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Panthers Pick Up S Reggie Smith
Apr 04 2012 10:32 AM | mjligon in Carolina Panthers
Panthers announced they signed S Reggie Smith, formerly of the 49ers.
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Terms of the deal have been not announced.
The 6-foot-1, 200-pound Smith played in all 16 regular season games and both playoff games for the San Francisco 49ers in 2011. He recorded 16 tackles and one interception during the regular season. Smith also contributed on special teams with six special teams tackles during the regular season and two during the postseason.
"Reggie has been on our radar since the beginning of free agency and is a player we think can come in and compete at safety," Carolina general manager Marty Hurney said. "We brought him in for a visit Tuesday and it worked out. He is another player we've added to increase the competition."
Via Twitter Adam Caplan Darin Gantt
Terms of the deal have been not announced.
The 6-foot-1, 200-pound Smith played in all 16 regular season games and both playoff games for the San Francisco 49ers in 2011. He recorded 16 tackles and one interception during the regular season. Smith also contributed on special teams with six special teams tackles during the regular season and two during the postseason.
"Reggie has been on our radar since the beginning of free agency and is a player we think can come in and compete at safety," Carolina general manager Marty Hurney said. "We brought him in for a visit Tuesday and it worked out. He is another player we've added to increase the competition."
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Seriously though, nice signing Marty!
I'm betting there have been a few minor contract re-structures we haven't heard about yet to free up some room.
Godfrey would start at SS. Martin would come off the bench as the 3rd safety backing up both SS and FS on game day instead of Pugh.
I impress myself sometimes.
49er fans told me this guy was a ball hawk in training camp last year and was gonna be the starting FS but he got hurt and lost his job to Dashon Goldston.
I think this is a great signing, he is young, he brings some 49er defensive swagger with him, plus im confident he will beat out Sharrod Martin for the starting FS position.
With all the talent being brought in....unless he steps up this year I say Godfrey ends up on the bench.....you cant keep playing a SS who can't make an open field tackle.
So far Rivera has done exactly what's been needed since the season ended. After a solid draft I'll be real comfortable going into this season.
He has to beat out Nakamura too. Same kind of situation with him, played behind Ed Reed and never got a shot, but was a fan favorite and has got some skills. I'm just glad we have some young talent being added to the safety spot. Never hurts.
One thing our secondary needs to do is force more turnovers so Cam can shove TDs down a defenses throat and put the game out of reach early.
Can't wait for the draft.
I feel more secure about our offseason so far this year than I have in a while because, despite the fact that I don't have a huge name to tout about when I brag to my friends, I feel like we are approaching the process intelligently.
Remains to be seen what we do in the draft but I'm not sure we could have done that much better with the cap space we had this year and still been able to draft.
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He was only going to be our starting free safety going into the season because we hadn't re-signed Dashon Goldson yet. Once Goldson signed, it took him some time to learn Vic Fangio's new defense and once he was ready Reggie was benched. It wasn't like he was beating out Goldson for the job. He's not that good.
The guy is below average in both pass and run coverage. His only real contribution to the 49ers was the occasional tackle on defense and a few stand out tackles on special teams. He does "The Dougie" better than he plays football.
Anytime Dashon Goldson or Donte Whitner were injured I would cringe knowing that Reggie Smith would have to come in the game. And I'm not in the minority here, go check out the 49ers forums thread about him signing with you guys.
Just wanted to inform you, from someone who has had to watch this dude for the past few seasons. Don't get too excited about this guy, he'll only disappoint you.