Detroit Lions to sign Kevin Smith, 'bout time.

but if he is healthy I think theres a oppertunity for him to do something. But no back will be succesful unless we start blocking. Bringing in Big Daddy Davis may help Kevin and the rest of our backs become a threat

Bringing him back, presumably healthy and in shape, now, with a great passing team around him, sounds like a very solid move to me. He is a good receiver out of the backfield, and he doesn’t have to hit any homeruns. All he has to do is carry the rock for 3-5 yards at a time, catch the ball when it is thrown at him, and do a little blocking now and then. He’s young, and has potential still. Maurice Morris will not last forever. Eldra Buckley was never meant to see the field as a RB. Keiland Williams has been a solid 3rd down back. Kevin Smith can be a workhorse. When the Lion’s drafted him, he was expected to be that workhorse. Now he doesn’t have to be, because there is a plethura of talent around him to take away all of that pressure. He could very well flourish once again, like he did as a rookie. If he even sees moderate success, it will open all kinds of doors in the passing game. I like the move, and I agree with you here.

But if they want to run the ball there gonna have to commit to a running game, this means givng Williams, Morris or Smith the carries they will need to make a difference.

Look up some past threads about Smith, maybe my view is slanted, but I recall myself being one of the only people in favor of bringing him back this year…

I guess we did lose 2 starting caliber RBs, but my thoughts initially were that I’d have to deal with the Smith backlash all over again. Glad to be wrong. Smith deserves to be on this team, and should absolutely be kept over a guy like Buckley.

My only question is, what number will he sport? Williams took #34.

I am not pleased. This says a whole hell of a lot more about Best’s condition than it does about Smith being ready to contribute.

I hope I am wrong, I always loved his passion and fearless running style. I also remember him being run into the ground his senior year at UF (? I think) something like 400+ carries. This guy lost all his explosion in his first step and all I remember is his tripping over his own shoe strings, being taken down with arm tackles and running up the rear end of our O line.

The good news. I am not expecting much of anything from him. So any production would be a positive in my mind.

If he can stay on the field, he can be a contributor.

Nice guy, should be in another uni.

he said that crap about Miami coming to get him. After that he pretty much lost me. Now I am just going to wait to see what he brings to the team.

He did work hard on improving those parts of his game while with the Lions in 2008. I am not sold on him at all as a runner. No explosion, or power. I would take his 2008 stats with a grain of salt, the Lions seemed to be playing against prevent defences for pretty much the whole second half of most games that year. Our opponents seemed more than willing to give up some rushing yards as opposed to a big play by Calvin.

I asked this before, did Kevin play on special teams at all? I did not think so since he was mostly our #1 RB. He might have some value there.

Good times.

He’s left a 1000 yards of open field offense on the field by being brought down with shoestring tackles after 2 yard runs.

That Best, Keiland, Harrison, and/or either Bell are better NFL runners than Smith???? Craziness I tell ya, Craziness!!!