two years in a row. What a concept!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Financially speaking it makes sense to keep Smith around for another year if possible. He's playing for the veteran minimum. You wouldn't save much cutting him after June 1. If you keep him, you just save that much dead money for the following year when you'd have to cut him. I don't want Smith thinking he has to be the every down player though. He's just not that anymore. He plays so very well in spurts, but he just can't bring it every week. His body isn't the same. If you could limit him to 30-40 plays a game he might be able to get a ton of sacks and make an impact on every play because he still can bring it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All In Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 reading into it, it's odd that M. Lewis was there trying to talk him into staying. I'd like to have them both back next year but I also want the team to get past the issue if M. Lewis is going to leave or not. I know he said he was staying, but I'm sure he has to listen to an opportunity if someone calls. Who knows maybe all of this will be settled within in the next couple of weeks. I'd think if M. Lewis was going to get a job offer it would be from these teams sitting at home. Let's get this over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRMADD Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Bruce Smith is a great, cheap third-down DE. Of course we keep him -- where else are you going to get his production that cheap? Now we need to find our starting RDE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70Chip Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Aside from the fact that (say whatever else you want) Snyder has a fan's sense of some of the history, I'll bet he wants to see the sack record broken in a Redskins uniform as much as everybody here does, plus I'd be willing to bet that the marketing and PR benefits to the team at least crossed his mind . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor The Invincible Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 He had 9 sack this year. Thats not too shabby. I'd keep him, but I would want him as a third down passrusher... He's still very capable of getting sacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Smith can still be effective as a pass rush specialist. His ego, unfortunately does not seem to want to allow him to admit that to himself. If he is holding out for a 19th season of starting every down in the NFL, he is going to be disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcop Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Yep, get that record in OUR uniform - I like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 nine sacks is pretty respectable and he does come pretty cheap. In addition to that he's a veteran voice that will come in handy if we have another up and down season. Also I hate Reggie White and would love for someone in a Redskins uniform to break his record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Smith's stats: 10 sacks in 2000 3.5 in 2001 9.0 in 2002 that's two strong seasons for a guy that was 36 when he came here. His season in 2002 mirrored that of the rest of the team. He had a so-so to fair first 8 games and then produced 8 of his 9 sacks in the last half of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 well, if they all start on the same page next season, he could have that record by week 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVskinsfan Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Originally posted by redskin56 Good point..... After meeting with Snyders and MARVIN they collectively talked him into staying. That may bode well for ML staying and keeping the same scheme two years in a row. What a concept!! Now that would be nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romberjo Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 We'd be crazy not to want Bruce around next year as -- at the least -- a pass-rushing specialist for the 775K or so he's slated to make. When his head is in the right place, as it was in the first half of the 2000 season and the last half of this season, he's still got an amazing ability to get to the qb. With Stephen Davis, the reason we won't even try to resign him at a renegotiated, lower cap value is that his market value is much, much higher than his value to us in Spurrier's system, so we couldn't possibly resign him. With Bruce, his market value as a pass rushing specialist is much higher than 775K, as is his value to us, so we'd be nuts not to want him back at that cap hit. I'm hoping that he and Ladairis Jackson make an impressive tandem next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panel Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Can ANYONE think of a player who could have the type of season that Bruce had, with the same money bruce is expected to make. I can't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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