Smith has been a major headache for the Lions this year. His attitude and desire to play has come into questions a couple times this year. Wally couldn't have been pleased with the distraction he caused when he didnt show up for the games when he was injured nor did he go to the Bob Ackles tribute. Was he required to go?? No....should he have gone?? Probably. The "joe being joe" mentality can only go so far before it begins to become a distraction and I think this was the result.
Having said that, I'm of the mind that this trade doesn't make a whole lot of sense for the Leos, getting an older version of the style of back that they already have.
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