*****The Brashard Smith Thread*****

[Dante84]

More to come!

Every Brashard Smith breakaway run (15+yards) from 2024 #NFLDraft2025 pic.twitter.com/UAjbx36rBX

— Ray G (@RayGQue) March 21, 2025

Brashard Smith (RB SMU) is a player.

Most underrated RB in the draft. Former WR ran a 4.39 at the combine.

Former WR creates matchups from empty. Has kick return prowess and led team w 1,332 rush yds (5.7 YPC) 14 TDs added 39 rec 327 4 TDs receiving. #Bears #NFLdraft #DaBears pic.twitter.com/Wup3qvAPAN

— Clay Harbor (@clayharbs82) March 25, 2025

He went a lot later than I thought he would, but I really feel like Brashard Smith can be a dynamite playmaker as a rusher, receiver, and returner.

The Chiefs do it again pic.twitter.com/dCAtXQD1Lr

— AJ Schulte (@AJSchulteFB) April 26, 2025

of course Andy Reid just got one of the best receiving RBs in the class who doubles as a special teams returning ace

RB Brashard Smith:

#1 in class 25% target rate on his routes

#2 in class 1.68 yards per route run

#1 in class with 1,317 return yards

4.39 40-yard dash

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 26, 2025

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

If Simmons becomes a 10 year starter at LT, this draft will become Veach' all time masterpiece

Veach identifying this obscure kid as worthy late is looking like a masterstroke... swear to you all I'm seeing Jamaal Delaney

If Simmons works out this was a master class

He wasn't THAT obscure.

I think Brugler and Jeremiah both had him as a 5th round talent.

The issue is that those boards grade guys in a vacuum and don't consider the glut of players at the RB position. Lots of teams had already filled a need at RB in day 3 so he slid.

He's still a guy that in an average year is a 5th rounder. It was just a deep RB draft.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger

As for Brashard. Maybe I'm crazy but when I watch him run and do his stop, start, jump cuts etc I see shades of Tyreek In his game. I just have a feeling this kid could be an absolute revelation for this team in the future if he keeps his head in the playbook and grinds hard to perfect his craft just like Hill did.

Some of those plays were really bad defense. A few of those were some really good blocking destroying some flowing linebackers (that was enjoyable, regardless of who I was watching ).

I'm trying to keep the uber homer in me tamped down. I don't think he can do Tyreek things. Tyreek is ridiculous. But the homer is coming, he can do some really nice slippery things that the offense has been missing since Jet was healthy. I'm trying to find ways to keep the homer at bay, but it's coming!

[RunKC]

Remember that this kid literally played WR until last year so he’s multi-faceted. I half wonder if Andy gets him some snaps out wide at times on certain plays.

He could be another screen option, running option, WR option or play some of the gadget role. He’s extremely versatile.

I expect Elijah Mitchell to get the Perine 3rd down back role bc he is a decent blocker, but it is nice to have insurance for when he eventually gets hurt.

It’s such a breath of fresh air man. People constantly blamed the coaches when we had old, washed slow players that severely limited the offense. The injection of speed and juice on the offense is gonna help us big time.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by nychief

Yeah… I think he might just be a gadget player…which is fine for a 7th rnd pick.

Just remember that Jet wasn't exactly a punishing blocker back there.

He succeeded through intelligence and willingness.

Smith CAN get there. Will he? Who knows? But this isn't a situation where we grabbed a 5'9", 170 lb guy to go stand in front of LBs.

Smith is gonna play at 200 lbs. He's not someone who physically won't be able to stand in there and throw a block if he's in the right place at the right time. The tools are there.

So now it's a question of drive and experience.

It may not come early, but there's no reason to think it can't come at all. He can be a legitimate James White sort of 3rd down weapon with a little time. He has the tools and the frame to do it.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by tmax63

I definitely read it. I just trust the Chiefs medical guys to do their senatorial role of advise and consent and either approve or veto the pick. They think they solved LT with Moore, but with Simmons they might be set for a decade. If he only comes back 80-90% of what he could of been, that's still better than anyone on the current roster except maybe Moore. I guess I just trust the medical guys to know their shit more than most people here. And by WTF moments I was talking about positional needs going into the draft and drafting to fill those, not debate over individual picks.

I think your percentages are off. The margin of skill is so slim in the NFL, that 80 percent of a guy who was viewed as a top 15-20 pick is not even a practice squad guy.

The percentage differences in skill or speed from NFL stars and NFL never-gonna-make-its is SMALL.

Let's use speed as an easy example. If you're a WR or RB or CB or S who runs 4.4, you're fast enough to be in the NFL. But if your speed is 80 percent of what it was, you're now a 5.28 guy and probably not a football player past high school. If your speed is 90 percent of what it was, you're now a 4.84 guy and definitely not jumping from college to the NFL (and probably were a walk-on or fringer roster guy at the college level).

Guys that lose 5 percent of their physical abilities are guys that start to slide out of the league.

Simmons needs to come back at 95 percent of what he was, or better, to really even have a chance to stick in the NFL.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I think your percentages are off. The margin of skill is so slim in the NFL, that 80 percent of a guy who was viewed as a top 15-20 pick is not even a practice squad guy.

The percentage differences in skill or speed from NFL stars and NFL never-gonna-make-its is SMALL.

Let's use speed as an easy example. If you're a WR or RB or CB or S who runs 4.4, you're fast enough to be in the NFL. But if your speed is 80 percent of what it was, you're now a 5.28 guy and probably not a football player past high school. If your speed is 90 percent of what it was, you're now a 4.84 guy and definitely not jumping from college to the NFL (and probably were a walk-on or fringer roster guy at the college level).

Guys that lose 5 percent of their physical abilities are guys that start to slide out of the league.

Simmons needs to come back at 95 percent of what he was, or better, to really even have a chance to stick in the NFL.

I feel like you're pissing into the wind on this one...

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Remember that this kid literally played WR until last year so he’s multi-faceted. I half wonder if Andy gets him some snaps out wide at times on certain plays.

He could be another screen option, running option, WR option or play some of the gadget role. He’s extremely versatile.

I expect Elijah Mitchell to get the Perine 3rd down back role bc he is a decent blocker, but it is nice to have insurance for when he eventually gets hurt.

It’s such a breath of fresh air man. People constantly blamed the coaches when we had old, washed slow players that severely limited the offense. The injection of speed and juice on the offense is gonna help us big time.

Well, no more excuses, anyway. We're fast as ****.