Broncos Re-Sign DL Le Kevin Smith

Oh wait… maybe not

Awesome.

Lets add another no talent, no hustle over the hill vet to the mix.

It’s a free trip to London on Bolwen’s dime.

I assume this means we have absolutely no other options whatsoever, because letting this guy go when we did was still too late.

I don’t have any other suggestions though, other than Smith shouldn’t unpack his bags OR bother hanging any pictures in his locker.

enjoy your free money.

Hmmmm, what could it be? Why would he be given another shot? Could it be … oh yes, another part off of the Patriot scrap heap. Great.

He was signed because he will probably have to play this week with the number of DL we have hurting especially if we want to play some 4-3

Like Salmon returning to their breeding ground. The Kevin is back where he belongs, in Broncos uniform.

Let me use some stats about LeKevin Smith to mislead you. With LeKevin we only lost to the Raiders 20-19, without him 59-14, so The Kevin is worth a 44 point swing everygame on our team.

There are no other better options out there with the loss of Marcus Thomas and we do need some semblance of depth there especially if we continue to use the 4-3 since our LBs are depleted.

First let me say I am not a Shanahan fan. I think he was a great OFFENSIVE COACH but terrible as a G.M. and had no idea what to do with the defense.

This brings me to this point. Shanahan had a good offense. It racked up yards per game but not high in points per game. The defense could not stop the run. He always brought in free agents to fill in like patch work. He went through defensive coaches like we go through injured players. Speaking of injured players. His last year or two did we not blow through 6-7 running backs because of injuries.

So now we get McDaniels. We rack up the yardage but as with Shanahan we do not score a lot. Our defense can’t stop the run. Getting the idea? hmmmmmm are ya?
Well we then have a coach who is a offensive minded coach but has no idea what to do to fix defense. Still not seeing it? Well We now have a head coach who is bringing in players in free agency to strengthen our defense as well as help the running game. Come on you have to be seeing it by now. Wait McDaniels fires the defensive coach after one year . COME ON ONE YEAR ONE NEW DEFENSIVE COACH. You guys who don’t see it are killing me. I think McDaniels is Shanahans illegitimate son. He has to be. They are one in the same. I bet McDaniels is building a 35,000 foot house with a bowling alley in it just like Shanahan and it’s right next door. Now please grab a beer and think about all the things similar.

We are running 4-3 to off set the incredibly amount of injuries to our LB core. Vickerson is hurt so now we got to pick up a d-lineman. No need to hate on it. It was necessary for what we are trying to do.

Why would they add a French dude just as they are about to depart to England?

We are sticking with the same 4-3 alignment that allowed the Raiders to run for over 300 yards? Is that smart?

Also, I would like to see Darrel Reid back when healthy.

3-4,4-3, I get the injuries and all but….

K.Smith is telling his Mom..“The Broncos brought me back after they lost to the Raiders by 45 points. They said the loss showed them how much I was missed”.. ;)

It’s too bad that injuries have finally hit the DL, too, but LeKevin was a player who never showed his full abilities because of his injury and following recovery, and his stock dropped in the eyes of fans as a result which is the expected result.

My original roster projections placed him on the bubble but not by that much. He’s a serviceable backup type of DE34 who can (when healthy) provide some run-stopping ability and a minimal level of pass rushing ability. Moreover, I had expected that we’d re-sign him at some point, particularly if injuries hit.

He’ll probably never become a star in the NFL but that’s not the point. it’s better to have adequate backup level talent on the DL right now than what Briggs offered. Our roster numbers of the DL were lower (6 rather than 7) this year so depth becomes an issue for the DL rotation when the numbers drop. LKS was an appropriate addition given our present situation.

People need to drop the condemnation of his abilities based solely on his sub-par performance last year when he was still affected by injury. He came back too quickly from a serious injury and his play was affected. We rarely saw a healthy LKS. He won’t be more than a backup level player even though he’s now healthy but that’s not a trivial addition or one that deserves to be dismissed with overblown, hyperbolic comments. I see little evidence that most people have engaged in a serious evaluation of his play. I don’t expect people to be happy with the loss to the Raiders but thoughtless whining is not a serious way of showing your level of football knowledge. As always, there’s a correlation between how little a fan knows and their willingness to engage in blanket condemnations. Those hyperbolic commentaries say a lot about the writers and little about what’s happening on the football field.