RAMS GIVING FORMER EAGLES WR STEVE SMITH A PHYSICAL [Archive]

RoanokeFan

03-15-2012, 07:08 PM

RAMS GIVING FORMER EAGLES WR STEVE SMITH A PHYSICAL (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/15/rams-giving-ex-giants-receiver-steve-smith-a-physical/)
<p style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0em 0em 1.2em; padding: 0em; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"Adam Caplan reported earlier today that the St. Louis Rams were hosting receiver Steve Smith, most recently of the Eagles, for a free agent visit.<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Rams are nowgiving Smith a physical (https://twitter.com/#%21/AdamSchefter/statuses/180395635508383744).<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Giving a free agent a physical is usually a strong indication that the player will be signed. Smith’s case could be different because he has a history of debilitating knee problems.<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">St. Louis certainly needs receiver help. Smith would be a candidate to crack the rotation, but the Rams shouldn’t expect the same player who caught 107 balls for the Giants and made the Pro Bowl in 2009.<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Smith has been a shell of that player since."
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RoanokeFan

03-15-2012, 07:08 PM

RAMS GIVING FORMER EAGLES WR STEVE SMITH A PHYSICAL (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/15/rams-giving-ex-giants-receiver-steve-smith-a-physical/)
<p style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0em 0em 1.2em; padding: 0em; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"Adam Caplan reported earlier today that the St. Louis Rams were hosting receiver Steve Smith, most recently of the Eagles, for a free agent visit.<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Rams are nowgiving Smith a physical (https://twitter.com/#%21/AdamSchefter/statuses/180395635508383744).<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Giving a free agent a physical is usually a strong indication that the player will be signed. Smith’s case could be different because he has a history of debilitating knee problems.<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">St. Louis certainly needs receiver help. Smith would be a candidate to crack the rotation, but the Rams shouldn’t expect the same player who caught 107 balls for the Giants and made the Pro Bowl in 2009.<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Smith has been a shell of that player since."
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Joe Morrison

03-16-2012, 07:37 AM

RAMS GIVING FORMER EAGLES WR STEVE SMITH A PHYSICAL (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/15/rams-giving-ex-giants-receiver-steve-smith-a-physical/)

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0em; WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0em 0em 1.2em; PADDING-LEFT: 0em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 0em; FONT: 16px/1.4em Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0em">

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0em; WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0em 0em 1.2em; PADDING-LEFT: 0em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 0em; FONT: 16px/1.4em Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">"Adam Caplan reported earlier today that the St. Louis Rams were hosting receiver Steve Smith, most recently of the Eagles, for a free agent visit.
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0em; WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0em 0em 1.2em; PADDING-LEFT: 0em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 0em; FONT: 16px/1.4em Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Rams are nowgiving Smith a physical (https://twitter.com/#%21/AdamSchefter/statuses/180395635508383744).
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0em; WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0em 0em 1.2em; PADDING-LEFT: 0em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 0em; FONT: 16px/1.4em Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Giving a free agent a physical is usually a strong indication that the player will be signed. Smith’s case could be different because he has a history of debilitating knee problems.
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0em; WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0em 0em 1.2em; PADDING-LEFT: 0em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 0em; FONT: 16px/1.4em Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">St. Louis certainly needs receiver help. Smith would be a candidate to crack the rotation, but the Rams shouldn’t expect the same player who caught 107 balls for the Giants and made the Pro Bowl in 2009.
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0em; WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0em 0em 1.2em; PADDING-LEFT: 0em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 0em; FONT: 16px/1.4em Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Smith has been a shell of that player since."

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Don't be shocked if Steve Smith shows up somewhere better than ever, to compare him to what happened last year is showing your lack of the game. He got picked up by the Eagles to basically be prodded to information about the Giants offense, was by no means ready to play when he did get in and did not fit at all into the offense that Andy likes to run.

Smith is and will remain a possesion reciever who will be there everytime to get the first down and keep the chains moving.

Can he do that with the QB with ST. Louis, that is the question, he came out of the box quick, then took a step back with injury and changing offense, he could use a go to guy like SS.

We'll have to wait and see how it all works out but I'm pulling for SS to play up to his old self again, just now when they play the Giants.

titwio

03-16-2012, 09:23 AM

I don't understand Smith in St.Louis. Don't they already have Amendola in the slot? Maybe they want Smith out wide but that's not really where he'd excel for them IMO.

Regardless I hope it works out for him.