Steve Smith looking forward to WR Competition. Cutting of Keiser lit a fire.

[top dawg]

Smitty is not just looking forward to the WR competition from a purely football perspective, but he seems to relish the thought of seeing who will rise to the occasion after being put on notice, so to speak.  Basically, Smith said the guys better get on the stick in so many words.  

 

 

"This is the most competition I've seen and it's real, legitimate competition," Smith said. "The first day I walked into the receivers' room I could feel the thickness in there. It's kind of this uneasy feeling. You could feel the competition. You could feel the seriousness. No one was loose."

 

 

 

Smith said new general manager Dave Gettleman's decision to cut defensive end Thomas Keiser earlier this offseason "created a buzz" in the locker room and served as a wakeup call to some players.

Keiser was viewed as a solid role player and try-hard guy before injuries sidelined him for most of last season.

"When that happened guys were like, `Oh my gosh," Smith said. "It shows that you're not on scholarship. Everybody doesn't get a jersey or a number. The competition here, it is cut throat right now and some of these guys haven't been through anything like that before. Some of the guys have been drafted and might think they're going to fine. But when there's a new GM he can easily say you're not my guy."

 

 

 

I hope he's right. I hope the hunger translates to the field. Maybe it'll finally be different this year. 

 

I'm lovin' it.  Sow the wheat and burn the chafe. G-man gonna make it happen.

[Dex]

Daddy like.

[TheRumGone]

G-money snappin' necks and cashin' checks

[Jakob]

Why is the word The highlighted?

[TruthVsComfort]

This is great. And it is nice to know Smith is planning on hanging around for about 3 more seasons (barring injury). Would love to have some deep playoff runs with his last couple years.

[Miiikey]

This is somewhat of my first huddle-preseason rodeo, so I'm taking all this talk with a pinch of salt, but its getting me very excited to say the least. All I ask is for improvement on what looked a decent second half of the season last year. I think we can make superbowl playoffs.

[Jakob]

This is somewhat of my first huddle-preseason rodeo, so I'm taking all this talk with a pinch of salt, but its getting me very excited to say the least. All I ask is for improvement on what looked a decent second half of the season last year. I think we can make superbowl playoffs.

Just wait until we get suicidal after the first loss

[TheRumGone]

Smitty has been pretty vocal about there not being a lot of competition and the coaches being forced to start 4th and 5th round players.

 

This is a good thing.

[h0llywood]

It's been a great past 24 hours with articles on Cam, Luke and Smitty.

[top dawg]

Why is the word The highlighted?

 

Oh. Didn't realize that. I think it's a Google Chrome glitch. I have a highlighter add-on, but didn't search for "the" that I know of.  

[Jakob]

Oh. Didn't realize that. I think it's a Google Chrome glitch. I have a highlighter add-on, but didn't search for "the" that I know of.  

I'm just glad I wasn't the only one that saw it, thought I was going crazy.

[top dawg]

I'm just glad I wasn't the only one that saw it, thought I was going crazy.

 

See what...?  

 

 

 

 

 

j/k. Fixed!

[jasonluckydog]

that was an awesome read...I love that tension  in the wr room guys need to step up or step the fug out the door.

[Davidson Deac II]

I am somewhat surprised that the cutting of a role player who was injured a lot last season would create tension.  Now if a long time vet and consistent starter were cut, I wouldn't be surprised if there was some tension.