Shelley Smith= best 6th round pick in Texan history?

[dalemurphy]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

I was wondering if you guys graded Smith or other new comers to OL, to compare overall running and passing grades with apparent top 5 , or top 8.

I guess all the guys have some highlights. and one might consider competition going against. At practices seemed to be quite a drop off after 5 starters, but I guess things can change with extra effort and injuries. And which plays want to highlight or perhaps who want to complain about, as all seemed to make mistakes as well.

I only graded out the first half. I will tell you this, though. Smith would have graded out higher than any other OLman on Saturday. He literally didn't have any negative plays, and often outright won the battle... like he did on the two that I put to video. The closest to a negative play that he had was on the Orlovsky bootleg to the right on the Arizona 17yard line. On that play, the DT got some penetration. But, even then, Smith easily rode him away from the bootleg and totally out of the play. He was awesome from start to finish.