Does Marcus Smith Have a Future with Philadelphia Eagles?

October 23, 2015   ·   Andrew Kulp   ·   Jump to comments

During the Philadelphia Eagles’ Week 5 win over the New Orleans Saints, Marcus Smith fired off the edge, beat the protection and struck quarterback Drew Brees, whose pass wound up intercepted. Not to be mean, but it was easily the best play of Smith’s NFL career because, well, it’s pretty much the only play of his NFL career.
In fact, it was Smith’s first action of the 2015 season, and it’s questionable whether he ever would have gotten on the field had Connor Barwin not been banged up earlier in the contest. Smith missed time this season with a hamstring injury, but he was held out additional weeks even after he was healthy and hadn’t lined up for a single snap against the Saints before Barwin went out.
It’s safe to say the Eagles still don’t have a whole lot of confidence in Smith, the 2014 first-round draft pick who failed to record so much as a tackle his rookie season. And the longer it takes for the Louisville product to c...

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